Odonatological Abstract Service

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6413. Asahina, S. (1997): Records of the Northern 6415. Brockhaus, T. (1998): Ein Zauneidechsen Vietnamese taken by the expedition members Männchen (Lacerta agilis L., 1758) flüchtet ins Wasser. from the National Science Museum, Tokyo. 5. Coen- Jahresschrift für Feldherpetologie und Ichtyofaunistik agrionidae, Protoneuridae and Platycnemididae. Bull. Sachsen 5: 111-112. (in German). [Sachsen, Germany; natn. sci. mus. Toko Ser. A. 23(1): 17-34. (in English). remnant wings of splendens were found at a ["In total 24 of northern Vietnamese site the lizard L. agilis escaped from the approaching referable to three zygopterid families are recorded in person.] Address: Brockhaus, T., An der Morgensonne the fifth part of this series. Many of them seem to be ra- 5, D-09387 Jahnsdorf, Germany. E-mail: T.Brockhaus ther common lowland species, but special attention is @t-online.de paid to the family Platycnemididae, of which 3 Calicne- mia are illustrated including one new species and 6 of 6416. Mason, W.T. (1998): Macrobenthic monitoring the 7 Coeliccia species are described as being new to in the Lower St. Johns River, Florida. Environmental science. A large-sized Coeliccia-like species, once trea- Monitoring and Assessment 50(2): 101-130. (in Eng- ted as "Trichocnemis orang Foerster", is placed in the lish). ["The macrobenthos in the oligohaline 132 km Indocnemis Laidlaw, and its largest form is trea- reach of the Lower St. Johns River, Florida, is an un- ted as I. orang, forma kempi Laidlaw." (Author) Calic- usual blend of freshwater and marine organisms within nemia uenoi, Coeliccia tomokunii, C. chromothorax, C. the annelid, mollusc, aquatic , and crustacean uenoi, C. onoi, C. satoi, C. acco] Address: Asahina, S., groups. During 1993–1994, the community composition 4-4-24 Takadanobaba, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169, Japan was freshwater oriented in the 47 km (seg I) and estua- rine dominated in the lower 85 km (seg II). Of the total 6414. Wildermuth, H. (1997): Phänologie und Lar- 146 taxa (including Odonata) collected,89% were eury- venhabitate von flavomaculata (VdL) in ecious ‘eutrophic’ and ‘pollution tolerant’ organisms. einem voralpinen Moorkomplex (Anisoptera: Cordulii- Densities ranged between 5000 and 20 000 individu- dae). 16(1/2): 17-32. (in German, with English als/m² ann av and maximum densities (85 000 individu- summary). ["Based on sight observations, quantitative als/m²) occurred in the muck substrate at the confluen- collections of exuviae and analyses the emer- ce of major tributaries and embayments. Throughout gence and flight period as well as the larval waters we- the lakelike seg II, benthic hypoxia existed during much re investigated during a 13 year study near Zurich in the of summer through fall. Biotic index values for grab, ar- Swiss midlands. The emergence period lasted from the tificial substrate, and sled trawl samples reflected grea- middle of May to the end of July, the flight period from test stresses to the macrobenthos then. Both low taxo- the end of May to the end of September. Puddles, peat nomic diversity and densities of organisms at the most diggings and ditches revealed suitable larval . downriver stations nearest the port of Jacksonville indi- These are shallow water bodies rather densely over- cated that toxic substances also adversely affected the grown by emergent vegetation comprising different macrobenthos. Maintenance of the narrow band of litto- plant associations. The visual cue for the recognition of ral submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) and adjacent the various oviposition sites may consist of the homo- shoreline riparian vegetation is important to sustain ma- geneous structure of the larval habitat indicating shal- crobenthic communities and other kinds of aquatic life low water with organic mud ground and free of . The in the river." (Author)] Address: Mason, W.T., South- significance of male extraaquatic territories is shortly eastern Biological Science Center, National Biological discussed with respect to habitat selection." (Author)] Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Gainesville, Address: Wildermuth, H., Haltbergstr. 43, CH-8630 Rü- Florida, U.S.A. ti, Switzerland. E-mail: hansruedi@ wildermuth.ch

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 1 6417. Watanabe, M.; Taguchi, M.; Ohsawa, N. 6420. Furriols, M.; Garciamoreno, J.; López, J.; Mer- (1998): Field study on population of the Ca- cader, J.; Montpey (1999): Faunística i distribució dels lopteryx japonica (Odonata) using mark-release-and- odonats d’Osona. Butll. Inst. Cat. Hist. Nat. 67: 131- recapture method as a technique for environmental e- 140. (in Spanish, with English summary). ["The odonate ducation. Bulletin of the Faculty of Education, Mie Univ, fauna of Osona (Barcelona, Spain) and its distribution Natural Science 49: 29-37. (in Japanese, with English are presented, on the basis of data from adults obtai- summary). ["In order to clarify the population dynamics ned in 17 itineraries during the period 1988-89. Thirty- of C. japonica, the mark-release-and recapture method six species were detected, representing 55,4 % of tho- was used for the population inhabiting in a small river in se recorded from Catalonia. Lestes viridis and Anax cool temperate zone of Japan, 1989 and 1990. The sur- imperator have the widest distribution and Platycnemis vey on the distribution of each adult perching was also latipes and L. viridis are the most abundant. Olost, Sora carried out. The estimated daily number of males was and El Sorreigs are the itineraries with the largest num- 500 (1989), while that of females was 480 (1989). Then bers of species. Finally, some aspects of the abundan- the operational sex ratio in each year was likely unity. ce, distribution and ecology of the species present in The daily estimate number of immigrants in each year Osona are discussed." (Authors)] Address: Turet, J., was low, and the daily survival rate was high. Therefo- Universitat de Vic. Sagrada Família, 7. 08500-Vic. re, the populations in both years were considered to be Spain. E-mail: [email protected] a closed population. The perching site of the damselfly depended upon the sunlit area on the shore line of the 6421. Gunathilagaraj, K.; Soundarajan, R.P.; Chitra, river. Along the shore line the perching site of males N.; Swamiappan, M (1999): Odonata in the rice fields of was shown as a clear random distribution, due to the Coimbatore. Zoos' Print Journal 14: 43-44. (in English). territorial behaviour. The survey curriculum provided the [India; 16 species are checklisted.] Address: Gunathila- basic understanding of concepts on mark-release-and- garaj, K., Dept Agriculutral Entomology, Tamil Nadu recapture method for high school students as well as Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu undergraduate students. The damselfly used in this 641003, India study allowed for the application and extension of the 6422. Hedge, T.A.; Crouch, T. E. (1999): Clarification skills and knowledge of field ecology. These results we- of the names julia falsum Longfield, 1955 re discussed as a teaching material for the damselfly in and O. julia capicola Kimmins, 1957 (Odonata: Anisop- view point of the environmental education." (Authors)] tera: ). African Entomology 7(2): 302-304. Address: Watanabe, M., Department of Biology, Faculty (in English). [This is a detailed discussion of nomencla- of Education, Mie University, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Ja- tural problems of taxa within the Orthetrum julia pan. E-mail: [email protected] complex. The authors conclude that O. capense Cal- vert, 1893 is invalid in any combination, and thus the correct names of the two subspecies of O. julia occur- 1999 ring in South are stated as in the title of this publication.] Address: Crouch, T. E., Durban Natural Science Museum, Durban, 4000

