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[The Pond\. Odonatoptera (Odonata)] Odonatological Abstracts 1987 1993 (15761) SAIKI, M.K. &T.P. LOWE, 1987. Selenium (15763) ARNOLD, A., 1993. Die Libellen (Odonata) in aquatic organisms from subsurface agricultur- der “Papitzer Lehmlachen” im NSG Luppeaue bei al drainagewater, San JoaquinValley, California. Leipzig. Verbff. NaturkMus. Leipzig 11; 27-34. - Archs emir. Contam. Toxicol. 16: 657-670. — (US (Zur schonen Aussicht 25, D-04435 Schkeuditz). Fish & Wildl. Serv., Natn. Fisheries Contaminant The locality is situated 10km NW of the city centre Res. Cent., Field Res, Stn, 6924 Tremont Rd, Dixon, of Leipzig, E Germany (alt, 97 m). An annotated CA 95620, USA). list is presented of 30 spp., evidenced during 1985- Concentrations of total selenium were investigated -1993. in plant and animal samplesfrom Kesterson Reser- voir, receiving agricultural drainage water (Merced (15764) BEKUZIN, A.A., 1993. Otryad Strekozy - — Co.) and, as a reference, from the Volta Wildlife Odonatoptera(Odonata). [OrderDragonflies — km of which Area, ca 10 S Kesterson, has high qual- Odonatoptera(Odonata)].Insectsof Uzbekistan , pp. ity irrigationwater. Overall,selenium concentrations 19-22,Fan, Tashkent, (Russ.). - (Author’s address in samples from Kesterson averaged about 100-fold unknown). than those from Volta. in and A rather 20 of higher Thus, May general text, mentioning (out 76) spp. Aug. 1983, the concentrations (pg/g dry weight) at No locality data, but some notes on their habitats Kesterson in larval had of 160- and vertical in Central Asia. Zygoptera a range occurrence 220 and in Anisoptera 50-160. In Volta,these values were 1.2-2.I and 1.1-2.5, respectively. In compari- (15765) GAO, Zhaoning, 1993. Ningxia nongyekun- son, A.K. Furr et al. (1979, N. Y. Fish Game J. 26: chong shilu. — [Agricultural insects of Ningxia]. 154-161)reported selenum content of the Plathemis [Transliteration of publisher’s name and address larvae from control 1.5 while vi+336 lydia a pond as pg/g, notavailable], pp. Paperback (18.5 x26.0 cm). in the specimensfrom a nearbypond, contaminated ISBN 7-80559-055-9. Price: US $ 23.- net. (Chin.). by coal fly ash, it was 4.1 pg/g. A catalogue of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, chi- lopods and gastropods of the autonomous region 1989 of China. 32 odon. listed Ningxia, spp. are on pp. 19-21. (15762) KORDIS, X, 1989. Mlaka. - [The pond\. Mladinska knjiga, Ljubljana. Fold, cardboard bro- 1996 6 x 22.7 ISBN 86-11-03426-0. chure, pp. (20.5 cm). (Slovene). (15766) COOPER, J.M.. 1996. Merlin (Falcocolum- A of directed Columbia presentation pond life, at children, batius) preys on flying dragonflies. Br. with some hints on observation techniques, and Birds 6: 15-16. — (Sirius Envir. Res., 1278 Laurel some references to the odon. Rd, R.R. 3, Sidney, BC, V8L 5K8, CA). A juvenile marlin was observed to catch and eat 90 Odonatological Abstracts G.K. & R.G. a large dragonfly (Aeshna sp.?) and chase others (15769) RODERICK, GILLESPIE, — of white on migration; North Saanich, ca 25 km 1998. Speciation and phylogeography Hawaiian - N of Victoria, BC, Canada; 10-IX-1996. Based on terrestrial arthropods. Mol. Ecol. 7: 519-531. the literature, it is stated that dragonfly “hawking” (Cent. Conserv. Res. & Training,Univ. Hawai’i, 3050 be Made Gilmore HA appears to very common among young-of-the- Way, 409, Honolulu, 96822, -year marlins (L.W. Oliphant& S. McTaggert, 1977, USA). FldNat. and be With reference the available information Can. 91:190-192) may an important to on pat- practice in learningtohunt (D. Dekker, 1985, Wild terns of speciation and phylogeography, the Ha- hunters. Can. Wolf Defenders, Edmonton). The waiian Odon. are categorized as follows: (1) single importance of large insects in the diet of marlins representatives of a lineage throughout the islands further duringmigrationwarrants investigation. (Anax strenuus, Nesogoniablackburni); (2) species radiations with multiplespecies on each volcano or (15767) MILLS, A.P., J.F. RUTTER & L.J. ROSEN- island (Megalagrion), and (3) widespread species BERG, 1996. Weather associated with spring and within radiations of localized species (M. hawai- summer migrations of rice pests and other insects iense). - A phytogeny based on morphological and in south-eastern and eastern Asia. Bull. ent. Res. ecological characters showed that the Hawaiian ra- — 86: 683-694. (Third Author: Nat. Resour. Inst., diation of Megalagrion(22spp.) cluster according to Central Ave, Chaltham Maritime, Kent, ME4 4TB, ecological affinity (gill shape and breedingecology). UK). Based onthis analysis, species initially differentiated Trajectory analysis of the windfields at 10 m and on Kaua’i, or a preceding high island, and repre- 1.5 km was used to determine direction and ex- sentatives of each of these clades then progressed tent of windbome movements of insects trapped independently down the island chain. This would in spring and summer; 1968-1985. Approximately suggestthat diversification itself cannot be explained 2500 trajectories, depictingthe movements of air- on