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Odonatological Abstract Service published by the INTERNATIONAL DRAGONFLY FUND (IDF) in cooperation with the WORLDWIDE DRAGONFLY ASSOCIATION (WDA) Editors: Dr. Klaus Reinhardt, Dept Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK. Tel. ++44 114 222 0105; E-mail: [email protected] Martin Schorr, Schulstr. 7B, D-54314 Zerf, Germany. Tel. ++49 (0)6587 1025; E-mail: [email protected] Dr. Milen Marinov, 7/160 Rossall Str., Merivale 8014, Christchurch, New Zealand. E-mail: [email protected] Published in Rheinfelden, Germany and printed in Trier, Germany. ISSN 1438-0269 1997 area of Jiangxi Province, China.] Address: Luo, G., Dept. of Biology, Guangzhou Normal Univ. 510400, China 12849. Jiu, O. (1997): Gomphidae in Heilongjiang Prov- 12853. Miyashita, M. (1999): Studies on conservation ince. Journal of Heilongjiang Nongken Normal College and restoration of the habitat of the damselfly Morton- 1997(03): 70-73. (in Chinese, with English summary) [10 agrion hirosei. Proc. Envir. Syst. Res. 27: 293-304. (in species of Gomphidae from the Chinese Heilongjiang Japanese, with English summary) [Japan; "M. hirosei, Province were keyed: Stylurus flavipes, Shaogomphus was designated as an endangered species by the Envi- postocularis epophthalmus, Anisogomphus maacki, Tri- ronment Agency in 1991, because its habitat is vulner- gomphus citimus, Davidius lunatus, Nihonogomphus rup- able to the effects of land reclamation and river im- tus, Ophiogomphus obscurus, Sieboldius albardae, Sini- provement. The low-flying insect lives in reed plains and ctinogomphus clavatus, Gomphidia confluens.] Address: measures about three centimeters long when fully not stated grown. Relationships between the habitat of the dam- selfly, salinity, topography and vegetation were studied 1998 at 9 tidal rivers from Hinuma marsh in Ibaraki Prefec- ture to the Nagaitaura Bay in the Tsushima Islands. The 12850. Korsós, Z. & Mészáros, F. (1998): Diversity of the larvae of the damselfly were collected only from the Hungarian fauna. Természefvédelmi Közleményck 7: pool in a sunken place covered with dead leaves on the 125-133. (in Hungarian, with English summary) [Hunga- riverside. Salinity and the time required for the comple- rian Odonata diversity was quantified with 65 species.] tion of the habitat of the damselfly were above Address: Korsós, Z. Természefvédományi Múseum, 0.50.PERMIL. and about 4 years, respectively. The Áttattár 1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13, Hungaria damselfly which lived on the riverside at Suigo-ohashi bridge across the Tonegawa River died out in 1998, be- 12851. Yang, Z.; Ou, Y. (1998): The damselflies in the cause of reduced salinity of its habitat. It is supposed north of China. Journal of Hanzhong Teachers College that the salinity of the habitat was the most important 16: 57-61. (in Chinese, with English summary) [The pa- environmental element required for holding communi- per refers to damselflies reported north of 38° northern lati- ties of the damselfly." (Author)] tude in China (Yinchuan, Yan'an, Taiyuan, Shijiazhuang, area north of Dalian latitude) (Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, 12854. Orr, R. (1999): The dragonflies and damselflies Shaanxi, Ningxia. provinces). 37 species are keyed.] of the Cove Point LNG Site, Calvert county, Maryland. Address: Yang, Z., The Adults Educational College of http://www.covepoint-trust.org/reports/orr-001.pdf: 31 pp. Hanzhong Teachers College,Hanzhong, Shaanxi, 723000; (in English) ["The Cove Point Liquid Natural Gas Site Heilongjiang Nongken Teachers College, Acheng, 150301, (Cove Point Site) consists of 900 acres of undeveloped China property in Calvert County, Maryland. The property is owned by the Cove Point LNG Limited Partnership and 1999 approximately 600 acres are subject to a conservation easement that was granted to the Maryland Environ- 12852. Luo, G.; He, H. (1999): A primary study on mental Trust and The Nature Conservancy to oversee. dragonflies from Xunwu, Jiangxi Province. Journal of The Cove Point Site borders the western shore of the Guangzhou Normal University (Natural Science) 20(9): Chesapeake Bay, just south of Calvert Cliffs. A wide va- 85-86, 94. (in Chinese, with English summary) [In 1996 riety of pristine and managed aquatic water habitats oc- and 1997, 26 Odonata species were collected in Xunwu Odonatological Abstract Service 39 (November 2013) - page 1 cur at the Site including marshes, ponds, streams, and nidia in chain and Acremonium-type producing cylindri- seeps. A survey was conducted for the Odonata of the cal conidia in a slime head. The single spore strains ob- Cove Point Site during 1998 and 1999 under a Cove tained by single spore isolation were used in morpho- Point Natural Heritage Trust Research Contract. Field logical observation and RAPD analysis. The results data were collected on June 5, July 7, July 29, August showed the cultural and morphological characteristics 22, September 11, September 30, October 14 and De- and the bands of DNA RAPD of the ellipsoidal single cember 2 in 1998. In 1999 field data were collected on conidial strains were no much differences from those of January 3, March 31, April 23, April 30, May 21, June 6, cylindrical single conidial strains." (Authors).] Address: July 8, September 3, and October 7. The survey was Liu, Z.