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(Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae) Flight Intensity
Odonatologica II (3): 239-243 September /, 1982 Notes on the effect of meteorologicalparameters on flightactivity and reproductive behaviour of Coenagrionpuella (L.) (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae) J. Waringer Wiesfeldgasse 6, A-3130 Herzogenburg, Austria Received January 23, 1981 / Accepted March 25, 1982 The influence of temperature, light intensity, cloudiness and wind intensity on daily activity of C. puella at a pond in Lower Austria is discussed. For initiating flightactivity, a minimum light intensity of60 x lOMux is needed. No flight activity was observed on cloudy days with light intensityvalues lying below the threshold 3 of 60 x 10 lux or wind intensity > 8 m s'1 . INTRODUCTION It is known that flight intensity and reproduction in Odonata are influenced such largely by climatological factors, as temperature, light- and wind intensity. CORBET (1962) has shown that unfavourabletemperatures can be avoided by migration, by flight to habitats with an equable micro- climate or by a resting condition. Temperature changes on a daily basis can be regulated physiologically, e.g. by wing vibrations for raising the body choice of site temperature or behaviourally by an appropriate resting (MAY, 1977; CORBET, 1962). Another possibility is taken by crepuscular species, especially tropical Anisoptera. The flight activity of Coenagrion puella is fully restricted to daytime. role in Although temperature plays a major egg development and larval growth of this species (Waringer, unpublished) and therefore in timing of the seasonal flight period, it has been found that daily flight activity is also affected wind- in by and light intensity a considerable way. The aim ofthe obtain information present study was to some quantitative the influence of of on meteorological parameters on daily flight activity Coenagrion puella. -
Description of the Final Stadium Larva (Odonata: Libellulidae)
------- Received 22 May 2003; revised and accepted 06 October 2003------- Nesciothemis farinosa: description of the final stadium larva (Odonata: Libellulidae) Frank Suhling', Carsten Schutte' & Ole Muller' ' lnstitut fUr Geookologie, Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19c, D-381 02 Braunschweig, Germany. <e-mail [email protected]> ' Birkenweg 6d, D-15306 Libbenichen, Germany. Key words: Odonata, dragonfly, Nesciothemis farinosa, larval description, notes on ecology and development. ABSTRACT A written description and illustrations of the final stadium larva of Nesciothemis farinosa are presented, based on larvae and exuviae collected in Namibia. The larvae were reared in the laboratory until emergence. Additionally, information on larval microhabitat, behaviour and development is provided. INTRODUCTION The genus Nesciothemis Longfield, 1955 is composed of five species, N. farinosa (Forster, 1898), N. fitzgeraldi Longfield, 1955, N. minor Gambles, 1966, N. nigeriensis Gambles, 1966 and N. pujoli Pinhey, 1971 (Gambles 1966; Pinhey 1971; Dijkstra 2003) occurring in subsaharan continental Africa, Egypt and the southern Arabian Peninsula, with N. farinosa being the most widespread species, ranging from southern Africa to Egypt and Arabia (Dumont 1991; Schneider & Krupp 1993; Carfl & D'Andrea 1994; Samways 1999; Clausnitzer 2001). N. farinosa reported from western Africa (e.g. Ivory Coast, Tsuda 1991) are questionable, because they differ constantly from typical N. farinosa and might belong to N. pujoli (K.-D.B. Dijkstra in litt.). The larvae of all Nesciothemis species are hitherto not described. Here we describe the final stadium larva and exuvia of N. farinosa from material collected in Namibia. Additionally, information on the larval microhabitat, behaviour in the laboratory and develop ment is provided. -
Key to the Species of the Orthetrum Newman, 1833 (Odonata, Libellulidae) with a New Record Species in Iraq
Asmaa Hassan Al-Hashmi et al. Bull. Iraq nat. Hist. Mus. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2018.15.1.0015 July, (2018) 15 (1): 15-29 KEY TO THE SPECIES OF THE ORTHETRUM NEWMAN, 1833 (ODONATA, LIBELLULIDAE) WITH A NEW RECORD SPECIES IN IRAQ Asmaa Hassan Al-Hashmi* Hana H. Al-Saffar** and Razzaq Shalan Augul** *Department of Biology, College of Science, Al Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq **Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq *Corresponding author: [email protected] *[email protected] Received Date: 09 January 2018 Accepted Date: 21 January 2018 ABSTRACT This paper provides an identification key to the species of Orthetrum Newman, 1833 (Odonata, Libellulidae), including six species that were collected from different localities in Iraq. The species of O. anceps (Schneider, 1845) is registered as a new record in Iraq; the most important characters which are used in diagnostic key are included. Key words: Iraq, Libellulidae, New record, Odonata, Orthetrum. INTRODUCTION The dragonfly insects belonging to the Odonata, are abundant and of worldwide distribution (Corbet, 1980); the genus of Orthetrum Newman, 1833 under the guild of Anisoptera in Libellulidae family, is the biggest one of dragonfly world-wide (Manwar et al., 2012), and this genus is a very large one, spread across the old world (Watson et al., 1991). The genus of Orthetrum contains about sixty of species worldwide (Dijkstra and Kalkman, 2012). This genus is characterized by: sectors of arculus in fore wings with a differentiated merger before encounter arculus; bases of hind wings without blackish-brown markings; ever any accessive cross-veins to the bridge (Fraser, 1936). -