6418. Allanson, M.; Georges, A. (1999): Diet of El- seya purvisi and Elseya georgesi (Testudines: Cheli- dae), a sibling species pair of freshwater turtles from 2000 eastern Australia. Chelonian Conservation Biology 3: 473-477. (in English). [Australia; the stomach content of 72 specimens collected in the Manning and Barnard Ri- 6423. Che Salmah, M.R.; Hassan, S.T.S.; Abu Has- vers (E. purvisi; n=41) and Bellinger River (E. georgesi, san, A. (2000): Local movement and feeding pattern of n=31) was surveyed for food items. Odonata were re- adult Neurothemis tullia (Drury) (Odonata: Libellulidae) presented in 12.9% of the E. georgesi turtles, and in in a rain fed rice field. Tropical Ecology 41(2): 233-241. 77.3% of the E. purvisi turtles from Barnard River and in (in English, with Spanish and Portugease summeries). 47,4 from Manning River. In general only few odonate ["The movements of N. tullia adults were studied in a items were collected indicating that Odonata are not a rain fed rice field using the mark-release-recapture really important food source for the turtles. Most impor- technique. Both male and female were wi- tant as food are Trichoptera.] Address: Georges, A., dely distributed within their home range of approximate- Applied Ecology Research Grooup and CRC for Fresh- ly 30 m radii. Adult movements were highly localized water Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601, and the longest distance travelled was about 130 m. Australia. E-mail: [email protected] Diurnal feeding pattern was studied by examining gut 6419. Carvalho, A.L. (1999): Ordem Odonata. In: D. contents. Some individuals had taken preys as early as Ismael et al., [Eds], Invertebrados de aqua doce, Vol. 4: 0730 hr. Feeding activity however, peaked at 1030 hr Biodiversidade do Estado de Sdo Paulo, Brasil: sintese and at 1730 hr. Daily food intake was highly variable do conhecimento ao final do seculo XX. FAPESP, Sao between sexes and within hours of the day. Females Paulo: 149-155. (in Portuguese). [This chapter gives a fed more actively in the morning and their body weights brief general outline of odonate morphology and biolo- were heavier than that of males at all hours of the day. gy, a brief review of exploration history and of the pre- Active feeding activity of both sexes reflected effective sent state of knowledge on the odonate fauna of Sao predation." (Authors)] Address: Che Salmah, M.R., Paulo, Brasil, and a regional bibliography.] Address: School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malay- Carvalho, A.L., Caixa Postal 68044, Cidade Universita- sia, 11800 Minden, Penang, Malaysia ria, BR-21944-970 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 2 6424. Conze, K.-J. (2000): AK Libellen NRW – 2001 Rundbrief 7. Arbeitskreis Libellen NRW – Rundbrief Nr. 7: 10 pp. (in German). [The currently known status of distribution of the Odonata of Nordrhein-Westfalen, 6428. Hlasek, J. (2001): Dragonflies of the Tre- Germany is documented for further discussion. Maps of bonsko PLA and BR. Ochrana Prírody 56(3): 71-74. (in 60 Odonata species are given.] Address: Conze, K.-J., Czech, with English summary). ["More than 50 dra- Listerstr. 13, D-45147 Essen, Germany. E-mail: Klaus- gonfly species have been recorded in the Trebonsko [email protected] Protected Landscape Area and Biosphere Reserve. 6425. Handke, K. (2000): Veränderungen in der In- Although the area includes more than 465 fishponds sektenfauna der Bremer Flussmarschen 1992-1999 - larger than one hectare, species richness reflects main- Zeichen des Klimawandels? NNA-Berichte 2/2000: 37- ly the high number of different types of water reservoirs. 54. (in German, with English summary). [Based on re- There are more than 500 permanent pools and remain- gional faunistic investigation starting in 1982 a range ders of meanders in the nature reserves in the Luznice extension of eight odonate species is discussed and re- and Nezárka river system. Dragonflies can be found al- lated to climatic warming.] Address: Handke, K., Rie- so in the watered sandpits and peatbog mines. Various denweg 19, D-27777 Ganderkesee, Germany types of running waters are also very important, inclu- ding both rivers and the extensive network of drains 6426. Petrulevicius, J.P.; Martins-Neto, R.G. (2000): between fishponds. Last but not least, many reservoirs Checklist of South American Cenozoic . Acta have been created by the PLA Administration as a part Geologica Hispanica 35 (12): 135-147. (in English, with of conservation programmes. In the year 1999, 23 re- Spanish summary). [This checklist is a compilation of li- servoirs were built. Dragonfly fauna of the Trebonsko terature about South American Cenozoic insects. The region includes important populations of Coenagrion lu- list include 73 named insects belonging to 11 orders. nulatum, Nehalennia speciosa, Lestes virens, Ophio- Records are from the Oligocene and Pleistocene of gomphus cecilia, Cordulegaster boltonii, Aeshna sub- south-eastern Brazil, late Paleocene of north - western arctica, A. juncea, Brachytron pratense, Leucorrhinia Argentina and Paleocene-Eocene of southern Argenti- dubia, Orthetrum albistylum and Sympetrum danae." na. Palaeomacromia multicellulata is the only Odonata (Authors)] Address: not stated listed.] Address: Petrulevicius, J.P., Departamento Científico Paleozoología Invertebrados, Museo de La 6429. Reyes Sánchez, E.; Alvarez, A.D. (2001): O- Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900 La Plata, Argentina. donatos (Insecta) depositados en el Instituto de Ecolo- E-mail: [email protected] gía y Sistemática, Ciudad de La Habana. Cocuyo 11: 11-15. (in Spanish). [A list of species deposited in the 6427. Sanchez, M.I.; Green, A.J.; Dolz, J.C. (2000): institut's collection is given exclusively providing infor- The diets of the White-headed Duck Oxyura leuco- mation on the localities of the records.] Address: Reyes cephala, Ruddy Duck O. jamaicensis and their hybrids Sánchez, E., Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, CIT- from Spain. Bird Study 47: 275-284. (in English). ["We MA, Apartado Postal 8029, Ciudad de La Habana studied the gut contents of 17 White-headed Ducks, 25 10800, Cuba North American Ruddy Ducks and 26 hybrids between the two species collected from 14 Spanish wetlands. 6430. Willigalla, C. (2001): Die Libellenfauna im Er- This is the most detailed study to date of Oxyura diet in weiterungsgebiet der Rieselfelder Münster. Jahresbe- the Palearctic region. Food items from at least 27 fami- richt Rieselfelder Münster 2001: 68-76. (in German). lies of invertebrates (including Odonata) and at least [Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. In 2001 a total of 22 ten families of aquatic plants were identified. The me- odonate species was recorded. These are checklisted thod of collection of ducks and rapid digestion of soft- for the 11 localities surveyed, and compared with regio- bodied invertebrates may have overestimated the im- nal records starting in 1975.] Address: Willigalla, C., portance of plant matter. However, animal foods were Annastr. 1, 55124 Mainz, Germany. E-mail: christoph more important, constituting 73% of aggregate volume @willigalla.de of gullet contents. In both duck species and their hy- brids, benthic chironomid larvae and pupae were the most important food item, present in 69% of gullets and 2002 75% of gizzards, and constituting 35% of aggregate vo- lume and 26% of aggregate percentage in gullets. An- giosperm seeds were the next most important dietary component, and crustaceans (mainly Amphipoda, Cla- 6431. Burkart, G.; Burkart, W. (2002): Kejsartrolls- docera and Isopoda) and green plant material were of lända (Anax imperator) pâ Gotland. Körkmacken 33: secondary importance. No significant differences in diet 10-11. (in Swedish). [Sweden, Island of Gotland, 3-VII- were detected between duck species, sex or age clas- 2002] Address: Burkart, W., Am Emel 7, D-27412 Will- ses. Birds sampled in the breeding season had more stedt, Germany. E-mail: [email protected] nematodes, but these may have been parasitic. Chiro- 6432. nomids were less abundant in Ruddy Ducks collected Janecek, B.; Waringer, J. (2002): Fauna Aqua- from northern Spain outside of the range of the White- tica Austriaca. Katalog zur autökologischen Einstufung headed Duck." (Authors)] Address: Sanchez, Marta, aquatischer Organismen Österreichs. Odonata (Libel- Estación Biológica de Doñana, Avenida de María Luisa len) - Teil III. Moog, O. (Ed.): Wasserwirtschaftskatas- s/n, Pabellón del Perú, 41013 Sevilla, Spain ter. Bundesministerium für Land. und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft. Wien.: 14 pp. (in Ger- man). [checklist of Austrian Odonata; saprobian classi- fication of the Odonata species; classification according the biocenological regions in Austria; classification ac- cording feeding group (all predators)] Address: Warin-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 3 ger, J., Limnological Department, Institute of Ecology darstvennyi Universitet) Series Chemistry, Biology and and Conservation Biology, University of Vienna, Althan- Pharmaceutics 2003(2): 108-115. (in Russian). [Diet str. 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria overlap and other food interactions of four species of amphibians and reptiles were studied in the town of Vo- 6433. Martin Casacuberta, R. (2002): Nueva cita de ronesh (Russia). The stomach contents of Bufo viridis, Orthetrum nitidinerve (Selys, 1841) (Odonata: Libelluli- Pelobates fuscus, Rana ridibunda, Lacerta agilis were dae) para Cataluna. Boln Soc. ent. aragon. 30: 180. ["1 examined. Odonata are mentioned to occur in all but male, La Bunyola, 17-VIM989; 1 male, La Marina, same Bufo viridis, in Rana ridibunda they were found in more date; both localities in the Barcelona area. Bibliographic than 20% of the stomach contents investigated. Odona- references are provided also for all earlier records from ta larvae were treated as a separate category and were Catalonia, Spain."] Address: Martini Casacuberta, R., only found in Rana ridibunda, again in more than 20% C/ Marti Julia, 19-23. Ir la, ES-08911 Badalona, Spain of the individuals. For Odonata and odonate larvae combined this figure varied between 10 and 27% from 6434. Petrulevicius, J.K.; Nel, A. (2002): New pa- June to September.] Address: no details stated laeomacromiid dragonflies from the Upper Paleocene of Argentina. Palaeontology 45(4): 751-758. (in English). 6439. Fontenla, J.L. (2003): Libélulas (Insecta: Odo- ["A new genus of palaeomacromiid dragonflies, Curvi- nata) de Sierra de los Órganos, Cuba. Cocuyo 13: 28- arculia, based on Curviarculia delicata sp. nov. and 29. (in Spanish). [35 species are listed] Address: Fon- Curviarculia lamasi sp. nov., is erected from the upper tenla, J.L., Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Cuba. Paleocene Maíz Gordo Formation of north–western Ar- E-mail: [email protected] gentina. Phylogenetic relationships within Palaeomac- romiidae are discussed, leading to a new family dia- 6440. Giberson, D.J.; Dobrin, M. (2003): Species gnosis."] Address: Nel, A., Lab. Ent. Mus. Natn. Hist. composition, distribution, and seasonal patterns of dra- Nat., 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France. E-mail: a- gonflies and damselflies of Prince Edward Island natio- [email protected] nal Park. Parks Canada - Technical Reports in Ecosys- tem Science Report 37: IV, 30 pp. (in English, with 6435. Ramos Hernández, J.M.; de Armas, L.F. French summary). ["Thirty-eight species of Odonata [...] (2002): Registros nuevos de odonatos (Insecta) para el were found near ponds and streams in Prince Edward cabo de San Antonio, extremo más occidental de Cuba. Island National Park of Canada between 1997 and Cocuyo 12: 6. (in Spanish). [Península de Guanahaca- 1999. This figure represents about 2/3 of the species so bibes, Provincia de Pinar del Río, Cuba; 13 Odonata far reported from Prince Edward Island. The Brackley to species were recorded in August 2001] Address: Ra- Dalvay region of the park showed the highest diversity mos Hernández, J.M., Apartado Postal 2204, Sancti with 36 species, compared to only 19 species in the Spíritus, provincia de Sancti Spíritus 60100, Cuba Cavendish to Rustico area and 13 species in the Greenwich area. This diversity pattern reflects the high

diversity of aquatic habitats in the Brackley to Dalvey 2003 area, compared to other park regions. The primary flight period for adult odonates was July and August, with 31 of the species found during this period, but several spe- cies were found in early June and as late as October." 6436. Bo, T.; Fenoglio, S.; Agosta, P.; Cucco M. (Authors)] Address: Prince Edward Island National (2003): Studi Trent. Sci. Nat., Acta Biol. 80. 59: 62. (in Park, 2 Palmer’s Lane, Charlottetown, PEI, c1a 5v6, Italian, with English summary). ["Macrozoobenthos dist- Canada ribution and CPOM availability in a Ligurian stream (Rio del Giovo, Sassello, Italy) - Coarse particulate organic 6441. Kandibane, M.; Mahadevan, N.R.; Gunathila- matter represents one of the most important energetic garaj, K. (2003): Odonata in irrigrated rice ecosystem of input in lotic systems. Aim of our study was to describe Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Zoos' Print 18(7): 1155-1156. (in the microdistribution of macroinvertebrates in a 50 m- English). [India; 12 Odonata species are listed and segment of the Rio del Giovo (Sassello, SV), analysing briefly commented.] Address: Kandibane, M., Agricultu- micro-environmental characteristics and availability of ral College and Research Institute, Madurai, TN, coarse particulate organic matter. We noticed that 625104, India India CPOM amount is an important factor regulating mac- 6442. roinvertebrate distribution especially when it is scarce." Roque, F.O.; Trivinho-Strixino, S.; Strixino, G.; (Authors) The list of taxa includes Cordulegaster bolto- Agostinho, R.C (2003): Benthic macroinvertebrates in nii and Onychogomphus sp. ] Address: Bo, T., Diparti- streams of the Jaragua State Park (Southeast of Brazil) mento di Alessandria, A.R.P.A. Piemonte, Via Trotti 17, considering multiple spatial scales. Journal of Insect I-15100 Alessandria, Italy. E-mail: tizianobo@hotmail. Conservation 7(2): 63-72. (in English). ["The study of com the distribution of macroinvertebrates, considering mul- tiple hierarchic scales and incorporating different spatial 6437. Burkart, G.; Burkart, W. (2003): Vinterflicks- dimensions to assess the role of disturbance in aquatic ländor i april. Körkmacken 36: 12-13. (in Swedish). [Re- environments, can contribute to conservation, environ- cords of Sympecma paedisca (16-IV-2003) and S. fus- mental evaluation and improvement of analytical tools ca (17-IV-2003) from Gotland (Sweden; X: 6399750; Y: in ecology. The object of this study was to evaluate the 1675500) are documented.] Address: Burkart, W., Am diversity of macroinvertebrates in streams of the Jara- Emel 7, D-27412 Wilstedt, Germany. E-mail: wegubur- guá State Park (SP-Brazil), considering three spatial [email protected] scales: mesohabitats, segments, and hydrographic ba- sins with different land use parameters (, mixed 6438. Butov, G.S.; Khitzova, L.N. (2003): On the diet agriculture, organic pollution and deforestation). The of amphibians and reptiles in anthropogenic habitats of samples, collected with a Surber collector, were taken the city of Voronesh. Vestnik VGU Voroneshski Gossu-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 4 in the beginning of the dry season of 1998. Analysis of terrestrial area surrounding the riparian area were mi- data through multiple correspondence analysis showed xed at the carnivorous trophic level of riparian spiders." the importance of variables in macroscale (land use) for (Authors) "The d13C of Odonata (Calopteryx japonica) the distribution of the fauna in general and the relevan- were lower than the average d13C of the other aquatic ce of variability in mesoscale for some taxa in particu- insects."] Address: Toda, H., Department of Environ- lar. The work points to the necessity of considering dif- mental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Shinshu Universi- ferent levels of spatial heterogeneity for the conservati- ty, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390–8621, Japan. Email: h- on of biodiversity in the streams of the park." (Authors) [email protected] Odonata are considered on the genus level.] Address: Roque, F.O., Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecolo- 6446. Bechev, D.N.; Stojanova, A.M. (2004): Ge- gia e Recursos Naturais UFSCar, Brazil. E-mail: pfor ographic localities of invertebrates of conservation im- @iris.ufscar.br portance in the Rhodopes (Bulgaria). Trav. Sci. Univ. Plovdiv, Animalia 40(6): 19-25. (in Bulgarian, with 6443. Schulz, D. (2003): Ein weiteres Vorkommen English summary). [With focus on the invertebrate spe- der Östlichen Moosjungfer (Leucorrhinia albifrons (Bur- cies from the lists of: IUCN Red List, Habitat Directive meister 1839)) in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Mitteilun- DCE 92/44/EEC, Bern Convention, ESC Red List, CO- gen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft West-Mecklen- RINE biotopes Check-list and Law for Biodiversity of burg 3(1): 73-74. (in German). [Landkreis Uecker-Ran- Bulgaria, several records are documented including dow, south of Torgelow, Germany; records of a few Lestes dryas, Coenagrion hastulatum, Cordulegaster specimens in 1999, no records in 2001.] Address: heros, and Somatochlora flavomaculata.] Address: Be- Schulz, D., Paul-Holz-Ring 18, 17309 Pasewalk, Ger- chev, D.N., Department of Zoology, University of Plov- many. E-mail: [email protected] div, 24 Tzar Assen Str., BG-4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria. E- mail: [email protected] 6444. Staniczek, A.H. (2003): Neufund der Steinflie- ge Capnopsis schilleri : ) in Baden- 6447. Boyce, D.C. (2004): A review of the invertebra- Württemberg. Mitt. ent. Ver. Stuttgart 38: 9-12. (in Ger- te assemblage of acid mires. English Nature Research man, with English summary). [Baden-Württemberg, Reports Number 592: 110 pp. (in English). [A briefly Germany, the paper contains a passing reference to commented checklist of British acid mire species is pre- Calopteryx virgo.] Address: Staniczek, A.H., Staatliches sented including the Odonata which are represented by Museum für Naturkunde, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stutt- Ceriagrion tenellum, Coenagrion meruriale, Leucorrhi- gart, Germany. E-mail: staniczek.smns@naturkunde- nia dubia, Aeshna juncea, Sympetrum danae, and museum-bw.de Orthetrum coerulescens. Surprisingly, A. caerulea and Somatochlora arctica are not considered.] Address: D C Boyce, D.C., 1 Rosemary Lane, Dulverton, Somerset, 2004 TA22 9DP, UK 6448. Burkart, G.; Burkart, W. (2004): Nya trollslän-

