Odonatological Abstract Service published by the INTERNATIONAL DRAGON FLY FUND (IDF) in cooperation with the WORLDWIDE DRAGONFLY ASSOCIATION (WDA) Editors: Dr. Mart in Lindeboom, Landhausstr. 10, D-72074 Tübingen, Germany. Tel. ++49 (0)7071 552928; E-mail: Lindeboom @aol.com and Martin Schorr, Waldfrieden 25, D-54314 Zerf, Germany. Tel. ++49 (0)6587 1025; E-mail: [email protected] Published in Rheinfelden, Germany and printed in Tübingen, Germany. ISSN 1438-0269 1997 1986. Endersby, I.D. (1998): Dragonflies of Mount Buffalo National Park. Victorian Entomologist 28(5): 83- 85. (in English). [At 6 localities situated within the Mount 1983. Paternoster, T. (1997): 1996 une année Baffalo National Park, Victoria, Australia, 12 odonate exceptionelle pour l'observation des odonates du species were recorded. The habitats of Synthemis marais d'Harchies-Hensies-Pommeroeul. Naturalistes eustalacta and Austroaeschna flavomaculata are de Mons et du Borinage 99: 8-15. (in French). [27 shortly discussed.] Address: Endersby, I., 56 Looker odonate species are recorded in 1996 in the swamps of Rd, Montgomery, Victoria 3094, Australia. E-mail: Harchies, Belgium. Of special interest are the records of endersby@ Brachytron pratense (supposed extinct in the Wallonia), werple.net.au Aeshna affinis, Anax parthenope, and Sympetrum 1987. Holusa, O. (1998): On the occurrence of fonscolombii. The distribution of these species in dragonfly Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Charpentier, 1825) Belgium und Luxemburg is mapped.] Address: (Odonata: Libellulidae) in the Czech and Slovak Paternoster, T., Direc tion Générale des Resources Republics. Sbornik Prírodovedného klubu v Uh. Hradisti naturelles et de l'environement, Centre Recherche de la 3: 45-53. (in Czech with extensive English summary). nature, des fôrest et du bois, Chemin des Préaux 5, B- [Between 1995-1998 12 new localities of L. pectoralis in 7321 Harchies, Belgium the Czech Republic could be traced. All published data 1984. Rebhan, H. (1997): Naturschutz- und on the occurrence of this species in the Czech and Bewirtschaftungskonzepte für Stillgewässer, Slovak Republics are summarized and plotted in a Fallbeispiele Craimoosweiher (Lkr. Bayreuth) und distribution map. Figures demonstrate the abundance at Stocksee (Lkr. Bamberg). Bericht der naturforschenden the Dobra - Kamenec locality in the season of 1997 and Gesellschaft Bamberg 71: 33-52. (in German). 1998 as well as the number of localities according to [Concepts for restoration of eutrophicated large ponds the sea level and phenology in the Czech and Slovak in Bavaria, Germany via foodchain manipulation are Republics. The habitats of some localities are described outlined. For the odonatological aspects of this paper in some detail.] Address: Holusa, O., Muzeum Beskyd, see OAS 2006; Ery thromma viridulum is a key stone prirodovedné oddeleni, Zámecké námesti 1264, CZ-738 species of submerse vegetation and used as monitoring 01 Frydek-Mistek. E-mail: [email protected] organism for assessing the conservation measure 1988. Hughes, S.J.; Furse, M.T.; Blackburn, J.H.; efforts.] Address: Rebhan, H., Regierung von Langton, P.H. (1998): A checklist of Madeiran Oberfranken, Ludwigstr. 20, D-95444 Bayreuth, freshwater macroinvertebrates. Bolm Mus. munic. Germany Funchal 50 (284): 5-41. (in English with Portugese summary). [The checklist of the Madeira's 240 freshwater macroinvertebrates includes 6 Odonata 1998 compiled from literature data; the taxa are briefly annotated. Ischnura senegalensis, I. pumilio, Anax imperator, Sympetrum nigrifemur, S. fonscolombii, 1985. Brux, H.; Döring, G.; Hielscher, M.; Nordmann, Gomphus sp.] Address: Hughes, Samantha, M.; Walter, G. Wiegler, G. (1998): Zur Fauna der Stadt Laboratório Regional de Engenharia Civil, Oldenburg: Erste Übersicht ausgewählter Gruppen: Departamento de Recursos Naturais e de Hidraúlica, Säugetiere, Vögel, Reptilien, Amphibien, Libellen, Rua Agostinho Pereíra de Oliveíra, PT-9000-264 Heuschrecken, Laufkäfer, Schmetterlinge. Oldenburger Funchal, Madeira. E-mail: [email protected] Jahrbuch 98: 247-319. (in German). [On the basis of so 1989. Lopez, R.; Espinoza, P.; Lopez-Q., M.M.; Valle, called functional ecological areas in the town of S; Rivera, P.; Garcia, I. (1998): Las libelulas (Insecta: Oldenburg, Germany, 23 odonate species are recorded. Odonata) come bioreguladores de larvas de mosquitos They are listed in a tab. and shortly commented.] en Nicaragua. Revta nicarag. Ent. 45: 1-6. (in Spanish Address: Brux, H., c/o IBL Umweltplanung, Unterm with English summary). [During 1996, the mosquito- Berg 39, D-26123 Oldenburg, Germany regulation capacities of larval Ischnura ramburii, Anax amazilii, and Pantala flavescens were examined in the laboratory. Thes species can be successfully used in mosquito control, but A. amazilli is the most effective. Odonat. Abstr. Service 8 (July 2001) - page 1 The numbers of the consumed mosquito larvae per day 1993. Chao, H.