Download Information on the New Species
nature needs more explorers What sixty new dragonfly and damselfly species from Africa can say about the state of our most critical resource and the exploration of life. Klaas-Douwe B. Dijkstra, Jens Kipping & Nicolas Mézière (1 December 2015) Sixty new dragonfly and damselfly species from Africa (Odonata). Odonatologica 44: 447-678 By naming 60 new dragonflies at once, we want to show that a biologist’s greatest importance today is to provide the names and knowledge needed to add all life to the human conscience. We do so by challenging three common misconceptions about biodiversity: 1. that most of Earth’s species are known to us 2. that the remaining unknown species are hidden and detectable only by genetics 3. that enough effort is being made in the field to uncover the unknown in time We demonstrate this with some of the most sensitive and beautiful of all biodiversity: 1. freshwater — Earth’s most dense and threatened species richness 2. Africa — the continent that will change most in the 21st century 3. dragonflies — the insects that could The new Sarep Sprite Pseudagrion sarepi was named be the best gauge of global change after the SAREP expedition to eastern Angola. Mankind knows just 20% of the 9 million species of animal, plant, fungus and protist thought to inhabit our planet. With 6000 species named, dragonflies and damselflies were regarded as well-known. The 60 new dragonflies described now are the most to be named at once in a century, adding 1 species to every 12 known in Africa. Their beauty and sensitivity can raise awareness for freshwater biodiversity, the densest and most threatened on earth. -
Odonatological Abstract Service
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 years old) than old beaver ponds. These studies have 1997 concluded, based on waterfowl use only, that new bea- ver ponds are more productive for waterfowl than old 11030. Prejs, A.; Koperski, P.; Prejs, K. (1997): Food- beaver ponds. I tested the hypothesis that productivity web manipulation in a small, eutrophic Lake Wirbel, Po- in beaver ponds, in terms of macroinvertebrates and land: the effect of replacement of key predators on epi- water quality, declined with beaver pond succession. In phytic fauna. Hydrobiologia 342: 377-381. (in English) 1993 and 1994, fifteen and nine beaver ponds, respec- ["The effect of fish removal on the invertebrate fauna tively, of three different age groups (new, mid-aged, old) associated with Stratiotes aloides was studied in a shal- were sampled for invertebrates and water quality to low, eutrophic lake. The biomass of invertebrate preda- quantify differences among age groups. No significant tors was approximately 2.5 times higher in the inverte- differences (p < 0.05) were found in invertebrates or brate dominated year (1992) than in the fish-dominated water quality among different age classes. -
A Checklist of North American Odonata
A Checklist of North American Odonata Including English Name, Etymology, Type Locality, and Distribution Dennis R. Paulson and Sidney W. Dunkle 2009 Edition (updated 14 April 2009) A Checklist of North American Odonata Including English Name, Etymology, Type Locality, and Distribution 2009 Edition (updated 14 April 2009) Dennis R. Paulson1 and Sidney W. Dunkle2 Originally published as Occasional Paper No. 56, Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, June 1999; completely revised March 2009. Copyright © 2009 Dennis R. Paulson and Sidney W. Dunkle 2009 edition published by Jim Johnson Cover photo: Tramea carolina (Carolina Saddlebags), Cabin Lake, Aiken Co., South Carolina, 13 May 2008, Dennis Paulson. 1 1724 NE 98 Street, Seattle, WA 98115 2 8030 Lakeside Parkway, Apt. 8208, Tucson, AZ 85730 ABSTRACT The checklist includes all 457 species of North American Odonata considered valid at this time. For each species the original citation, English name, type locality, etymology of both scientific and English names, and approxi- mate distribution are given. Literature citations for original descriptions of all species are given in the appended list of references. INTRODUCTION Before the first edition of this checklist there was no re- Table 1. The families of North American Odonata, cent checklist of North American Odonata. Muttkows- with number of species. ki (1910) and Needham and Heywood (1929) are long out of date. The Zygoptera and Anisoptera were cov- Family Genera Species ered by Westfall and May (2006) and Needham, West- fall, and May (2000), respectively, but some changes Calopterygidae 2 8 in nomenclature have been made subsequently. Davies Lestidae 2 19 and Tobin (1984, 1985) listed the world odonate fauna Coenagrionidae 15 103 but did not include type localities or details of distri- Platystictidae 1 1 bution. -