deobservationer (Odonata) pâ Gotland. Körkmacken 6445. Akamatsu, F.; Toda, H.; Okino, T. (2004): 40: 4-5. (in Swedish). [Current records of Sympecma Food source of riparian spiders analyzed by using stab- fusca and Anax imperator are documented and map- le isotope ratios. Ecological Research 19: 655-662. (in ped.] Address: Burkart, W., Am Emel 7, D-27412 Will- English). ["We analyzed the food source of riparian spi- stedt, Germany. E-mail: [email protected] ders in a middle reach of the Chikuma River, Japan, by 6449. Colon-Gaud, J.-C.; Kelso, W.E.; Rutherford, using stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen. The D.A. (2004): Spatial distribution of macroinvertebrates carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of attached algae inhabiting Hydrilla and Coontail beds in the Atchafalaya were higher than those of terrestrial plants, reflecting a basin, Louisiana. J. Aquat. Plant Manage. 42: 85-91. (in large carbon isotope fractionation in terrestrial plants English). ["Hydrilla [Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle] be- and a difference in nitrogen sources. The carbon isoto- came established in the Atchafalaya River Basin (ARB) pe ratios of terrestrial insects were similar to those of in south central Louisiana during the 1970s, and now the terrestrial plants, and the ratios of aquatic insects dominates the submergent macrophyte community. We were scattered between those of the terrestrial plants examined the potential effects of this shift in macrophy- and the attached algae. The carbon and nitrogen isoto- te composition on the distribution of phytomacrofauna pe ratios of spiders were intermediate between those of by comparing water quality and macroinvertebrate as- the terrestrial and aquatic insects. The two-source mi- semblage structure in canopy and sub-canopy habitats xing model using the carbon isotope ratio showed that at edge and interior locations within hydrilla and native the web-building spiders utilized both the terrestrial and coontail (Ceratophyllum demersum L.) beds during the aquatic insects, with large contribution by the aquatic latter stages of the 2001 flood pulse. Both plant species insects (54% on average with a maximum of 92% a- exhibited similar water quality characteristics during the mong spider’s taxa collected in each zone), in the ripa- study, with significantly higher temperature, dissolved rian area in a middle reach of the Chikuma River. The oxygen, and pH levels in canopy habitats. Principal large contribution of the aquatic insects was often ob- components analysis of log-transformed macroinver- served for the spiders collected near river channel (<5 tebrate densities identified four assemblages that to- m) and for the horizontal web-building spiders collected gether accounted for 63.5% of the variation in the den- across the riparian area. The relative contribution of the sity data. The Gastropoda-Hydrachnida assemblage aquatic insects might be related with food availability exhibited higher densities in coontail during May-June (distance from river channel) and spider’s food prefe- (declining river stages), and was more abundant at inte- rence reflected in their web types (horizontal vs. verti- rior locations in both macrophyte beds during July cal). Our results showed that organic materials produ- (stable river stages). The Hemiptera-Amphipoda as- ced in the river channel, in the riparian area, and in the

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 5 semblage exhibited higher densities in the canopies of Heike, Institut für Tierökologie und Zellbiologie, Bünte- the two plants during both sampling periods, as did the weg 17, D-30559 Hannover, Germany. E-Mail: hei- Decapoda-Odonata assemblage in July. The Diptera- [email protected] Coleoptera assemblage showed a similar trend in verti- cal distribution, as well as marginally higher densities in 6453. Iwata, S.; Watanabe, M. (2004): Saline tole- hydrilla beds. The continued spread of hydrilla throug- rance of young zygopteran larvae inhabiting the emer- hout the ARB has reduced the diversity of macrophyte gent plants community established in estuaries. Japa- habitats available to phytophilous macroinvertebrates, nese journal of entomology. New series 7(4): 133-141. and has resulted in pervasive hypoxia in the macrophy- (in Japanese, with English summary). ["Eggs and young te sub-canopy over large portions of available littoral larvae of the endangered brackish water damselfly, habitat, with significant impacts on the vertical distribu- Mortonagrion hirosei, were reared under various con- tion of littoral macroinvertebrates." (Authors)] Address: centration of saline water, comparing with those of Colon-Gaud, J.-C., Department of Zoology, Southern Il- Ischnura senegalensis, I. asiatica and M. selenion, all of linois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 62901- which inhabited the abandoned rice paddy fields near 6899, USA the habitat of M. hirosei, reed community. The hatchabi- lity of each species under high concentration of saline 6450. De Armas, L.F. (2004): Nuevo registro de Ce- was low, and 20.PERMIL. of saline water did not allow lithemis eponina (Drury, 1773) para Cuba (Odonata: Li- to hatch in I. asiatica and M. selenion. The mortality of bellulidae). Boln Soc. ent. aragon. 34: 228-229. (in young larvae of each species was also increased with Spanish, with English summary). [1 male, Bacunaya- the concentration of saline, and 15.PERMIL. of saline gua, Matanzas prov., 9-IIl-2004. This is the 7th record water was harmful to survive for both I. asiatica and M. of the N. American C. eponina for Cuba, and the 2nd selenion. Saline seemed to affect the moulting of the for the province.] Address: De Armas, L.F., P.O. Box young larvae. On the other hand, M. hirosei and I. se- 4327, San Antonio de los Banos, La Habana-32500, negalensis had similar saline tolerance at egg and y- Cuba oung larval stages. Both species were considered to survive under brackish water, and then M. hirosei might 6451. Dogan Bora, N.; Gül, A. (2004): Feeding bio- be a prey of I. senegalensis when they co-existed in the logy of Silurus glanis (L., 1758) living in Hirfanli Dam la- fields. The conservation strategy for M. hirosei was dis- ke. Turk. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 28: 471-479. (in English). cussed in view point of the artificially established reed [Stomach contents and feeding features of the Europe- community for the larval habitat." (Author)] Address: an catfish, S. glanis living in Hirfanli Dam Lake were in- Watanabe, Mamoru, Professor of Conservation Ecolo- vestigated. Recognizable organisms were found in the gy, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Scien- stomachs of 91 S. glanis out of 162 caught between ces, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan. E- September 1996 and August 1997. The following prey mail: [email protected] items were found: Gammarus (21.87%), Odonata (19.79%), Sander lucioperca (19.79%), Tinca tinca 6454. Langheinrich, U.; Tischew, S.; Gersberg, R.M.; (18.76%), Silurus glanis (1.04%), and Gastropoda Lüuderitz, V. (2004): Ditches and canals in manage- (1.04%). In addition, it was noted that 1.04% of the or- ment of fens: opportunity or risk? A case study in the ganisms found in the stomachs of S. glanis were Ho- Drömling Natural Park, Germany. Wetlands Ecology moptera and 2.08% were the parasite Platyhelminthes.] and Management 12: 429-445. (in English). [" Up until Address: Gül, A., Department of Biology Education, the present, canals and ditches in Europe have been Gazi Faculty of Education, Gazi University, 06500 used to drain and thus devastate fens (lowland moors). Teknik Okullar, Ankara, . However, in many cases, their function can be changed from drainage to irrigation and re-wetting of previously 6452. Hadrys, H.; Melber, A. (2004): Biodiversität drained areas. These systems of canals and ditches und Artenschutz: Paradebeispiel Libellen. TiHo - For- are characteristic elements of the historically developed schung fürs Leben. Das Forschungsmagazin der Stif- cultural landscape. Therefore, management and deve- tung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover. 2004: 32-34. lopment plans should be oriented towards their conti- (in German, with English summary). ["'Biodiversity and nual maintenance. Despite the density of canals and conservation biology: dragonflies, the classic example.' ditches in many regions of Germany, especially of Eas- [...] One of the most important groups of insects used tern Germany, there are only a few studies to evaluate for developing conservation strategies and as a bioindi- these systems of waterways, and an integrated appro- cator for quality and stability of environments is the or- ach towards their assessment has been totally absent. der Odonata. Due to the odonates’ complex reproducti- Existing approaches for typology and assessment of on behaviour and very specific habitat preferences, flowing waterbodies have been investigated in the progressive anthropogenic changes to the environment Drömling Natural Park with regard to their applicability have severe consequences on many odonates. For e- to such artificial canals and ditches. Special attention is xample, numerous species exist only in small isolated given to the composition of macroinvertebrate fauna populations. The genetic diversity, i.e. adaptability, of a and the assessment of factors that determine it. Surpri- species and the survival of single populations is much singly, most water sectors have a high conservation va- more rapidly detectable at the genotypic level than by lue. High total numbers of species correlated well with phenotypical methods. Based on genetic information, it the occurrence of endangered species. Among the is also possible to quickly identify isolation processes macroinvertebrates, limnophilic and phytophilic species that threaten a population. Molecular genetic methods were dominant, but rheophilic fauna were also com- are becoming increasingly important for con- monly present. This was caused by the intermediate servation in that they provide essential information on status of canals and ditches, since they are neither the condition of populations, species and habitats. This completely flowing nor completely stagnant waterbo- is demonstrated by the following study on the biodiver- dies. Habitat quality of these waters is determined by a sity of African dragonflies." (Authors)] Address: Hadrys, small number of morphological parameters: bank

