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Odonatological Abstracts 1985 preferred habitat types. Div. Nat. Heritage, Va Dept 2 Mountain View Conserv., Richmond/VA, pp. - (146 (11038) TOPACHEVSKIY, V.A., [Ed.], 1985. Otryad Rd, Warren, NJ 07059, USA). for strekozy (Odonata). - [Order dragonflies(Odonata)]. [Not available abstracting ] In: V.A.Topachevskiy, [Ed.], Priroda Ukrainskoy SSR: 1989 Zhivotnyy mir, pp. 67-68, Naukova Dumka, Kiev. (Russ.) A similar encyclopaedia article as that listed in OA (11042) CARLE, F.L., 1989. The endangered dragonfly 10768, but dealing with the Ukraine, and missing a fauna of New Jersey. In: F.F. Karlin, [Ed ], New Jer- the the fauna. and and 119- statement on precise status of national sey’s rare endangeredplants animals, pp. -148, 239, Inst. Environ. Stud., Ramapo Coll. New Jer- - View Warren 1987 sey, Mahwah/NJ. (146 Mountain Rd, NJ 07059, USA). (11039) HANDEL, A., 1987. Insekten: Kiefer, IAhpllfn [Not available for abstracting ] und andere. Kaiser, Klagenfurt (BLV Verlagsgesell- 63 ISBN 3-7043- 1989. Die Tierwelt der Wahner schaft. Miinchen-Wien-Zurich). pp. (11043) SCHMITZ, O., -9998-1. - [Dreipunkt-Buch: Finden, bestimmen, Heide. Libellenwelt: Veranderungenund Perspektiven. kennen, 1017], In: H. Boiler & U. Schmitz, [Eds], Die Wahner Heide, “field 9.5x14.0 Kdln, ISBN 3-7927- A mini guide’ (size cm), containing pp. 165-168, Rheinland-Verlag, col. portraits, brief descriptions and notes onecology -1104-4. - (Author’s address unknown), and behaviour of 8 odon. A odon. ofthe Wahner European spp., referable to generalassessment of the fauna 5 families. Heide, a rich wetland area in the Kdln-Bonn region, Germany. Many spp. are named, but a checklist is not (11040) JARZEMBOWSKI, E.A., 1987. Early Creta- given. insects southern PhD Univ. ceous from England. thesis, 421 - Mus. & Art 1990 Reading, Reading. pp. (Maidstone Gallery, St Faith’s St., Maidstone, Kent, MEI4 ILH, UK). (11044) MILFORD,P.J.&A.G. IRWIN, 1990.Thedrag- [Not available for abstracting.] - Contains the descrip- onflies of Norfolk. Trans. Norfolk Norwich Nat. Soc. tions of, and the comments on several odon. taxa. 28(5); 357-380. - (First Author: 24 Lloyd Rd, Taverham, Norwich, Norfolk, NR8 6LL, UK). results with older 1988 The of a 3-yr survey are compiled records, to present an account of the distribution and 1988. State (11041) CARLE, F.L., and globalrankings status of the 29 spp. that have occurred in the county number known this Tetrad for Virginia Zygoptera including of century. distribution maps are provided for estimates, distribution and all localities, population types, spp. 228 Odonatological Abstracts 1991 civ. Slor. nat. Grosseto 15: 97-106. (With Engl. s.). - (Mus. Zool. “La Specola", Univ. Firenze, Via Romana 1-50125 (11045) CARLE, F.L., 1991. Dragonflies. In. K. 17, Firenze). An annotated and commented list of 21 5 of Terwilliger, [Coordinator],Virginia’sendangered spe- spp., which Hemianax not cies, pp. 197-214, McDonald fc Woodward, (inch ephippiger) were previously from Grosseto - For the Blacksburg/VA. - (146 Mountain View Rd, Warren, reported prov., Tuscany, Italy, Grosseto odon. fauna OA for the record NJ 07059, USA). cf. 5991, of an [Not available for abstracting.] erratic Trithemis annulata cf. OA 8011. 