The Dragonfly Larvae of Namibia.Pdf
See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260831026 The dragonfly larvae of Namibia (Odonata) Article · January 2014 CITATIONS READS 11 723 3 authors: Frank Suhling Ole Müller Technische Universität Braunschweig Carl-Friedrich-Gauß-Gymnasium 99 PUBLICATIONS 1,817 CITATIONS 45 PUBLICATIONS 186 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE Andreas Martens Pädagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe 161 PUBLICATIONS 893 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Feeding ecology of owls View project The Quagga mussel Dreissena rostriformis (Deshayes, 1838) in Lake Schwielochsee and the adjoining River Spree in East Brandenburg (Germany) (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae) View project All content following this page was uploaded by Frank Suhling on 25 April 2018. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. LIBELLULA Libellula 28 (1/2) LIBELLULALIBELLULA Libellula 28 (1/2) LIBELLULA Libellula Supplement 13 Libellula Supplement Zeitschrift derder GesellschaftGesellschaft deutschsprachiger deutschsprachiger Odonatologen Odonatologen (GdO) (GdO) e.V. e.V. ZeitschriftZeitschrift der derder GesellschaftGesellschaft Gesellschaft deutschsprachigerdeutschsprachiger deutschsprachiger OdonatologenOdonatologen Odonatologen (GdO)(GdO) (GdO) e.V.e.V. e.V. Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft deutschsprachiger Odonatologen (GdO) e.V. ISSN 07230723 - -6514 6514 20092014 ISSNISSN 072307230723 - - -6514 65146514 200920092014 ISSN 0723 - 6514 2009 2014 2009 -
Undisputed World Authority on West African, and Especially Nigerian Of
I, 1991 Odonatologica20(3): 369-373 September OBITUARY Robert Moylan Gambles 279-283, the With reference to the biography published in Odonatologica9(1980): deceased: 11 life and work of R,M,G, is briefly outlined (born: 16 March, 1910; Dec., served President of the 1990) and his odonatologicalbibliography is updated. He as of the International Odonatological Society during 1985-1987; a group photograph participants (identified)at ”his” last Int. Symp. Odonatol. (Paris, 1985) is appended. ROBERT MOYLAN GAMBLES, B. Sc., M.A., M.R.C.V.S., F.R.E.S., died 1990 80. He born 16 March F.Z.S., F.L.S. on 11 December, aged was on 1910. For he had been the undisputed world authority on West African, many years and especially Nigerian Odonata. Inhis latteryears he had not enjoyed the bestof health and the loss ofhis wife, Margaret, in 1986seemed to acceleratehis physical in and decline. Robert and Margaret married on 28 June, 1945 Cyprus they to call on enjoyed a long and happy timetogether. It was always agreat pleasure them at their homein south Oxfordshire, Robert enthusiastically talking dragon- flies and Margaret dispensing in abundance her marvellous home-brewed ale. of Gambles A biography and appreciation ofthe odonatological work Robert occasion of his 70th appeared in Odonatologica 9(1980): 279-283, to mark the birthday. Since the publication ofthat article, Robert undertookthe onerous task the Sixth International ofediting the majority ofthe papers presented at Sympo- collectionof sium of Odonatology held in 1981 in Chur, Switzerland.That papers 1 of Advances in and in 1982. -
Gastropod Fauna of the Cameroonian Coasts
Helgol Mar Res (1999) 53:129–140 © Springer-Verlag and AWI 1999 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Klaus Bandel · Thorsten Kowalke Gastropod fauna of the Cameroonian coasts Received: 15 January 1999 / Accepted: 26 July 1999 Abstract Eighteen species of gastropods were encoun- flats become exposed. During high tide, most of the tered living near and within the large coastal swamps, mangrove is flooded up to the point where the influence mangrove forests, intertidal flats and the rocky shore of of salty water ends, and the flora is that of a freshwater the Cameroonian coast of the Atlantic Ocean. These re- regime. present members of the subclasses Neritimorpha, With the influence of brackish water, the number of Caenogastropoda, and Heterostropha. Within the Neriti- individuals of gastropod fauna increases as well as the morpha, representatives of the genera Nerita, Neritina, number of species, and changes in composition occur. and Neritilia could be distinguished by their radula Upstream of Douala harbour and on the flats that lead anatomy and ecology. Within the Caenogastropoda, rep- to the mangrove forest next to Douala airport the beach resentatives of the families Potamididae with Tympano- is covered with much driftwood and rubbish that lies on tonos and Planaxidae with Angiola are characterized by the landward side of the mangrove forest. Here, Me- their early ontogeny and ecology. The Pachymelaniidae lampus liberianus and Neritina rubricata are found as are recognized as an independent group and are intro- well as the Pachymelania fusca variety with granulated duced as a new family within the Cerithioidea. Littorini- sculpture that closely resembles Melanoides tubercu- morpha with Littorina, Assiminea and Potamopyrgus lata in shell shape. -
Table 1: Forms, Populations of Lorises and Pottos