-f.; Zhu, H. (1999): A new species of are stated for habitats with vegetation and for those Nihonogomphus from Guangxi, China (Odonata: without it.] Address: Lopez, R., Centre Nac. de Gomphidae). Wuyi Sci. J. 15: 17-18. (in English with Diagnostico y Referencia, Ministerio da Salud, A.P. Chines e summary). ["N. huangshaensis sp. n. is 2900, Managua, Nicaragua described, illustrated and compared with N. lieftincki. Holotype male: Huangsha, Guangxi prov., no date; 1990. Richards, S.; Kawanamo, M.; Torr, G. (1998): deposited at the institution of the first author."] Address: Insects part 2: Odonata (Dragonflies and damselflies). Chao, H.-f., Biol. Control Res. Inst., Fujian Agric. Univ., Conservation International: A biological assessment of Fuzhou-350002, Fujian, P.R. China the Lakekamu basin, Papua New Guinea. Washington. Rapid Assessment Programm 9. ISBN 1-881173-20-8: 1994. Chao, H.-f. (1999): New or little-known gomphid 10-11, 47-49, 144-148. (in English). [The Odonata of dragonflies from China, 1 [recte: 2] (Odonata: the Lakekamu Basin, Papua New Guinea were Gomphidae). Wuyi Sci. J. 15: 12-16. (in English with surveyed in Nov. to Dec. 1996, yielding a total of 34 Chinese summary). [Paradavidius sgen. n. is proposed species. Among these there is at least one, possibly in Davidius (type sp.: D. fruhstorferi Martin); the 9 three, undescribed species and possibly a new genus. subgeneric distinctions in Nihonogomphus are stated; Taxonomic knowledge of south PNG's Odonata is poor and Merogomphus vespertinus sp. n. is described, enough that certain identification of just these 34 illustrated and compared with the two Chinese species is extremely difficult. One species collected congeners. Holotype male: Lushan Co., Sichuan prov., appears to be identical to a species previously known mid-V / mid-VIII-1997; deposited at Author's institution.] only from Misool Island (Diplacina erigone). A checklist Address: Chao, H.-f., Biol. Control Res. Inst., Fujian (Appendix 7) and a compilation of the habitat Agric. Univ., Fuzhou-350002, Fujian, P.R. China preferences and some taxonomic remarks of each species (Appendix 8) are also presented.] Address: 1995. Darblade, S.; Avignon, S. (1999): Effect of water Richards, S., James Cook University, Department of treatment and site reallocation on Odonates (Arjuzanx, Zoology, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia. E-mail: Landes). Gibier Faune Sauvage 16(4): 339-353. (in French with English and German summaries). ["Many stephan.richard@jcu. edu.au aquatic organisms are closely dependent on the physico-chemical quality of the water and the morpho- dynamic characteristics of the biotopes in which they 1999 are evolving and often adapt to the environmental changes the latter are submitted to over more or less long periods. In a former mining site in Arjuzanx 1991. Bönsel, A. (1999): Das Kleine Granatauge (Ery- (Landes), which was reallocated and became a thromma viridulum Charp., 1840) in Mecklenburg-Vor- National Hunting and Wildlife Reserve, we studied the pommern. Naturschutzarbeit in Mecklenburg-Vorpom- effect of wetland basification treatments (in particular by mern 42(1): 48-56. (in German). [Documentation of the liming with 'Champagne chalk') on dragonflies, Odonata disperion of E. viridulum in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, [...]. We monitored several environmental parameters Germany, and discussion of factors influencing (pH, conductivity, turbidity, quantity of dissolved oxygen colonisation success of water bodies. Prescense of and temperature) as well as biological ones (species Ceratophyllum- or Myriophyllum-vegetation, and presence/absence at adult/larval stages) that had been weather conditions with high temperatures, high global delineated across small shallow water basins and their radiation and low precipition are discussed as the most edges from April to August 1998. We showed that when important factors for the range extension of the species left untreated the water basin's basification (pH 3.5-4 to into northern Central Europe.] Address: Bönsel, A., 8.2) took only fifteen years (1985-1998). 29 Odonate Vasenbusch 15, D-18337 Gresenhorst, Germany. E- species (representing about one-third of the Odonate mail: andre.boensel @gmx.de species present in France) could be listed. When evaluating Odonate presence with respect to the two 1992. Braun, M.; Braun, U. (1999): Fliegende Edelsteine. Libellen im Naturpark Nassau. adult and larval stages, the Odonate species frequented Zweckverband Naturpark Nassau (Hrsg.): 32 pp. (in the untreated habitats more intensily than the treated German). [This is a nicely produced booklet