1992 1994 (11046) SMITH, E.M., 1992, Field identification chart (11051) TILDEN, A.R., V.H. HUTCHISON, W.J. in & J. in in- for Anisoptera ( dragonfly) exuviaefound Scotland. ANDERSON WARES, 1994. Melatonin and Odonata Recording Scheme, Monks Wood, ii+10 pp. sect nervous tissue hemolymph. Am. zool. 34(5): Univ. - Author: - (33 HunterTerrace, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland, 80A [abstract only]. (First Dept Zool., EH20 9SJ, UK). Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019-0235, USA). for identification of 13 Melatonin levels measured A pictorial key spp. [Verbatim:] (MEL) were with radioimmunoassay (RIA) in Ischnura verticalis 1993 and Enallagma civile, and in the tobacco homworm, Manduca sexta. In damselflies, MEL was found pri- (11047) NEL, A. & X. MARTINEZ-DELCLOS, 1993. marily in the heads (nervous tissue). I. verticalis had Nuevos Zygoptera y Anisoptera(Insecta; Odonata) en higher MEL levels during scotophase; E. civile had el Cretacico Inferior de Espana. Estud. geol. 49: 351- no MEL cycle. In M. sexta, MEL was measured in and found -359. (With Engl. s.). - (First Author; 8 av. Gassion, hemolymph, we a significant peak during MEL of F-13600 La Ciotat). scotophase. may be an important transducer In environmental information in addition to descriptions of larval Samarura sp. and invertebrates as well as an unidentified libellulid larva, Hoyaeshna cretacica vertebrates, - See also OA 9914. and gen. n„ sp. n. (adult) is described illustrated from the Lower Cretaceous lithographic limestone of Las 1995 Hoyas, Cuenca prov., Spain. BROWN, T„ 1995. A the (11052) survey of dragonflies G. & Ein the 1995. Gt Yarmouth (11048) SCHWEIGERT, C.G. KORAN, 1993. of eastern Norfolkfor season besonderes Fossil. Paldont. Z. 237-238. - Naturalists' Soc„ Gt Yarmouth. 28 - 16 67(3/4): pp. (Author: (First Author: Staat. Mus. Naturk., Rosenstein 1, D- Mariners Park Close, Hopton, Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk, -70191 Stuttgart). NR3I 9DQ, UK). well of An unusually preserved impression a This is a very detailed account on 21 spp. from E Nor- is described and illustrated from the folk and Sympetrum sp. the adjacent Suffolk border area, UK, with of Pleistocene interglacial travertine Stuttgart-Bad numerous valuable field- and biological notes. A re- Cannstatt, Germany. view of the first and last 1995 sightings is also in- cluded (Aeshna mixta and Sympetrum striolatum, on V.D. &C. SINHA, 1993. 6 and 15 the observations of (11049) SRIVASTAVA, [Fauna resp., Nov.). Among gen- of West Bengal], Insecta: Odonata. State Fauna Ser. eral interest are, e.g. a note on a mixed Ischnura elegans M New 3(4): 51-168. - (Zool. Surv. India, Block, /Erythromma najas 9 tandem, a record of Aeshna Alipore, Calcutta-700053, India). grandis coming to rest beside the light (which also A attracted the checklist of 185 spp. recorded from West Bengal, many moths), evidence on numerous India, with a of 178 inch striolatum exuviae, found 140 monographictreatment spp., Sympetrum up to cm the and various synonymy, locality data, descriptions, high on the tree trunks, some at a distance of about 15 remarks. 9 spp. are new to the regional fauna. m from the water’s edge, etc. - (.Abstracter’s Note: A similar for the 1996 is report season to appear shortly.) (11050) TERZANI, F, 1993, Ricerche odonatologiche in Toscana. 5. Lago Boracifero (Grosseto). Alii Mus. (11053) CHAO, H.