Table 1: Genera, species, forms / subpopulations mentioned by several authors, their distribution and location of museum specimens 1, 2, ... : source, author quoted. (Sub-)species, form, Some general remarks Type locality Origin / Distribution area Location of museum specimens / material for research: subpopulation (see also maps) quotations of older literature, which may no longer be valid, and new information * Asian lorises More specialized features than in the African forms. Slender lorises more specialized than slow lorises, more divergent from slow lorises than angwantibos from pottos 3. L I Slender lorises, genus Loris Separation of the former only species Type specimen (from Ceylon 14): Linnaeus House, Uppsala, Sweden 97. To avoid confusion, the old taxonomic Loris tardigradus into two species British Museum (Natural History): Specimens without or with uncertain subspecies names (above) are listed here in because of phenetic differences data: adult and juvenile skulls, skins, mounted skeletons, mounted skins on display; 64 2 addition to the new names based on proposed by Groves . This is preserved material (in alcohol or phenoxetol) . Groves 2001 because taxonomic supported by field study results USNM (USNM Mammals Collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural research may lead to further changes. showing significant differences in History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.): 1 female skin/skull; 1 sex habitat use between L. tardigradus unknown skull/fluid/body; 1 female, 2 sex unknown, fluid (origin unknown); 2 sex and L. l. nordicus 269. unknown, skull/skel.; 1 female, 2 males: skin/skull/skel.; 2 fluid (Sri Lanka) 97. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (FMNH): specimens from zoos: FMNH 57275, m, alcoholic specimen, 1957 from Chicago Zoological Society. -
Faunal Impact Assessment
FAUNAL, FLORAL, WETLAND AND AQUATIC ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT AS PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORISATION PROCESS FOR A PROPOSED COAL MINE ON THE REMAINING EXTENT OF THE FARM THE DUEL 186 MT, LIMPOPO PROVINCE Prepared for Jacana Environmentals CC May 2019 Section C: Faunal Assessment Prepared by: Scientific Terrestrial Services Report authors: J.J. du Plessis C. Hooton Report reviewer(s): K. Marais (Pr. Sci. Nat) S. van Staden (Pr Sci. Nat) Report Reference: STS 190011 Date: May 2019 Scientific Terrestrial Services CC CC Reg No 2005/122329/23 PO Box 751779 Gardenview 2047 Tel: 011 616 7893 Fax: 086 724 3132 E-mail: [email protected] STS 190011 - SECTION C: FAUNAL ASSESSMENT May 2019 DOCUMENT GUIDE The Document Guide below is for reference to the procedural requirements for environmental authorisation applications in accordance to GN267 of 24 March 2017, as it pertains to the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act 107 of 1998) (NEMA); No. Requirement Section in report a) Details of - (i) The specialist who prepared the report Section A: Appendix D (ii) The expertise of that specialist to compile a specialist report including a curriculum vitae Section A: Appendix D b) A declaration that the specialist is independent Section A: Appendix D c) An indication of the scope of, and the purpose for which, the report was prepared Section 1 cA) An indication of the quality and age of base data used for the specialist report Section A cB) A description of existing impacts on the site, cumulative impacts of the proposed Section -
Variations in the Dragonfly Microbiome Through Life Stages and Its Ability to Harbor Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
University of Mississippi eGrove Electronic Theses and Dissertations Graduate School 2019 Variations in the Dragonfly Microbiome Through Life stages and Its Ability to Harbor Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Sarah Russell University of Mississippi Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd Part of the Biology Commons Recommended Citation Russell, Sarah, "Variations in the Dragonfly Microbiome Through Life stages and Its Ability to Harbor Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria" (2019). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1678. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/1678 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact [email protected]. VARIATIONS IN THE DRAGONFLY MICROBIOME THROUGH LIFESTAGES AND ITS ABILITY TO HARBOR ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT BACTERIA A Thesis presented in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Master’s of Science in the Biology Department The University of Mississippi by Sarah Russell May 2019 Copyright Ó 2019 by Sarah Russell All rights reserved Abstract Juvenile dragonflies (nymphs) may possess the ability to pass their microbiome to the adult life stage through metamorphosis. If this is so, the environment in which the nymph develops may have an effect on the adult microbiome. In this study, the gut microbiomes of 13 species of dragonfly were compared across life stages and when collected from environments at different levels of urbanization. The gut of each dragonfly was removed, DNA extracted, and a portion of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene amplified and sequenced.