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 6 steepness, depth of bottom, substrate diversity, hydrau- tensively.] Address: Pankratius, U., Allensteiner Straße lic structures, and the structure of surroundings. In the 6, D-90766 Fürth, Germany framework of management and development measu- res, they should be maintained and improved for the fu- 6458. Penalver, E.; Delclos, X. (2004): Insectos del ture. To assess water quality, the Saprobic index and Mioceno inferior de Ribesalbes (Castellón, España). In- the Chemical index were appropriate, but for indication teracciones planta-insecto. Treb. Mus. Geol. Barcelona of trophic status, the Macrophyte-trophic index was a- 12: 69-95. (in Spanish, with English summary). ["This dequate. Estimation of ecological integrity by a multi- paper carries out the study of ichnofossils originated by metric index using macroinvertebrates indicates that insects found in the Lower Miocene locality of “La Rin- waterbodies are in a good status according to the de- conada”, near Ribesalbes (Province of Castellón, mands of the European Water Framework Directive." Spain). The main fossil record is integrated by plant- (Authors) The study includes a regional checklist of insect interactions that are observed in leaves and Odonata.,] Address: Langheinrich, Uta, Dept of Water leaflets: ovipositions, mines and a chew mark. The in- Management, University of Applied Sciences Magde- sect ovipositions, on leaves of Laurophyllum, Caesalpi- burg, Breitscheidstr. 2, D-39114 Magdeburg, Germany. niaceae and Populus, show ovate to oblong eggs with E-mail: [email protected] 0.9-1.1 mm length and 0.2-0.3 mm width. They occur in burg.de eccentric arcs, sometimes with a zigzagged pattern. These ovipositions were produced by damselflies of the 6455. Maeto, K.; Sato, S. (2004): Odonata habitats family . Insect mines are reported in in the Shimanto River Basin - Aquabiology 26(6): 522- leaves of Laurophyllum and Celtis?, and show a blotch 527. (in Japanese, with English summary). ["We studied shape in Laurophyllum sp., with a channel-structure, the habitat of Odonata in the Shimanto River basin in and a linear shape in Celtis sp.? Insect larvae, which Shikoku, Japan. We conducted a correspondence ana- were endophytophagous, i.e. internal plant parasites, lysis (CA) of 88 species observed at 455 grid sites (ca. produced these channel marks of leaf-mines. The mine 0.5km*0.5km). Multiple regression analyses of the two patterns observed in Laurophyllum leaf are similar to main axes of the CA ordination on the geographical fea- those produced by the recent larvae of the Nepticulidae tures (altitude, relief) and vegetation of grid sites indica- (Lepidoptera). Such a diverse set of plant-insect inte- ted that the degree of relief and the areal proportion of ractions are uncommon in the fossil record. In addition, paddy fields were the main determinants of the species one level with bioturbation, possibly produced by aqua- distribution of Odonata. The Odonata species appea- tic larval chironomids, is also described here." (Au- ring in the Red Data Book of Kochi Prefecture were e- thors)] Address: Delclos, X., Dept d’Estratigrafia, Pale- valuated based on their recent tendency of occurrence. ontologia i Geociències marines. Fac. Geologia, Martí i Several indicator species for environmental monitoring Franquès s/n, Universitat de Barcelona, E-08028 were selected on three landscapes (i.e. mountain, hill Barcelona. Spain. E-mail: [email protected] foot and plain) according to the endangered level and the requirement of water quality of each species. 6459. Saito, S. (2004): Nakaikemi, a miraculous (Author)] Address: Maeto, K., Laboratory of Entomolo- Japanese peatland. How has it been saved?. Peatlands gy, Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University, Rokkodai- International 1/2004 : 36-39. (in English). [In this ac- cho 1-1, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan count directed to a more general readership, 70 odona- te species are said to occur in the Nakaikemi peatland; 6456. Nakagawa, M.; Motobayashi, T.; Arai, Y.; Nis- Anax nigrofasciatus and Rhyothemis fuliginosa are de- himura, T. (2004): Ecology of eggs of Gynacantha ja- picted.] Address: Saito, S., Wo-2-1-101 Takamatsu, paonica Bartenef in paddy fields. Transactions of the Kahoku City, Ishikawa Pref., 929-1215, Japan Japanese Society of Irrigation, Drainage and Reclama- tion Engineering 72(1): 71-77. (in Japanese, with Eng- 6460. Schweighofer, W. (2004): Neues von den lish summary). ["G. japonica often inhabits paddy fields Quelljungfern (Libellen). Lanius-Information 13: 13. (in and passes the winter at the egg stage in soil of paddy German). [Brief account on the occurence of Cordule- fields. It had been seen often, but a marked decrease in gaster bidentata, C. boltonii, and C. heros in the Krems- density has been reported. In this paper, dormancy and region, Austria.] Address: LANIUS – Forschungsge- hatching conditions were studied in eggs of G. japonica. meinschaft für regionale Faunistik und angewandten Diapause eggs showed relatively high tolerance against Naturschutz, Hafnerplatz 12, A-3500 Krems, Austria. drying condition, while post-diapause eggs in spring www.lanius.at were sensitive to drying history. Hatching of the post- 6461. Werle, S.F.; Klekowski, E.; Smith, D.G.129 diapause eggs was promoted by receiving light stimulus (2004): Inversion polymorphism in a Connecticut River under ponding condition. It was considered that chan- Axarus species (Diptera: Chironomidae): biometric ef- ges in physical conditions, especially moisture conditi- fects of a triple inversion heterozygote. Can. J. Zool. 82: on, of paddy fields by farm land consolidation and inc- 118. E. (in English, with French summary). [Gomphus rease in number of fallow paddy fields may result in (Hylogomphus) abbreviata associated with varve clays decrease of number in G. japonica." (Author)] Address: in the Connecticut River may be A. sp. varvestris not stated in English ("dwelling in varves") predators.] Address: Werle, S.F., 6457. Pankratius, U. (2004): Moosjungfern im Aisch- Graduate Program in Organismic and Evolutionary Bio- grund und im Nürnberger Reichswald. Galathea 20(2): logy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, 75-110. (in German, with English summary). [Bavaria, U.S.A. E-mail: [email protected] Germany; Leucorrhinia dubia, L. pectoralis, and L. rubi- 6462. Zivic, I.; Markovic, Z.; Brajkovic, M. (2004): cunda were studied at more than 120 water bodies. Impact of waste-waters from mind „Lece“ on diversity of Special emphasis was given to records of exuviae. The macrozoobenthos in the Gazdarska Reka River, right- results are compared to older published regional re- hand tributary of the Jablanica Reka River. Proceedings cords. Conservation measures are discussed ex- of the 2nd Congress of Ecologists of the Republic of

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 7 Macedonia with International Participation, 25- 6465. Beynon, T.G.; Daguet, C. (2005): Creation of a 29.10.2003, Ohrid. Special issues of Macedonian Eco- large pool for colonisation by white-faced darter Leu- logical Society, Vol. 6, Skopje: 247-251. (in English). corrhinia dubia dragonflies at Chartley Moss NNR, Staf- ["Investigations of impact of wastewaters from mind fordshire, England. Conservation Evidence 2: 135-136. „Lece“ on diversity of macrozoobenthos in the Gaz- (in English). ["At a nature reserve in central England, af- darska reka River (a right-hand tributary of the Jablani- ter failure of smaller pools dug to provide long-term whi- ca reka River) were conducted during years 2001 and tefaced darter Leucorrhinia dubia breeding habitat, a 2002. The bottom fauna was composed of 14 groups of larger 7 x 7m pool was created in 1992. Breeding by macroinvertebrates with 73 determined taxa. The most white-faced darters was confirmed in 1995 and they varied groups were the insect orders Trichoptera (17 have since bred annually with 54 individuals recorded in taxa), and Diptera (13), Plecoptera (11), Coleoptera 2003." (Authors)] Address: Daguet, Caroline, English (10) and Ephemeroptera (9), while the most uniform Nature North Mercia Team, Attingham Park, Shrewsbu- were insects belonging to classes Hirudinea, order O- ry, Shropshire SY4 4TW, UK. E-mail: caroline.daguet donata and family Ancilidae Larvae belonging to insect @english-nature.org.uk orders Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera we- re dominant in benthocenosis at first and second locali- 6466. Brockhaus, T. (2005): Verbreitung und Schutz ties. These localities were characterized by highest va- in Mooren lebender Libellen in Sachsen (Insecta: Odo- lues of diversity index, 3.2 and 3.0 respectively. Due to nata). Telma 35: 111-122. (in German, with English emptying of wastewater from mind „Lece“ at third locali- summary). [The paper gives an overview on the current ty value of diversity index abruptly dropped to 0.1 due known distribution of odonate bog species in Saxonia, to capacity of the river for self-purification, the variety of Germany. Distribution maps of Aeshna subarctia and bentocenosis increases at localities downstream from Somatochlora alpestris can be correlated with present locality 3." (Authors)] Address: Zivic, I., Faculty of Bio- bog habitat distribution in this Federal State. In addition, logy, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Studenski the general importance of bogs as habitat of rare spe- trg 16, Serbia and Montenegro. E-mail: [email protected]. cies and centres of dispersal is outlined.] Address: bg.ac.yu Brockhaus, T., An der Morgensonne 5, D-09387 Jahns- dorf, Germany. E-mail: [email protected]

6467. Cannings, R.A.; Cannings, S.G.; Ramsay, 2005 L.R.; Hutchings, G.E. (2005): Four species of Odonata new to British Columbia, Canada. Notulae odonatologi- cae 6: 45-49. (in English). ["Between 1998 and 2000, 5 odonate species were added to the list of British Co- 6463. Bechly, G. (2005): A re-description of "Steno- lumbia. The collection data for one of these, Somatoch- phlebia" casta (Insecta: Odonata: Parastenophlebiidae lora kennedyi, have been previously published by R.D. n. fam.) from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone Kenner (2000, J. ent. Soc. Br. Columb. 97:47-49). The in Germany. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde - Serie present known distribution, status and habitat of Calop- B 359: 1-12. (in English, with German summary). ["The teryx aequabilis, Lestes forcipata, Somatochlora brevi- enigmatic fossil dragonfly "Stenophlebia" casta from the cincta, and S. forcipata are discussed. C. aequabilis is Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone in Germany is re- recorded from only one locality in the extreme south of described and its wing venation figured for the first time, the province; it is a red-listed species of management based on several new specimens, including a very well- concern. L. forcipatus is common in certain types of rich preserved specimen with perfect wing venation. Previ- fens across the province; it had been overlooked previ- ously this taxon had to be considered as a nomen dubi- ously because of its close similarity to the widespread um within Odonata incertae sedis, because the holoty- and abundant L. disjunctus. S. brevicincta and S. forci- pe is lost and the original description is insufficient. pata are known mainly from eastern North America; in Now, its previous attribution to the genus Stenophlebia British Columbia each is recorded from a handful of lo- and the family Stenophlebiidae can be clearly rejected. calities in mountain and northern peatlands." (Authors)] The species is here attributed to a new family (Paraste- Address: Ramsay, Leah, British Columbia Conservation nophlebiidae n. fam.) and genus (Parastenophlebia n. Data Centre, Ministry of Sustainable Resource Mana- gen.) of Heterophlebioptera - Heterophlebioidea, repre- gement, 395 Waterfront Crescent, Box 9358, Stn Prov senting a basal branch close to Liassophlebiidae." Govt, Victoria, BC, V8W 9M2, Canada. E-email leah. (Author)] Address: Bechly, G., Staatliches Museum für [email protected] Naturkunde, Abt. Paläontologie, Rosenstein 1, D-70191 Stuttgart, Germany. E-mail [email protected] 6468. Cicort-Lucaciu, A.-S.; Ardeleanu, A.; Cupsa, D.; Naghi, N.; Dale (2005): The trophic spectrum of a 6464. Beketov, M.A. (2005): Interesting records of Triturus cristatus (Laurentus 1768) population from Plo- Nihonogomphus ruptus (Sel.) in Novosibirsk province, pis Mountains area (Bihor County, Romania). North- western , Russia (Anisoptera: Gomphidae). No- Western Journal of Zoology 1(1): 31-39. (in English). tul. odonatol. 6(5): 49. (in English). [In 2003 and 2004, [Crested newts eat mainly invertebrates, but may also seven adults of N. ruptus "were collected near the Inya ingest vegetal particles, amphibian eggs or shed skins. River, at the Otgonka railway station (Toguchinskii Besides the shed skins of conspecific individuals, we district), viz. 1 teneral male (4-VI-2003), 2 males and 3 have also identified shed skins of Bombina variegata, females (17-VI-2003), and 2 males (12-VI-2004). In ad- and even of Lacerta agilis. Due to the particular mor- dition, on 17-VI-2003, 7 males were caught and set phology of the habitat, the warm season brings about free." (Author)] Address: Beketov, M.A., P.O. Box 156, differences in the accessibility of different prey catego- RUS-630048 Novosibirsk, Russia. E-mail: mbeke- ries from one part to another of the Sinteu pond. This [email protected] difference in the potential food spectrum alters the newts' diet, leads to a change into the "sit-and-wait"