-f„ 1995. Keys to genera of dragon- Odonatological Abstracts 229 flies from Fujian province, China (order Odonata). traced through subcellular tissue, and ultimately 12: Wuyi Sci. J. 51-79. (Chin., with Engl. s,). - (Biol. organismal levels offunction. The alternatively spliced Control Res. Inst., Univ., FujianAgric. Fuzhou, Fujian- calcium regulatory protein troponin-t undergoes an -350002, P.R. China). isoform shift during adult maturation. Skinned A for larvae of 82 fam ). fibers of pictorial key genera (17 (demembranated) mature flight muscle are up to seven times more sensitive to activation by cal- 1995. New little (11054) CHAO, H.-f„ or known cium than skinned fibers from teneral (newly emerged from I muscle. This gomphid dragonflies China, (Odonata: adult) flight difference provides a likely Sci. J. 12: 1-47. - mechanism Gomphidae). Wuyi (Chin. & Engl ). for the observed shorter time to peak ten- Res. (Biol. Control Inst., Fujian Agric. Univ., Fuzhou, sion (TTP) and longer time to half-relaxation (THR) Fujian-350002, PR. twitch contractions ofintact China). during mature flight mus- This is the first of series of with cle. Because it pt a papers dealing becomes activated more quickly and corrections and additions the relaxes on, to volume listed in more slowly, mature flight muscle is able to OA Various 7911. Gomphinae and Onychogomphinae generate with each twitch more force per unit area taxa are considered, and the following are described than teneral muscle; this difference in force becomes as new: Davidius truncus n. (holotype <J, allotype There do sp. greater at high temperatures. not appear to Tachulan, S date, 9 7-V-1942; be 9: Fujian, no larva), any age-related differences in actomyosin D. zhoui sp. n, (holotype cJ, allotype 9: Yunnan, Luku, crossbridge properties, since teneral and mature flight and tienfuensis have similar 2-V-1983), Lamelligomphus choui ssp. muscles very shortening velocities and n. (holotype 3 Sichuan no - : prov., date). This is a tetanic tension. EMG traces show that there is usually valuable revision, with redescriplions and new a 1: 1 relationship between neural events andwing beats in both synonymies. age groups, i.e. dragonfliesuse high-frequency twitch contractions during flight, wherein sensitivity CHAO, H.-f. & Z. 1995. A to activation and deactivation is de- (11055) YANG, new species by calcium a key of gomphid dragonfly of the genus Davidius from terminant of overall muscle and organismal perform- Shaanxi province (Odonata: Gomphidae). Wuyi Sci. ance. J. 12: 48-50. (Chin. & Engl.). - (Biol. Control Res. Inst., FujianAgric. Univ., Fuzhou,Fujian-350002,P.R. (11058) GUPTA, I.J., ML. DE & T.R. MITRA, 1995. China). Conspectus of Odonata fauna ofCalcutta, India. Rec. D. n. is described and illustrated from zool. Surv. 107-121. triangularis sp. India 95(1/2): - (Third Author; 18/1 southern Shaanxi prov., China (holotype 6 , allotype Dakshin Para Rd, Calcutta-700028, India). 9. in Zhenba Co., in An annotated list of copula: 28-VII-I987; deposited 58 spp., with a brief discussion Hanzhong Teachers Coll.), and regional bibliography. (11056) CONRAD, R„ 1995. 1. Beitrag zur (11059) HARRISON, F„ 1995. Observed. Wingspan Insektenfauna Thiiringens (Dermaptera, Odonata, 1995 (June): 22. - (c/o Dr I.D. Endersby, 56 Looker Hymenoptera). Ent. Nachr. Ber. 39(4): 232-233. - Rd, Montmorency, Vic 3094, AU). (Heinrichstr. 33, D-07545 extract of the the Gera). [Verbatim observation on feeding Contains a commented record ofCalopteryx splendens behaviour of Striated Heron, Aug. 1989, in Mt Elliot from E.