the basis ofecological shifts in this genus. — M. hawaiiense all but exhib- borne particles, were constructed where tempera- occurs on high volcanoes, tures were high enough (a 10°C) to allow flightand its different colour morphs on different volcanoes. where wind speeds (2 5km/h) were expected tolead This suggests that populations of this apparently to downwind displacements. Libellulidae (specific widespread taxonare much more differentiated than names not stated) were represented in trap catches they appear based on gross morphology. It may in in May (1 specimen), June (25), July (35) and Aug. fact represent a complex of species. (17). (15770) ROGERS, C, 1998. Aquatic macroinver- 1998 tebrate occurrencesand population trends in con- structed and natural vernal pools in Folsom, Califor- (15768) IZQUIERDO, L, C. MARTIN, M. PARIS nia. In'. C.W Witham etal., [Eds], Ecology, conserva- 1998. La coleccion de and vernal & C. SANTOS, entomologia tion management of pooI ecosystems, pp. del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC). 224-235, Calif. Native Plant Soc.,Sacramento/CA. Graellsia 53[1997]; 49-85. (With Engl, s.). — (Mus. — (Jones & Stokes Associates, 2600 V St., Suite 100, Nac. Cien. Natur., Jose Guttierrez Abascal 2, ES- Sacramento,CA 95818, USA). -28006 Madrid). Macroinvertebrate populations from constructed Information is presented on the volume and taxo- and natural vernal pools on the same land forms and nomic and faunistic composition of the Entomol- in close proximity were compared quantitativelyto Collection ofthe MNM, Madrid. A determine colonization and temporaltrends. Sam- ogy catalogue is There 6670 odon. for not provided. are specimens pling averages are given Coenagrionresolutum, (3024 of the Iberian fauna, 334 from other palae- Aeshna interruptanavadensis, Belonia saturata and arctic regions, 1763 non-palaearctic). Much of the Libellula sp. R. material was studied or provided by Martin and E, de Selys-Longchamps. The Collection harbours (15771) SMITHERS, C.N., 1998. A species list and of the insects recorded holotypes of 14 spp., described by A. Compte, R. bibliography from Norfolk Martin and F.J. Ocharan. Island. Tech. Rep. Ausl. Mus. 13:1-55. ISBN 0-7313- 9500-X. — (Ent. Dept, Aust. Mus., 6 College St., Odonatological Abstracts 91 Sydney, NSW-2000, AU). are listed from 7 springs located across Oklahoma, Agriocnemis exudans, Ischnura aurora, Aeshna USA. Detailed descriptions of the localities are brevistyla and Hemicordulia australiae are the sole provided. odon. known the island. spp. to occur on Compre- hensive bibliography is presented. (15775) GILLOOLY, J.F. & S.I. DODSON, 2000. The relationshipof egg size and incubation temperature 2000 to embryonic development time in univoltine and multivoltine aquatic insects. Freshw. Biot. 44: 595- (15772) BUCKLEY, T.R.,C. SIMON, P.K. FLOOR -604. — (First Author: 10413th Ave, StPete Beach, & B. MISOF, 2000. Secondary structure and con- FL 33706, USA). served motifs ofthe domains Published data 34 of 7 orders 6 odon. frequently sequenced on spp. (inch IV and V of the insect mitochondrial subu- all used the large spp., univoltine)were to investigate com- nit rRNA Insect Mol. Biol. 565-580. - bined influence of size and incubation gene. 9(6); egg tem- (First Author: Zool. Dept, Duke Univ., Durham, perature on embryonic development time (EDT) NC different incubation 27708-0325, USA). at 4 temperatures (10, 15, 20, insect mitochondrial subunit Over 400 partial large 25°C). EDT was positively correlated with egg size in order iden- each of the 4 but with different (mit LSU) sequences are analysed to at temperatures, tify motifs and secondary structures for domains IV relationships for univoltine and multivoltine spp. and V of this from 13 insect The of EDT size in gene. Aligned sequences relationships to egg expressed orders (inch Odon.; Aeshna cyanea) and 9 structure degree-days did not significantly differ in slope (P These conserved > > for either univoltine diagrams are presented. sequence 0.50) or intercept (P 0.05) motifs and their elements multivoltine each of the 4 secondary structure can or spp. at temperatures. be used facilitate the of other in- The of EDT now to alignment relationships (degree-days)to egg mass mit LSU in multivoltine sect sequences. spp. is similar in slope and intercept to that for other oviparous animals (i.e. zooplank- (15773) [COCKERELL, T.D.A.] WEBER, W.A., ton, fish, amphibians and reptiles), and to the re- [Ed.], 2000. The American Cockerell: a naturalist’s lationship of EDT to neonate mass in mammals. 1866-1948. Univ. Press Boulder/CO. Univoltine 3-5 times life, Colorado, spp. on average require longer xxiii+352pp., 11 plsinci. Hardcover(16.0x23.5cm). to develop than most other animals of equivalent 0-97081-544-X. Price: - of ISBN €37.60 net. (Publish- egg mass, but the relationship EDT to egg mass ers: 5589 Arapahoe Ave, Suite 206 C, Boulder, CO is similar in slope to that of most other animals. 80303, USA). Togetherthese relationshipsprovide a basis for eva- Based Cockerell’s differences in insects.
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