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 8 feeding strategy, increase the number of hungry indivi- lish summary). ["Between 1999 and 2001, the first part duals, and indicates a decrease in the preying capacity (36 ha) of the former Heerenveen fenland area in the of newts that prepare to leave the aquatic environment. De Hamert national park was restored. This fenland lies Quantitatively, the most important prey taxa to the stu- between old river dunes along the river Meuse and old died population are tadpoles and Nematocera larvae." sediments deposited by the river Rhine. It was part of (Authors) Larvae of Odonata account up to 16.75% of an extensive fenland area along the Dutch-German food items.] Address: Cicort-Lucaciu, A.-S.; University border between the towns of Venlo and Gennep. Rec- of Oradea, Faculty of Science, Romania, alfredcicort@ lamation for agricultural purposes started about a cen- yahoo.com tury ago by drainage and peat harvesting. Opportunities for restoration seemed favourable because groundwa- 6469. DeWalt, R.E.; Favret, C.; Webb, D.W. (2005): ter flows from the Rhine terrace are largely intact. Prob- Just how imperiled are aquatic insects? A case study of lems of water pollution from nearby agricultural fields stoneflies (Plecoptera) in Illinois. Ann. Entomol. Soc. were not to be expected because of the upstream posi- Am. 98(6): 941-950. (in English). ["Nearly 5,000 histori- tion of the area. The Heerenveen fen was restored by cal and contemporary specimen records of stoneflies removing the top layer of fertilised soil. Drainage was (Plecoptera) from Illinois demonstrated that this fauna is stopped by filling in ditches. The flora and fauna in the highly imperiled, boding poorly for aquatic insect com- restoration area were surveyed between 2000 and munities in North America and elsewhere. Losses inc- 2003. Typical plants of soft water habitats, like the rare lude two extinctions of endemics and 20 extirpations of Ranunculus ololeucos, returned. Many amphibian spe- 77 total species, a rate of loss that is higher than for cies benefited from the large area of new wetland." either mussels or fish in Illinois. Another 19 species (Authors) At least 23 Odonata species could be found. (24.7%) were designated as critically imperiled, being Species of early succession states of habitat develop- known from five or fewer locations. Two families, Perli- ment as Ischnura pumilio and Sympetrum fonscolombii dae and Perlodidae, experienced the greatest number are stressed.] Address: Kurstjens, G., Ecologisch ad- of losses. Species lost were mostly those with longer li- viesbureau, Col. Ekmanstr. 15, NL-6573 BM Beek- fe cycles and direct egg hatch. Three historically hyper- Ubbergen, The Netherlands diverse regions were identified and losses in all 14 na- tural divisions were documented. Large river habitats 6474. Liley, D. (2005): Tree and scrub clearance to and historically prairie regions have experienced the enhance habitat for the southern damselfly Coenagrion greatest proportional losses of species. This scenario mercuriale at Creech Heath, Dorset, England. Conser- probably follows for Ephemeroptera, Trichoptera, and vation Evidence 2: 131-132. (in English). ["Scrub and Odonata in the Midwest and in other areas with similar trees were removed from overgrown clay pits at a na- glacial and cultural histories." (Author) The paper con- ture reserve in southern England. Prior to management tains some references to the Odonata.] Address: De- the maximum counts of southern damselfly Coenagrion Walt, R.E., Illinois Natural History Survey, Center for mercuriale was 40-70 adults annually, but this increa- Biodiversity, 607 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL sed to around 150-200 adults after management ope- 61820 ned up the pools." (Author)] Address: Liley D., Footprint Ecology, Court House, Binnegar Lane, East Stoke, Wa- 6470. Geraeds, R.P.G.; van Schaik, V.A. (2005): reham, Dorset BH20 6AJ, UK Vondst van een larvenhuidje van de Gewone bronslibel langs the Roer. Natuurhistorisch maandblad 94(12): 6475. Martens, A.; Suhling, F. (2005): Microgomphus 274-275. (in Dutch). [On 23-VII-2005, an exvuia of Cor- new to the South African Odonata fauna (Anisoptera: dulegaster boltonii was found at the river Roer, The Gomphidae). Notul. odonatol. 6(5): 49-50. (in English). Netherlands.] Address: Geraeds, R.P.G., Bergstraat 70, [Odonata exuviae were collected at the Umzim-kulwana NL-6131 AW Sittard, The Netherlands River in the Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve, Natal (KwaZu- lu-Natal, RSA; 30°42'S, 30°16'E) resulting in one exu- 6471. Hubenov, Z. (2005): Entomofaunistic diversity via, collected on 8-IV-1988 from a rocky, fast flowing of Bulgaria. Acta ent. bulg. 11(1/2): 118-132. (in Bulga- section of the Umzimkulwana River, and showing the rian, with English summary). [Compilation of Hexapoda- distinct characters of the genus Microgomphus Selys. diversity of Bulgaria including Odonata] Address: Hu- Due to lack of descriptions of larvae of relevant Micro- benov, Z., Inst. Zool., Bulg. Acad. Sci., Blvd Car Osvo- gomphus species, it is not possible to determine the boditel 1, BG-1000 Sofia, Bulgaria exuvia on the species level.] Address: Martens, A., Pä- dagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe, PF 111062, D- 6472. Kuprian, M.; Winkel, S.; Angersbach, R.; Flü- 76060 Karlsruhe, Germany. E-mail:andreas.martens@ gel, H.J.; Eckstein, (2005): Monitoringprojekt Vogels- ph-karlsruhe.de bergteiche - Erste faunistische Ergebnisse. Jahrbuch Naturschutz in Hessen 9: 186-2003. (in German). [Five 6476. Nagy, B.; Székely, A.; Szállassy, A. (2005): Si- ponds in the submontane region of Vogelsberg, Hes- te fidelity and fluctuating asymmetry in males of Libellu- sen, Germany, have been surveyed for their Odonata la fulva (Odonata: Libellulidae). Entomol. rom. 10: 59- between 1989 and 2004. 25 odonate species were 64. (in English, with Romanian summary). ["During two found; Ischnura pumilio, Erythromma viridulum, E. na- seasons (2002-2003), a closed Libellula fulva (Müller, jas, Sympetrum danae, and S. fonscolombii are briefly 1764) population was studied along a small, canalized discussed.] Address: Winkel, Sibylle, Pommernstr. 7, D- creek in Eastern Hungary. The territorial behaviour of 63069 Offenbach, Germany. E-mail: Si-winkel@t- males was observed with the mark-recapture method. A online.de number of 169 males were marked in 2002, and 186 males in 2003. The movement of marked males was 6473. Kurstjens, G.; Gerats, R.; Hoogveld, J. (2005): observed with binoculars, and was recorded along a Peat marsh returns to the Hamert Reserve. Resoration 350 meter natural section of the stream that was mark- of the frst part of the Heerenveen fenland. Natuurhisto- ed every five meters with numbered sticks. The site fi- risch Maandblad 94(11): 243-247. (in Dutch, with Eng-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 9 delity of males was studied with the localisation index Nesbitt Building, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By (LI) and site fidelity index (SFI). We found that the SFI Drive, Ottawa, Ont., Canada KlS 5B6. trobb@connect. of males that simultaneously defended three territories carleton.ca was high, while the LI was highest in the case of males that protected only one area. The purpose of the study 6480. Southwood, R.; Taylor, P.; Daguet, C. (2005): was to see if male’s site fidelity is related to wing a- Creation of dykes on grazing marshes and effects on symmetry and body size. There was no correlation bet- the Norfolk hawker Aeshna isosceles dragonfly at Lud- ween male’s site fidelity and the measure of wing a- ham and Potter Heigham Marshes NNR, Norfolk, Eng- symmetry in 2002. In 2003, however, a significant land. Conservation Evidence 2: 137-138. (in English). correlation was found in the case of males which ["At a National Nature Reserve in the Norfolk Broads defended only one territory. There was no correlation (eastern England), between 1986 and 1998, 1,600 m of between body size and SFI." (Authors)] Address: Nagy new dykes were excavated in the winter months. Seven Beáta, Department of and Ecology, Babeç- of these 12 dykes were subsequently colonised by Nor- Bolyai University, RO-400006 Cluj Napoca, Clinicilor folk hawker Aeshna isosceles dragonflies (a UK spe- str. 5-7, Romania. E-mail: [email protected] cies of conservation concern)." (Authors)] Address: Taylor, P., The British Dragonfly Society, Decoy Farm, 6477. Ozono, A.; Sakuratani, Y. (2005): The Odona- Decoy Road, Potter Heigham, Norfolk NR29 5LX, UK ta fauna in Nara prefecture, Western Honshu, Japan in 1998-2003. Memoirs of the Faculty of Agriculture of 6481. Strätz, C.; Schlumprecht, H.; Potrykus, W.; Kinki University 38: 71-155. (in Japanese, with English Frobel, K. (2005): Veränderungen der Libellenfauna im summary). [The survey of the Odonata fauna in the Na- oberen Maintal. Vergleich zwischen 1979 und 2003. ra Prefecture, westen Honshu, Japan, investigated in Ber. naturforsch. Gesell. Bamberg: 145-186. (in Ger- 1998-2003, resulted in 91 species. These are mapped man). [Between 1979 and 1993 the Odonata fauna of and listed for every municipality in which they occur.] the river Main, Bayern, Germany intensively was sur- Address: Ozono, Akira, Department of Agriculture, Kinki veyed. Starting in 1992, measurements to improve eco- University 2Department of Agriculture, Kinki University logical situation of the river were realised. Thus, appro- ximately 25 years later, the development of the regional 6478. Quiroz-Martinez, H.; Rodriguez-Castro, V,A.; Odonata fauna was remapped. New additions to the Solis-Rojas, C,; Ma (2005): Predatory capacity and prey regional fauna are Erythromma lindenii, Ophiogomphus selectivity of nymphs of the dragonfly Pantala hyme- cecilia, Onychogomphus forcipatus, Crocothemis e- naea. J. Am. Mosq. Control. Assoc. 21(3): 328-330. (in rythraea, and Sympetrum fonscolombii. Positive deve- English). ["Predatory capacity and prey selectivity of lopment should be powered by habitat improvement nymphs of P. hymenaea were evaluated on larvae of measures, improvement of water quality and climatic the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culici- conditions. Species with significant increase of frequen- dae) and larvae of the midge Chironomus plumosus cy are Erythromma viridulum, Gomphus pulchellus, G. (Diptera: Chironomidae) as prey. With functional res- vulgatissimus, Calopteryx virgo, Pyrrhosoma nymphula, ponse methodology, 7 larval densities were exposed to Brachytron pratense, Anax imperator, A. parthenope, predator individuals in a glass jar under laboratory con- and Libellula quadrimaculata. Species of habitats in ditions. The study was performed in 2 experiments. The early succession status as Ischnura pumilio and Or- 1st was a test system with each prey species alone. thetrum brunneum shifted their regional distribution ac- The 2nd tested a mixture of both prey species in a 1:1 cording to available habitats.] Address: Schlumprecht, ratio. Prey selectivity and prey capacity were signifi- H., Büro für ökologische Studien, Oberkonnersreuther cantly greater on midge larvae than on mosquito lar- Straße 6a, D-95448 Bayreuth,Germany. E-Mail kontakt vae." (Authors)] Address: Quiroz-Martinez, H., Labora- @bfoes.de torio de Entomologia Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, San Nicolas de 6482. Szymkowiak, P.; Tryjanowski, P.; Winiecki, A.; los Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico Grobelny, S.; Kon (2005): Habitat differences in the food composition of the wasplike spider Argiope bruen- 6479. Robb, T.; Forbes, M.R. (2005): Success of ec- nichi (Scop.) (Aranei: Araneidae) in Poland. Belg. J. toparasites: how important is timing of host contact?. Zool., 135(1): 33-37. (in English). ["During the last few Biology Letters 1: 118-120. (in English). ["Hosts often decades the wasp-like spider Argiope bruennichi Sco- differ in their degree of parasitism and their expression poli, 1772 expanded its wide geographical distribution of resistance. Yet very little is known about how the a- in Europe. In this paper we describe and test differen- vailability (and allocation) of resources to parasites at ces in the diet composition of the wasp-like spider inha- pre-infective stages influences their success in initiating biting a river valley (traditional habitat) and xerothermic parasitism, or in inducing and succumbing to resistance grassland (new habitat) in Poland. From a total of 163 from hosts. We studied a damselfly–mite association to webs of A. bruennichi, 430 prey items were found, address how experimental variation in the age of first mainly insects: Coleoptera, Diptera, Homoptera, Hete- contact with hosts (timing) influenced subsequent para- roptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Mecoptera, Odona- site fitness. We demonstrate that timing influenced the ta, Orthoptera and Neuroptera. Moreover, a semi di- ability of larval mites to make the transition to parasi- gested specimen of the common frog Rana temporaria tism, but was not associated with measures of physio- was recorded. Habitats differed significantly in the per- logical resistance by hosts. Timing presumably relates centage distribution of eleven general food categories. to the availability of resources remaining for individuals Among potential influencing factors the number of to exploit their hosts. More research is needed on the caught prey was correlated only with the height of the importance of such factors, from variation in host re- web hub above the ground. The wasp-like spider is sistance and parasite success and, ultimately, to the ecologically flexible in the use of novel food spectra and numbers and distributions of parasites on hosts." (Au- this probably allows the colonisation of new localities, thors)] Address: Robb, T., Department of Biology, 209 as well as habitats." (Authors) The most numerous spe-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 10 cies caught in the webs of the river valley population of matically lead to a return of the original fauna. Unfortu- A. bruennichi was Ischnura elegans. Sympetrum san- nately, the relation between the environment and the guineum was also among the prey of the spider.] Ad- presence of animal species seems much more complex dress: Szymkowiak, P., Department of Animal Taxono- than was thought. The restoration of areas that had be- my and Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umul- come desiccated in the past has often involved measu- towska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland. E-mail: szymko- res being taken over a large area and within a short [email protected] time. An example is the Mariapeel, a wetland in the west of the province of Limburg, where drastic large- 6483. Thomas, J.A. (2005): Monitoring change in the scale restoration measures have caused breeding and abundance and distribution of insects using butterflies foraging areas for birds to disappear. Fortunately, fauna and other indicator groups. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B is now beginning to receive more attention. The article (2005) 360: 339–357. (in English). ["Conservative esti- discusses the relation between measures to combat mates suggest that 50–90% of the existing insect spe- water table drawdown and water-dependent shrews, cies on Earth have still to be discovered, yet the named birds, dragonflies, amphibians, reptiles and land snails." insects alone comprise more than half of all known (Authors) The article stresses on Cordulegaster boltonii, species of organism. With such poor baseline knowled- and gives a map with distribution data of C. boltonii, Ca- ge, monitoring change in insect diversity poses a formi- lopteryx virgo, and Orthetrum coerulescens in the Lim- dable challenge to scientists and most attempts to ge- burg province, The Netherlands.] Address: Hermans, neralize involve large extrapolations from a few wellstu- J.T.; Hertestraat 21, NL-6067 ER Linne, The Nether- died taxa. Butterflies are often the only group for which lands accurate measures of change can be obtained. Four schemes, used successfully to assess change in British 6485. van Schaik, V.A.; Geraeds, R.P.G. (2005): butterflies, that are increasingly being applied across Yellow-legged clubtail along the river Roer. The settle- the world are described: Red Data Books (RDB) list the ment of a new population in the province of Limburg. best judgements of experts of the conservation status Natuurhistorisch maandblad 94(2): 33-36. (in Dutch, of species in their field of expertise; mapping schemes with English summary). ["Dragonflies along the river plot the changing distributions of species at scales of 1– Roer have been monitored since 1999. Surveys in 2000 100 km2; transect monitoring schemes generate time resulted in three sightings of Stylurus flavipes. The first series of changes in abundance in sample populations exuviae of the species were found during a survey by of species on fixed sites across the UK; and occasional boat in 2002. This was the first time that this species surveys measure the number, boundaries and size of was proved to have reproduced in the river Roer. Du- all populations of a (usually RDB) species at intervals of ring 2002 and 2003, 46 exuviae were collected. These 10–30 years. All schemes describe consistent patterns results show that the species has established itself a- of change, but if they are to be more generally useful, it long the river Roer. The dispersion of S. flavipes is as- is important to understand how well butterflies are re- sociated with the lower reaches of larger streams. Sin- presentative of other taxa. Comparisons with similarly ce the river Roer is a small river, the habitat is different measured changes in native bird and plant species from those where this species is usually found in the suggest that butterflies have declined more rapidly that Netherlands." (Authors)] Address: Geraeds, R.P.G., these other groups in Britain; it should soon be possible Bergstraat 70, NL-6131 AW Sittard, The Netherlands to test whether this pattern exists elsewhere. It is also demonstrated that extinction rates in British butterflies 6486. Verbeek, P.J.M.; Scherpenisse-Gutter, M.C. are similar to those in a range of other insect groups (2005): Restoration of flora and fauna at the Hasse- over 100 years once recording bias is accounted for, laarsbroek Nature Reserve. Natuurhistorisch maand- although probably lower than in aquatic or parasitic ta- blad 94(11): 232-237. (in Dutch, with English summary). xa. It is concluded that butterflies represent adequate ["Restoration measures taken in 1996 have transformed indicators of change for many terrestrial insect groups, the Haeselaarsbroek, a nature reserve in the province but recommended that similar schemes be extended to of Limburg, The Netherlands from an artificially forested other popular groups, especially dragonflies, bumble- to a very rich nature reserve, whose appea- bees, hoverflies and ants. Given institutional backing, rance resembles its original state before the afforestati- similar projects could be employed internationally and on. The measures have led to a highly valuable vegeta- standardized. Finally, a range of schemes designed to tion. The seepage zone is especially interesting, featu- monitor change in communities of aquatic macro- ring several hectares of newly developed peatland. Ma- invertebrates is described. Although designed to use ny red-listed plant species have colonised the new a- invertebrates as a bio-indicator of water quality for hu- rea. Because of its many types of water body, the area man use, these programmes could be extended to mo- is now very rich in dragonfly species. It is probably a- nitor the 2010 biodiversity targets of the World Summit mong the richest dragonfly areas in the Netherlands, on Sustainable Development." (Author)]. Address. not and the seepage zone is particularly important for seve- stated. ral endangered species. Further management of the area will be crucial. A major problem is that of encro- 6484. van Buggenum, H.J.M.; Hannen, J.; Hermans, achment by tree saplings. Management in the coming J.T.; Heijligers, H.W (2005): Fauna and water table years will be improved by increasing the number of gra- drawdown in Limburg. Natuurhistorisch maanblad 94 zing cattle and cutting down trees and shrubs." (11): 253-258. (in Dutch, with English summary). ["Wa- (Authors) 44 Odonata species are listed in Table 2.] ter table drawdown is one of the main causes of the ex- Address: Verbeek, P.J.M., Bureau Naturbalans-Limes tinction and decline of animal species in wet environ- divergens BV, Postbus 31070, NL-6503 CB Nijmegen, ments. Paradoxically, however, raising water levels to The Netherlands combat drawdown is currently causing a further decline of several species. For a long time, it was though that 6487. Wang, J.Z. (2005): Dissecting insect flight. re-establishment of the former vegetation would auto- Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 37: 183-210. (in