-y., Lab. of Entomogenous Fungi, College of Bio- based mostly on adult odonates, but limited cast skins technology, Guizhou Univ., Guiyang, 550025, China and larvae were also sampled. The species, date and habitat (along with any note-worthy behaviour or life- 2001 history observations) were recorded for 10,916 individ- ual dragonflies and damselflies over the course of the 12856. Ficsór, M.; Szabó, A. (2001): Contribution to the survey. 53 species of Odonata were recorded at the aquatic macroinvertebrate fauna of Szinva and its tribu- Cove Point Site during the 1988-1999 season. 24 spe- taries, NE Hungary. Acta biol. debrecina Oecol. Hung. cies were first records for Calvert County. Gomphus 26: 75-88. (in English, with Hungarian summary) [Inclu- rogersi, is ranked as S1 in Maryland. Cordulegaster bili- des records of Calopteryx splendens, Platycnemis pen- neata and Somatochlora filosa have tentative ranks of nipes, Coenagrion puella, Ischnura pumilio, Gomphus S2, Archilestes grandis, Amphiagrion saucium, Anax vulgatissimus, Onychogomphus forcipatus, Ophiogom- longipes, Gomphaeschna furcillata, Celithemis fasciata, phus cecilia, Orthetrum brunneum, O. cancelaltum, and and Libellula axilena have tentative ranks of S3. .... 34. O. coerulescens.] Address: Ficsór, M., North Hungarian Erythemis simplicicollis -- Eastern Pondhawk: E. simpli- Regional Environmental, Nature Conservation and Wa- cicollis hunts by staying on the ground and flying up to ter Management Inspectorate, Laboratory, 4. Mindszent capture prey in the air. An interesting behavioural ob- tér, H-3530, Miskolc, Hungary. E-mail: ficsor.mark@ servation was noticed between the Eastern Pondhawk emikofe.kvvm.hu and one of its prey animals the tiger beetle Cicindela hirticollis, on the beach at Cove Point. The dragonfly 2003 would only take the tiger beetle when it was in flight which would occasionally happen when I disturbed the 12857. Roy, A.H.; Rosemond, A.D.; Leigh, D.S.; Paul, beetles while walking on the beach. If the beetle man- M.J.; Wallace, J.B. (2003): Habitat-specific responses aged to land before being captured, the dragonfly would of stream insects to land cover disturbance: biological land next to it, often just a couple of inches away. I got consequences and monitoring implications. J. N. Am. the impression (but it does need to be further observed Benthol. Soc. 22(2): 292-307. (in English) ["Changes in or tested) that the tiger beetle was behaviourally pro- catchment land cover can impact stream ecosystems gramed to run and not fly away from the dragonfly -- through altered hydrology and subsequent increases in thus avoiding capture. When I approached the tiger sedimentation and nonpoint-source pollutants. These beetles they appeared to more readily take to the air stressors can affect habitat suitability and water quality than they did when a dragonfly was next to them. As a for aquatic invertebrates. We studied the impact of a side note -- I have watched the Eastern Pondhawk hunt range of physical and chemical stressors on aquatic in- Cicindela dorsalis at Flag Ponds in the early 1990s but sects, and tested whether the effects of these stressors did not see any captured (only attempts). However, the differed in 3 habitat types: riffles, pools, and banks. Our Flag Ponds rangers informed me that they had seen study was conducted in Piedmont streams in Georgia them being taken. One thing that is for sure, is that at (USA) where catchment development pressure and the the beach at Cove Point, during the heat of the day, E. potential for aquatic biodiversity loss are high. We sam- simplicicollis are an active predator of tiger beetles." pled 3 replicates of riffle, pool, and bank habitats within (Author) For the complete study see: http://www.cove- a 100-m reach of 29 streams (11-126 km²) that varied in point-trust.org/studies.html] Address: Orr, R., Columbia, catchment land cover. Correlations between environ- Maryland 21044, USA mental variables and aquatic insects (both richness and density) within habitat types indicated that riffle habitats 2000 (vs pool and bank habitats) exhibited the strongest rela- tions with environmental variables. Riffle assemblages 12855. Liu, Z.-y.; Ling, Z.-q.; Liu, A.-y.; Yu, Z.-n.