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Odonate collection in the Department of Agricultural Entomology and Zoology of the University of Naples
C. D’Antonio
Via A. Falcone, 386/b, I-80127 Napoli, Italy
checklist is of 41 from LESTIDAE Abstract –A given spp.
Hun- Austria, Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Greece, - Chalcolestes v. viridis (Vander L.)
and 1 gary, Italy, Poland Portugal. Brachytron Germany: Leipzig, ó . pratense (Müll.) is for the first time recorded from - Lestes barbarus (Fahr.)
Calabria, southern Italy. Italy: Catania, 28-IV-I940, 1 5. - Province
of Caserta: Sessa Aurunca, 10-V-1930, li.-
Introduction Province ofNapoli: Portici, 2 à .
The collection of Odonata of the Department of - L. sponsa (Hans.)
AgriculturalEntomology and Zoology ofthe Uni- “Fennia" (= Finland): 18-V1I-1931, 1 <3,2 9;
of in Portici is rich. There - 1 - 31-VI1-I931, 1 versity Naples not very id., 28-VII-I931, <3; id.,
210 are specimens, kept in 15 boxes, collected <3.
between 1905 and 1940 in different European lo- - Sympecma fusca (Vander L.)
calities, but above all in southern Italy and in the Austria: Vienna, 1 9.-Cyprus: Ayoios
vicinity of Naples. Joannis, alt. 3500-4000 ft, <3,9 (?). -Ger-
1 1 -11 many: Berlin, <3; - Dresden, <3 . a 1 y:
Species list Province of Salerno: Piaggine, VII-1921, 1 9.
The checklist reported below is arranged accord- PLATYCNEM1DIDAE
the - ing to sequence of families proposed by Platycnemis pennipes (Pall.)
ASKEW The 1 - (1988). locality lables are not always Austria: Vienna, <3. Hungary: Buda-
have label I - 11 I Province ofSalerno: Vallo complete. Besides, some specimens no pest, 9. a y:
at all. Some localities are reported as “country della Lucania, 4-IX-1918, 1 <3, 1 9.-Coun-
unknown”, as it was not possible to localize them. try u n k n o w n: 2-VI-1925, 1 <3.
CALOPTERYGIDAE COENAGRIONIDAE
- Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis (Vander L.) - Cercion Lindeni (Sel.)
Italy: Benevento, V-1920, 1 d; - id., IX- Italy: Province of Napoli: Portici, 1 <5. -
-1918, I d. - Province of Catanzaro: Nicastro, Province of Vibo Valentia: Sambiase, 25-VI-
IX-1905, 1 <3, 1 9. - Province of Messina: -1921, 1 (3.
Ucria, 18-VI-1931, 1 <3. - Province of Salerno: - Ceriagrion tenellum (de Vili.)
Ascea, 20-VII-1929, 1 9;-id., 1-V1II-1929, 1 Italy: Benevento, IX-1918, 1 ¿ . - Province - 9 Battipaglia, 19-VI1-1918,1 d ; Pisciotta, of Napoli; Castellammare di Stabia, VII-1935,
I7-VII-1935, 1 9; -Vallo della Lucania, 4-IX- 2 <$, 2 5 (forma typica). - Country un-
-1918, 1 d, I 9. - Province of Vibo Valentia: known: Schifo, 27-V1II-1940, 1 5.
1 caerulescens Arena, l-VIIf-1929, d\- Sambiase, V-1920, C. caesarum Schmidt
I <3. Italy: Province of Foggia: Lesina, VI1-1939,
C. splendens ancilla Sèi. 1 5.-Country unknown: Schifo, 27-
Italy: Province of Napoli: Castellammare di -VIII-1940, 1 9.
Stabia, VII-1935, 19 d,2 9;- id., Vl-1935, 2 C. hastulatum (Charp.)
d, 1 9;-id„ VIII-1935, 1 d;-Portici, 1929,1 “Fennia" (= Finland): 7-VI-I931, 1 6. I 5.
d. - Province of Vibo Valentia: Sambiase, V- C. mercuriale castellani Roberts
-1920,1 5.-Country unknowji:Schito, Italy: Province of Salerno: Pompei, 29-V-
27-VIII-1940, 1 9. -1927, 1 9; - id., 2-VII-I927, 1 9.