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 11 English). ["'What force does an insect wing generate?' resulted in the loss of many aquatic ecosystems in sou- Finding answers to this enduring question is an essen- thern Europe. Despite this, the construction of irrigation tial step toward our understanding of interactions of pools and reservoirs to retain the water necessary for moving objects with fluids that enable most living spe- intensive cultivation may also provide new habitats for cies such as insects, birds, and fish to travel efficiently macroinvertebrates. The biotic and abiotic attributes of and us to follow similar suit with sails, oars, and airfoils. 40 such reservoirs in south-eastern Spain were studied We give a brief history of research in insect flight and to determine the presence of macroinvertebrates, and discuss recent findings in unsteady aerodynamics of to discover if there is such a thing as an optimal design flapping flight at intermediate range Reynolds numbers of an artificial pond for maximizing macroinvertebrate (10–104). In particular, we examine the unsteady me- richness. A total of 72 macroinvertebrate taxa (including chanisms in uniform and accelerated motions, forward Odonata) belonging to 38 families were recorded from and hovering flight, as well as passive flight of free- the pools examined. Pools constructed with low-density falling objects. The results obtained by “taking the in- polyethylene covered with sand and stones contained a sects apart” helped us to resolve previous puzzles a- significantly greater species richness, abundance and bout the force estimates in hovering insects, to ellucida- diversity of macroinvertebrates than those constructed te basic mechanisms essential to flapping flight, and to with high-density plastic materials. The treatment with gain insights about the efficieny of flight." (Author). This algicide, and the presence of emergent and submerged review article includes many notes on dragonflies.] vegetation, accounted for most of the deviance when Address: Wang, Z. Jane, Theoretical and Applied Me- modelling species richness by means of logistic regres- chanics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, sion." (Authors)] Address: Departamento de Ecología e USA. E-mail: [email protected] Hidrología, Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espi- nardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain. E-mail: [email protected] 6488. Williams, D.D. (2005): Temporary forest pools: can we see the water for the trees?. Wetlands Ecology 6490. Alberto Martinez, J.; Ocharan, F.J. (2006): The and Management 13: 213-233. (in English). ["Tempora- Odonata of the upper Narcea river (Asturias, northern ry waters, in general, are fascinating habitats in which Spain). Boletin de la S.E.A. 38: 279-285. (in Spanish, to study the properties of species adapted to living in with English summary). ["In a study of the odonates of highly variable environments. Species display a remar- the upper reaches of the Narcea River we found 20 kable array of strategies for dealing with the periodic species, five of them previously unrecorded from the loss of their primary medium that sets them apart from area. The populations of Enallagma cyathigerum, Coe- the inhabitants of permanent water bodies. Survival of nagrion puella and Cordulegaster boltonii show exten- individuals typically depends on exceptional physiologi- sive inter-individual chromatic variation. Several spe- cal tolerance or effective migrational abilities, and com- cies show differences in the altitudinal distribution and munities have their own, distinctive hallmarks. This the length of the flying season when compared with o- paper will broadly overview the biology of temporary ther Asturian populations. The flying season is usually ponds, but will emphasize those in temperate . In shorter in the area." (Authors)] Address: Ocharan, F.J., particular, links will be sought between aquatic commu- Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas, nity properties, the nature of the riparian vegetation, Universidad de Oviedo, E-33071 Oviedo, Spain: E-mail: and forestry practices. Quite apart from their inherent [email protected] biological interest, temporary waters are now in the li- melight both from a conservation perspective, as these 6491. Alvarez, D.; Nicieza, A.G. (2006): Factors de- habitats come more into conflict with human activities, termining tadpole vulnerability to predators: can prior and a health-control perspective, as breeding habitats experience compensate for a suboptimal shape?. Evo- for vectors of arboviruses. Traditionally, many tempora- lutionary Ecology 20(6): 523-534. (in English). ["We in- ry waters, be they pools, streams or wetlands, have vestigated the role of constitutive morphology and pre- been considered to be ‘wasted’ areas of land, potential- vious experience in predator avoidance in two anuran ly convertible to agriculture/silviculture once drained. In species associated with different larval habitats. In Ra- reality, they are natural features of the global landscape na temporaria, deeper tails and larger body size confer- representing distinct and unique habitats for many spe- red selective advantage against dragonfly (Aeshna cy- cies – some that are found nowhere else, others that anea) predation. Previous experience with predators reach their maximum abundance there. To be effective, had a positive influence on the survival of R. temporaria conservation measures must preserve the full, hydrose- tadpoles equivalent to predator selection. By contrast, ral range of wetland types." (Author) The study includes survival in Bufo bufo seems unrelated to tail shape or Odonata.] Address: Williams, D.D., Surface & Ground- experience. This suggests that B. bufo lacks constituti- water Ecology Research Group, Department of Life ve morphological defenses against insect predators, Sciences, University of Toronto at Scarborough, 1265 and that morphological and behavioral defenses could Military Trail, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada M1C 1A4. result more effective than chemical deterrents for these E-mail: [email protected] insect predators. A key novelty of this study is the ob- servation that Rana tadpoles having prior experience with predators have an enhanced success in further encounters, and this occurs before the morphological 2006 induced defense has been established. This induced modification for R. temporaria, and its lack of for B. bu-

fo, may be an important determinant of larval survival." 6489. Abellán, P.; Sanchéz-Fernández, D.; Millán, (Authors)] Address: Nicieza, Al.,Univ Oviedo, Dept A.; Botell, F.; Sánc (2006): Irrigation pools as macroin- Funct Biol, E-33071 Oviedo, Spain. E-mail: agnic@ u- vertebrate habitat in a semi-arid agricultural landscape niovi.es (SE Spain). Journal of Arid Environments 67(2): 255- 269. (in English). ["The intensification of agriculture has

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 12 6492. Andrew, R.J.; Kodhe, L.; Kurup, S.S. (2006): locations in the 1980s. Current mean individual prey Fine-structural changes in the egg chorion of Bradino- mass of Amphipoda and Bivalvia in Minnesota were pyga geminata (Rambur) induced by paper mill effluent 86.6% and 85.1% lower than historical levels, respecti- (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Odonatologica 35(2): 187- vely. In Manitoba, current aggregate percentages of 192. (in English). ["The egg chorion of the B. geminata Trichoptera and Chaoboridae in lesser scaup diets (1% undergoes major structural changes when incubated in and 0%, respectively) were lower than those reported paper mill effluent. The exochorion becomes blemis- from the same location in the 1970s (14% and 2%, hed, marred and perforated. It bunches into a granular respectively), whereas the percentage of Chironomidae condition and looses its jelly-like original identity. The (40%) was higher than that of historical levels (19%). endochorion develops cracks and is pitted with holes. Current mean individual prey mass of all insects, The hexagonal demarcations of the endochorion plates seeds,Chironomidae, and Zygoptera in Manitoba were are obliterated and replaced by a network of angular 63.5%, 65.4%, 44.1%, and 44.9% lower than those of surface reticulations. The micropylar stalk and the circu- historical levels, respectively. The observed dietary shift lar basal ridge dissolve and distort the micropylar appa- from Amphipoda to less nutritious prey in Minnesota, ratus." (Authors)] Address: Andrew, R.J., Hislop Coll., coupled with lower mean individual prey mass in both Dept Zool., Civil Lines, Nagpur 440001, Maharashtra, locations, likely constitutes lower forage quality in lesser India. E-mail: [email protected] scaup diets, which is consistent with the spring conditi- on hypothes." (Authors)] Address: Anteau, M., US Geol 6493. Andrew, R.J.; Balmik, E.; Kodhe, L. (2006): Ef- Survey, No Prairie Wildlife Res Ctr, 8711 37th St SE, fect of paper mill effluent on the cephalic neurosecreto- Jamestown, ND 58401 USA. E-mail: MAnteau@usgs. ry and midgut protease activities in the last instar larva gov of Bradinopyga geminata (Rambur) (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Odonatologica. 35(3): 225-231. (in Eng- 6497. Baixeras, J. (coord.) (2006): Les Libèllules de lish). ["The last instar larvae were treated with sub- la comunitat Valenciana. Generalitat Valenciana. ISBN lethal concentrations of paper mill effluent (PME) for 5 84-482-4248-3: 170 pp. (in Spanish, with English, Por- days. PME inhibits the synthesis of neurohormones in tuguese and Catalan summaries). [This book "is the re- the A-type cells of the medial group of the brain and in sult of a two years study funded by the Conselleria de the intrinsic neurosecretory cells of the corpora cardia- Territori i Habitatge of the Valencian Government in ca. PME also causes histomorphological changes in the Spain. The main research institutions involved have corpora allata and suppress protease activity of the been the Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolu- midgut. These findings suggest that various meta- tionary Biology of the University of Valencia, the Ibero- morphic and intermediary metabolic alterations caused american Center for Biodiversity of the University of Ali- by the PME treatment is modulated by the changes in cante and the Department of Biology of Organisms and the synthesis and secretion of the neurohormones of Systems of the University of Oviedo as well as a remar- the cephalic neurosecretory complex." (Authors)] kable number of external collaborators. The aims of the Address: Andrew, R.J., Hislop Coll, Dept Zool, Nagpur project have been to produce a checklist of the Valen- 440001, Maharashtra, India cian insects of the order Odonata, study the distribution and detect problems of conservation that may be affec- 6494. Anonymus (2006): Libellen in Limburg: Waar- ting the populations. The first data of odonates of the nemingen gevraagd. Natuurhistorisch maandblad 94(4): Valencian Commnunity correspond to works by Boscá ?. (in Dutch). [Anouncment of the working atlas of the (1916), Navás (1922) and Pardo (1942). Some species Odonata of the province Limburg, The Netherlands, and of great interest are recorded for the first time in some request for cooperation in the mapping work.] Address: of these works. It is the case of Macromia splendens, Naaturhistorisch Genootshap, GroenHuis, Godsweer- just recorded in 1923 and Lindenia tetraphyila, never derstraat2, Roermond, The Netherlands recorded since 1965. Later works by Docavo Alberti (1983), Navarro et at. (1988), Bonet Betoret (1990) and 6495. Anonymus (2006): Tramea Hagen, 1861 (In- Domingo Calabuig (2002) gather a total number of 42 secta, Odonata): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological No- species, whose records are mainly concentrated in the menclature 63(3): 209-210. (in English). ["The Com- province of Valencia. The present work increases the mission has ruled that the name Tramea Hagen, 1861 list in 16 species, completing a catalogue of 58 species is conserved for a group of common and widespread that presumably will be increased in the future. During dragonflies by suppression of the senior objective syn- the years 2003 and 2004, 225 localities of the three Va- onym Trapezostigma Hagen, 1849. In addition, it is ru- lencian provinces (Castellon, Valencia and Alicante) led that all previous fixations of type species for the were visited. More than 3.000 specimens of 53 species nominal genus Tramea Hagen, 1861 before that by Kir- were examined; five species known from the area were by (1889) of Libellula carolina Linnaeus, 1763 are set not found. Different habitats were targeted for the selec- aside." (Author)] Address: not stated tion of the sampling localities, from high mountains to 6496. Anteau, M.J.; Afton, A.D. (2006): Diet shifts of lowlands, from streams to lakes. Some of the species lesser scaup are consistent with the spring condition deserved some attention. It is the case of protected or hypothesis. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84(6): 779- scarce species like Calopteryx virgo, Coenagrion mer- 786. (in English). ["We compared diets of lesser scaup curiale, C. puella, Gomphus simillimus, G. graslini, O- (Aythya affinis (Eyton, 1838)) in the springs of 2000 and xygastra curtisii, Orthetrum nitidinerve and Zygonyx tor- 2001 to those reported in the 1970s and the 1980s to ridus. Two interesting species, previously recorded from determine whether forage quality has declined as pre- the area have not been found, it is the case of Lindenia dicted by the spring condition hypothesis. In Minnesota, tetraphylta and Macromia splendens. Some sections we found that the current aggregate percentage of devoted to habitat and conservation problems in the Amphipoda (an important food item) in lesser scaup species have been included in the book. The habitats of diets was 94% lower than that reported from the same low altitude, mainly represented by marshes and river mouths are the aquatic ecosystems more polluted and

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 13 the occurring fauna is composed by poorly demanding 6710 BL Ede, Netherlands. E-mail: dick.groenendijk@ species. The study confirms the expansion of Trithemis vlinderstichting.nl annutata and Selysiothemis nigra, at present two relati- vely frequent species. The conservation of the middle 6499. Balik, I.; Cubuk, H.; Karasahin, B.; Ozkok, R.; courses of the rivers is much better. This is the Level Uysal, R.; Alp, (2006): Food and feeding habits of the that shows the highest degree of transitions. TypicaL pikeperch, Sander lucioperca (Linnaeus, 1758), popula- species associated to this habitat are Calopteryx hae- tion from Lake Egirdir (Turkey). Turkish Journal of Zoo- morrhoidaiis, C. xanthostoma, C. caerulescens, Ischnu- logy 30(1): 19-26. (in English, with Turkish summary). ra elegans, Ceriagrion tenellum, Platycnemis iatipes, ["The stomach contents of 986 pikeperch, collected Pyrrhosoma nymphula, Cordulegaster bottonii, Ony- from Lake Egirdir in Turkey were investigated between chogomphus forcipatus, 0. uncatus, G. graslinii, G. si- March 2001 and February 2002. Thirteen taxonomic ca- millimus and Orthetrum coerulescens. It is also possible tegories were identified from the 1745 prey items ana- to find a wide range of species in connection with inland lysed. It was determined that the diet of pikeperch in pools or stagnant waters. Typical species of this group Lake Egirdir consisted of some fish species (Knipowit- are: Enallagma cyathigerum, Coenagrion caerulescens, schia sp., anatoliae anatoliae, affi- C. scitulum, Lestes virens, L. barbarus, L. viridis, L. nis, Nemacheilus lendli, Carassius gibelio, and Sander dryas, Ischnura graellsii, I. pumilio, Libellula depressa, lucioperca), odonats (Calopteryx splendens), mysids Orthetrum cancellatum, Crocothemis erythrea, Sym- (Mysis), amphipods (Gammarus) and dipterans (Chiro- petrum meridionale and S. striolatum. Finally the best nomus). Of these prey categories, fish was more impor- preserved area is found between 500 and 1.000 m alti- tant than the others. In particular, Knipowitschia sp. and tude. This is a range only found in deep inland areas, A. a. anatoliae were the primary prey for the pikeperch. and includes species like I. graellsii, C. mercuriale, C. The proportions of vertebrates and invertebrates in the xanthostoma, C. virgo, P. Iatipes, P. nymphula, O. un- diet composition of pikeperch in the 150-190 mm length catus, 0. forcipatus, A. affinis, A. cyanea, O. curtisii, O. class were found roughly equal. The importance of ver- brunneum and Boyeria irene. The core of this work is tebrates (especially prey fish) in the diet of the pike- represented by a collection of files devoted to the 58 perch in Lake Egirdir increased with increasing body si- species occurring in the Valencian Community. The inc- ze of fish, but, at the same time, the importance of in- lusion of the species in red books and the legal status is vertebrates decreased. Pikeperch longer than 300 mm indicated for every species. Every species includes so- consumed only fish, frogs and odonats. The canniba- me comments on morphology and biology, distribution, lism rate was 0.6%. In addition, it was found that the habitat and present situation of the populations, threats diet of the pikeperch in Lake Egirdir considerably chan- and conservation actions recommended by the authors ged from season to season." (Authors)] Address: Balik, when necessary. A distribution map in UTM squares of I., Fisheries Res Inst, TR-32500 Egirdir, Isparta, Turkey 100 km2 (10x10 km) is given for every species. The re- 6500. Beutler, H.; Petrick, S.; Zimmermann, F. cords based in bibliographical data are indicated by a (2006): Neue Lebensräume und Arten der Anhänge 1 blue dot, the records based in our own material are in- und 2 der Fauna-Flora-Habitat-(FFH)-Richtlinie in Bran- dicated by a red square. The text finished with an ex- denburg. Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege in Bran- haustive list of references on the theme." (Author)] Ad- denburg 3/2006: 76-84. (in German). [fact sheet refer- dress: Baixeras Almela, J., Institut Cavanilles de Biodi- ring to Coenagrion ornatum] Address: Beutler, H., versitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de Valencia, Kirschallee 3b, D-15848 Stremmen, Germany. E-mail: Apartat de correus 2085, 46071 Valencia, Spain. E- [email protected] mail: [email protected] 6501. Bonada, N. Rieradevall, M.; Prat, N.; Resh, 6498. Bal, D.; Groenendijk, D. (2006): Consequen- V.H. (2006): Benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages ces of the Habitats Directive for the legal protection of and macrohabitat connectivity in Mediterranean-climate dragonflies in The Netherlands. Brachytron 9(1-2): 38- streams of northern California. Journal of the North 48. (in Dutch, with English summary). ["The European American Benthological Society 25(1): 32-43. (in Eng- Habitats Directive offers an import framework for natio- lish). ["Drought leads to a loss of longitudinal and lateral nal legislation concerning nature conservation. Several hydrologic connectivity, which causes direct or indirect species of dragonflies (Odonata) have been incorpora- changes in stream ecosystem properties. Changes in ted in the annexes of this directive. Of the twelve dra- macrohabitat availability from a riffle-pool sequence to gonfly species of Annex IV eight species are indigenous isolated pools are among the most conspicuous conse- in The Netherlands. In accordance with the directive quences of connectivity loss. Macroinvertebrate as- these eight species are protected by the Dutch Flora semblages were compared among 3 distinct stream Fauna Act. Of the nine dragonfly species of Annex II, macrohabitats (riffles [R], pools connected to riffles [Pc], four species are indigenous in The Netherlands, but on- disconnected pools [Pd]) of 19 Mediterranean-climate ly two have populations at the moment: Leucorrhinia sites in northern California to examine the influence of pectoralis and Ophiogomphus cecilia. Therefore, only loss of habitat resulting from drought disturbance. At for these two species Special Protection Areas will be the time of sampling, 10 sites were perennial and inclu- assigned under the Nature Conservation Act, as part of ded R and Pc macrohabitats, whereas 9 sites were in- the European Natura 2000 network. The conservation termittent and included only Pd macrohabitats. Taxa status of both species is 'unfavourable - bad', so mea- richness was more variable in Pd, and taxa richness sures have to be taken to ensure that the status will be- was significantly lower in Pd than in Pc but not R. The- come 'favourable'. Several other dragonfly species will se results suggested a decline in richness between Pc be selected as 'typical species' of habitat types and Pd that might be associated with loss of connectivi- and,therefore, will become an important indicator for the ty. Lower Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera quality of many Dutch Nature 2000 sites." (Author)] Ad- (EPT) richness relative to Odonata, Coleoptera, and dress: Groenendijk, D., Minist. LNV, Postbus 482, NL- Heteroptera (OCH) richness was observed for Pd than