C. virgo (L.) C. puella (L.)
Italy; Province of Salerno: Teggiano, 27-VI- Austria: Vienna, 2 <3. - Country un-
-1920, 1 9, known: Schito, 14-VI-1922, 1 9. No. 140 Notul. odonatoi, Vol. 4, 9, pp. 137-152, June 1, 1997
- C. pulchellum mediterraneum Schmidt LIBELLULIDAE
Italy: Province of Napoli: Caslellammare di - Crocothemis erythraea (Brulle)
1 Stabia, VII-1935, d. Italy: Benevento, VII-1918, 1 2. - Catania,
- Coenagrionp. pulchellum (Vander L.) 1934, 3 d, 1 2. - Province of Napoli:
- Finland: Turku, I 2. “Fennia” (= Fin- Castellammare di Stabia, 9-V-1927, 1 2; -
land): 18-VII-1931, Id. Portici, 4 d, 2 2, - Province of Roma:
- scitulum I C. (Ramb.) Fiumicino, 19-IX-1918, d. - Province of
Country unknown: Schito, 14-VI-1922, Salerno: Ascea, l-VIII-1929, 1 d;-id , 5-VII1-
1 d. - -1929, Id; id., 18-VIII-1929, I 2. - Prov-
- Enallagma cyathigerum! (Charp.) ince of Sassari: Tempio Pausania, VI-1906, 1
Austria: Vienna, I 1 Braunschweig, <î. - Leucorrhinia dubia (Vander L.) Erythromma najas (Hans.) Germany: Braunschweig, 12- “Fennia” Austria: Vienna, I d, 2 2. (= Finland): I d. - Ischnura elegans (Vander L.) - L. rubicunda (L.) Greece: Poros, 1 d. -11 a 1 y: Province of “Fennia" (= Finland): 16-VI-1931, 1 d;-id., Salerno: Pompei, 29-V-1927, I d; - Scafati, 9- 17-VI-1931, 1 2. -V-1927, 1 2. - “Fennia” (= Finland): 5-VIII- - Libellula fulva Mail. -1931, 1 d. 1 2; - id., 2-VII-1931, 1 d. Italy: Province of Napoli: Portici, 1928, I - Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulz.) 2;- Castellammare di Stabia, VII-1935,6 d, 2 Germany: Braunschweig, 12.- "Fennia” 2.-Country unknown: Schito. I4-VI- (= Finland): 18-VII-1931, 1 d. -1922, I d. AESHNIDAE - L. quarimaculata L. - Aeshna affinis Vander L. “Fennia” (= Finland): 19-VI-1931, 1 d, 1 2. Italy: Province of Napoli: Castellammare di - Orthetrum brunneum (Fonsc.) Stabia, 13-VII-1927, I 2. Italy: Province of Napoli: Castellammare di - A. cyanea (Mull.) Stabia, VII-1935, 2 d, 1 2; - Portici, 1 d. - Austria: Vienna, 1 - 11 I Benevento, Province of Salerno: 2 d. 2. a y: Ascea, l-VIII-1929, VII-1918, 1 d. - Province of Napoli: Portici, - Province ofTrenlo: Civezzano Trentino, VIII- I6-V1II-1929, 1 d; - id., 30-VII-1927, I 2;- -1905, 1 2. - Province of Vibo Valentia: id 4-X-1931, 1 d; - 9-VI1I-1927, 1 2;- Sambiase, V-1920, 1 2. . id., - id., 8-IX-1927, 1 2; - id., 1 2. “Fennia" (= - O. cancellatum (L.) Finland): 25-VII1-1931, 1 d. Austria: Vienna, 1 d. - 11 a 1 y: Province of - - A. mixta Latr. Napoli: Portici, 1 d, 1 2. Catania, 1934, 1 Italy: Province of Brindisi: S. Vito dei 2.-Country unknown: “Patria”, 1 d. O. coerulescens Normanni, VII-1905, 1 3. - (Fabr.) Leach Province of Benevento: Benevento, IX- - Anax imperator Italy: Italy: Province of Napoli: Castellammare di -1918, 2d; - id., 1920, 1 2. - Province of Stabia, VI-1935, I d, 1 2;-Portici, 2-X-1933, Napoli: Castellammare di Stabia, VIII-1935, 2 I d; - id., 15-VI-1919, 1 2. d; - id., VII-1935, 8 d, 2 2; - id., VI-1935, 2 - - 3 Province ofVibo Valentia: Brachytron pratense (Mull.) d, 2. Sambiase, Italy: Province of Vibo Valentia: Sambiase, 23-VI-1921, 1 2;-id., V-1920, 1 2. VI-1920, I 2. - Sympetrum danae (Sulz.) 1 1 - P GOMPHIDAE Germany: Braunschweig, d, 2. o- I 1 - Gomphus vulgatissimus (L.) a n d: Breslau, 2.-Country un- 1 -11 I Benevento, known: I8-IX-1926, 1 d. Germany: Berlin, d. a y: - S. V-1918. 1 d. - Country unknown: flaveolum (L.) “Patria”, 1 2. Austria: Sachsenburg. I d, 1 2. - - Onychogomphusf. forcipatus (L.) S. fonscolombei(Sel.) d. Province of Portici, Id;- id.. “Fennia” (= Finland); I3-VII-I931, I Italy; Napoli: Notul. odonatol., Vol. 4, No. 9, pp. 137-152, June 1, 1997 141 9. 5-V1I-1927, 1 (J;- id., 12-V-1928, I Anisoptera). The record ofBrachytmn pratense is - S. meridionale (Sulz.) very important:this specimen, caughtin Sambiase, Germany: Bavaria: Nürnberg, 1 9. near the town of Catanzaro, is the first record for Calabria Its in is S. sanguineum (Müll.) (southern Italy). presence Italy 1 - P known from 56 localities Germany; Leipzig, l-IX-1926, â. o r- only (personal data) and 1; 1 t u g a Porto, 9. for this reason the species should be considered as S. striolatum (Charp.) “threatened”, though it was not reported as such Italy: Benevento, IX-1918, Id.- Province by UTZERI (1995). of 2 1 Napoli: Portici, 1 1 References 9;-id,, 1928, - S. vulgatum (L.) fliesofEurope. Harley Books, Martins; - UTZERI, “Fennia” (= Finland): 3-VIII-1931, 1 i. C„ 1995, Odonata, in: A. Minelli, S. Ruffo & S. La Posta, Checklist delle specie della fauna italiana, Conclusion 35. pp. 1-7, Calderini, Bologna. The odonate collection of the Department of En- tomology and Zoology of the University of Received June 21, 1996 Neaples consists of41 species (21 Zygoptera, 20