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 14 R and Pc macrohabitats. Family composition was more rence of Ischnura fountainei, I. evansi. I. elegans, I. for- similar between R and Pc than between R or Pc and Pd cipata, and I. pumilio was investigated. The divergence macrohabitats. This similarity may be associated with of ecological niches of these species is due to their a- greater connectivity between R and Pc macrohabitats. daptation to different habitats. The species that domina- Correspondence analysis indicated that macroinver- te in the same habitat demonstrate complementation, tebrate composition changed along a gradient from R to that is different time of its use. Hygrothermal preferen- Pc and Pd that was related to a perennial-intermittent ces of species determine the differences in circadian gradient across sites. High variability among macroin- rhythms and microspatial distribution of imagoes." (Au- vertebrate assemblages in Pd could have been related thor) The English version was published in. Entomolo- to variability in the duration of intermittency. In cluster gical Review, 2006, Vol. 86, No. 6, pp. 623–631.] Ad- analysis, macroinvertebrate assemblages were grou- dress: Borisov, S.N., Russian Acad. Sci., Inst. Animal. ped by macrohabitat first and then by site, suggesting Systemat. and Ecol., Novosibirsk 610091, Russia. E- that the macrohabitat filter had a greater influence on mail: [email protected] macroinvertebrate assemblages than did local site cha- racteristics. Few taxa were found exclusively in Pc, and 6504. Bouwman, J.H.; Kalkman, V.J. (2006): Status this macrohabitat shared numerous taxa with Rand Pd, of the Odonata of the habitat directive in The Nether- indicating that Pc may act as a bridge between R and lands. Brachytron 9(1-2): 3-13. (in Dutch, with English Pd during drought. Drought is regarded as a ramp summary). ["In 2004 special attention was given to the disturbance, but our results suggest that the response distribution of five species of Odonata - Sympecma of macroinvertebrate assemblages to the loss of hydro- paedisca, Aeshna viridis, Ophiogomphus cecilia, Leu- logical connectivity among macrohabitats is gradual, at corrhinia pectoralis and Gomphus flavipes - present on least in Mediterranean-climate streams where drying is the Habitat Directive of the EU. Of the first four species gradual. However, the changes may be more dramatic all square kilometres where the species was found bet- in and and semiarid streams or in Mediterranean- ween 1980-2000 but not after 2000 were revisited. For climate streams if drying is rapid." (Authors)] Address: Gomphus flavipes a search was conducted in each 5 Bonada, Nuria, Univ Lyon 1, CNRS Ecol Hydrosyst Flu- km squares in the flood plains. The work resulted in up viaux, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France. E-mail: nuria. bo- to date information on the distribution of the species. [email protected] Sympecma paedisca: The reproduction takes place in the Weerribben and Kuinderplas. In the provinces of 6502. Borisov, S.N. (2006): Adaptations of dragon- Friesland and Drenthe individuals are seen at many dif- (Odonata) under desert conditions. Zoologicheskii ferent sites each autumn but until now no successful Zhurnal 85(7): 820-829. (in Russian, with English sum- reproduction is proven. Aeshna viridis: The distribution mary). ["Different types of adaptation in dragonflies di- of this dragonfly overlaps with that of Water soldier rected to the selection of optimal habitats in the desert (Stratiotes aloides). In The Netherlands there are two zone in the southern part of central Asia were revealed. core-areas where large stands of this plant occur and The most favourable habitats for the development of where A. viridis is found: in the western en northern part larval phases are flowing and semi-flowing water bodies of the country. A. viridis disappeared from a few locali- of irrigation systems. The life cycles in dragonflies are ties, but it was discovered at several new localities. The synchronous with seasonal climatic changes; their re- overall impression is that the species is stable. Gom- productive period is restricted to the time of optimal phus flavipes: After an absence of more than 90 years hygrothermal conditions. The time of flying in monovol- the species was rediscovered in 1996. Since then the tine species may be reduced and shifted to spring time species colonised all larger rivers in the Netherlands. It (Libellula q. quadrimaculata, Anaciaeschna isoceles an- is especially common along the Waal and Merwede and tehumeralis) or, on the contrary, it becomes longer due less so along the Lek and Nederrijn. Prior to 2004 the to the prereproductive diapause, when dragonflies species was known from a few records along the IJssel. away to mountains (Sympetrum arenicolor, Aeshna m. During fieldwork in 2004 it was shown that it is present mixta, Sympecma gobica, S. paedisca, and S. fusca). along the full length of the IJssel though in low num- The vernal and autumnal peaks in the number with its bers. The species is largely absent from the river the significant decrease in mid-summers are characteristic Maas. This river lacks the groynes and the adjacent of bivoltine species (Ischnura elegans and I. evansi). sandbanks which are deposited behind the groynes and Species with the long imaginal state due to the asynch- which probably form the larval habitat in other rivers. ronous seasonal development of populations are nume- Remarkable a small population is present along the rous only in spring (Anax p. parthenope and Lindenia Roer, a small river, which runs into the Maas. Ophio- tetraphylla). The labile diurnal rhythms in the activity of gomphus cecilia: The only reproduction site in The Ne- dragonflies allow to avoid effects of unfavourable wea- therlands is the river Roer. In 2002 and 2003 in total ther conditions. Emergence for many species takes 105 exuviae were found making clear that this populati- place at night." (Author)] Address: Borisov, S.N., Russ- on is well established. Searches along the Geleenbeek, ian Acad. Sci., Inst. Animal. Systemat. and Ecol., Novo- where the species was seen in 1995 and 1996 were not sibirsk 610091, Russia. E-mail: [email protected] succesfull. Leucorrhinia pectoralis: This species is rare in most of Europe but relatively common in parts of The 6503. Borisov, S.N. (2006): Ecological niches of Netherlands. Large populations occur in the lowland species of the genus Ischnura (Odonata, Coenagrioni- peat marshes of De Weerribben and De Wieden and dae) in oases of the Pamir-Alai. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal the Lonnekermeer (all in the province of Overijssel). A 85(8): 935-942. (in Russian, with English summary). small population is found in de lowland peat marshes in ["With development of irrigation and oases, new habi- the province of Utrecht and Noord-Holland (nature re- tats suitable for dragonflies appeared. In artificial reser- serve Het Hol). Apart from these populations the spe- ves, unique Odonata complexes were formed. In the cies is found at several localities in the east and south oases zone of the Pamiro-Alai, species of the genus of the Netherlands and at one locality in the dunes. Ischnura predominate among Zygoptera. The co-occur- However, none of these localities seem to hold stable

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 15 populations." (Authors)] Address: Bouwman, J.H., Vlin- Gomphus flavipes, G. vulgatissimus, Lestes virens, Li- derstichting, Postbus 506, NL-6700 AM Wageningen, bellula fulva and Sympecma fusca.This investigation The Netherlands. E-mail: jaap.bouwman@vlinderstich- shows the high species richness in dragonflies of natu- ting.nl ral floodplains. Recently this phenomenon was not well known in The Netherlands. The popular opinion was a 6505. Brockhaus, T. (2006): Verbreitung und Be- rather low biodiversity in dragonflies due to regular standsentwicklung der nach der EU-FFH-Richtlinie be- flooding and bad water quality. Also the presence of sonders geschützten Libellenarten in Sachsen (Insecta: Beavers (Castor fiber) has positive effects on the habi- Odonata). Beitr. Ent. 56(2): 433-441. (in German, with tats of some species, for example on Libellula fulva. English summary). [8 out of 16 protected after law Eu- Males of this species use dead branches cut by Bea- ropean Odonata species are occuring in Sachsen, Ger- vers as perches." (Authors)] Address: Kurstjens, G., many. These species are briefly introduced.] Address: Ecologisch adviesbureau, Col. Ekmanstr. 15, NL-6573 Brockhaus, T., An der Morgensonne 5, D-09387 Jahns- BM Beek-Ubbergen, The Netherlands dorf, Germany. E-mail: [email protected] 6509. Chazal, A.C. (2006): Lepidoptera and Odonata 6506. Buczyński, P.; Stachyra, P. (2006): Libellen im Surveys of Colonial National Historic Park, James City, Nahrungsspektrum europäischer Bienenfresser (Me- Surry, and York Counties, Virginia. Technical Report rops apiaster L.) in südostpolnischen Brutkolonien ge- NPS/NER/NRTR-2006/063: 102 pp. (in English). ["In gen Ende der Brutzeit. Poster. 25. Jahrestagung der 2003, the United States Department of the Interior, Na- Gesellschaft deutschsprachiger Odonatologen, Essen: tional Park Service contracted with the Virginia Depart- 1 p. (in German). [Odonata accounted for 42,6% of the ment of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natu- food items in M. apiaster (Aves) against terminal bree- ral Heritage (DCR-DNH) to conduct an inventory of the ding season in a south eastern Polish breeding colonie diurnal Lepidoptera and Odonata on Colonial National near Gródek. 17 Odonata species, exclusively Anisop- Historical Park (COLO), located in James City, Surry, tera, were preyed. Prefered hunting habitats were clo- and York counties, Virginia. Between May-July 2003 sely situated to the breeding places, further situated and April-October 2004, DCR-DNH conducted surveys water bodies were more lessly frequented.] Address: over 18 days covering 17 different habitats, which were Buczyński, P., Dept of Zool., Maria Curie-Skłodowska categorized into six habitat types: developed areas, University, Akademicka 19, PL-20-033 Lublin, Poland. fields, forested uplands, forested wetlands, marshes, E-mail: [email protected] and water (i.e. freshwater ponds). 75 species of Lepi- doptera and 42 species of Odonata were observed. The 6507. Butler, S.G.; Chelmick, D.G.; Vick, G.S. field habitat, primarily classified as Planted / Cultured / (2006): Descriptions of the last instar larvae of Neo- Cultivated Herbaceous Vegetation, had the highest dythemis hildebrandti Karsch and N. afra (Ris) with species diversity and highest total numbers for Lepidop- comments on the status of the genus and subfamily (A- tera. The field habitats also had the highest species di- nisoptera : Libellulidae, Tetrathemistinae). Odonatologi- versity and second highest totals (forested wetlands ca 35(3): 233-241. (in English). ["The larvae of N. hilde- had higher totals) for Odonata. The globally rare skip- brandli (from Nosy Be, Madagascar) and N. afra (from per, Problema bulenta (Rare Skipper G2G3 S1), was Mt Kupe, Cameroon) are described, illustrated from e- reconfirmed at an existing site on COLO, but no further xuviae, and compared with the larva of N. (Allorrhizu- occurrences were found during targeted surveys for cha) klingi (Karsch) from W Africa. Differences between that species. Five watchlisted species were observed: the larva of Neodythemis and that of other known Afri- Aaron’s Skipper (Poanes aaroni), Anax longipes, Sym- can Tetrathemistinae genera (Malgassophlebia, Notio- petrum ambiguum, Ischnura prognata, and Telebasis themis and Tetrathemis) are highlighted, and it is sug- byersi. All of these watchlisted species are considered gested that this provides support for the view that Neo- common to very common and secure across their glo- dythemis (including Allorrhizucha) and Micromacromia bal ranges. The results of this survey represent 37 new form a natural group, the 'neodythemistines', and that county records for Lepidoptera and 26 for Odonata. they are only distantly related to other genera in the Species accumulation curves indicate that further sur- subfamily. This provides additional evidence for the veys for Lepidoptera and Odonata may increase the view that Tetrathemistinae is not a phylogenetically ho- known fauna of COLO." (Author)] Address: Chazel, An- mogenous grouping within the Libellulidae." (Authors)] ne, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreati- Address: Butler, S.G., 31 High Beech Lane, Haywards on, Division of Natural Heritage, 217 Governor Street, Hlth RH16 1SQ, W Sussex, UK. E-mail: sgbutler15@ Richmond, VA 23219, USA btopenworld.com 6510. Chazal, A.C. (2006): Lepidoptera and Odonata 6508. Calle, P.; Kurstjens, G.; Peters, B. (2006): Surveys of George Washington Birthplace National Dragonflies of the Gelderse Poort. Natural river lands- Monument, Westmoreland County, Virginia. Technical cape richer in biodiversity than expected. Brachytron Report NPS/NER/NRTR--2006/062: 82 pp. (in English). 9(1-2): 49-57. (in Dutch, with English summary). ["In ["n 2003, the United States Department of the Interior, 2003 fieldwork was carried out to learn about the dra- National Park Service contracted with the Virginia De- gonfly biodiversity in the Gelderse Poort. In this area partment of Conservation and Recreation, Division of floodplain restoration projects were realised on a large Natural Heritage (DCR-DNH) to conduct an inventory of scale (ca. 800 ha) since 1990. The nature reserves in the diurnal Lepidoptera and Odonata on George Wa- the Gelderse Poort consists of floodplains with some al- shington Birthplace National Monument (GEWA), West- luvial forests and river dunes, as well as (reed) marshes moreland County, Virginia. Between May-July 2003 and in former floodplains.In total 43 species have been ob- April-September 2004, DCR-DNH conducted surveys served since 2000 of which 37 have populations in the over 13 days covering thirteen habitats which were ca- area. Seven Dutch Red Listed species occur in the tegorized into six habitat types: beach/shoreline, deve- Gelderse Poort: Aeshna isoceles, Brachytron pratense, loped areas, field, forest, marsh, and water (i.e., fresh-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 16 water ponds). Fifty-one species of Lepidoptera and 37 which are maintained via male-male competition. H. species of Odonata were observed. The field habitats, americana males emerge and take some time to matu- primarily classified as Planted/Cultured/Cultivated Her- re sexually, after which, depending on their fat reser- baceous Vegetation, had the highest species diversity ves, may start defending territories where females arri- and highest total numbers for Lepidoptera. The marsh ve at for copulation. Territorial males are eventually de- habitats, primarily comprised of Tidal Oligohaline feated and lose their territories. This loss is a conse- Marsh, had the highest species diversity and totals for quence of a reduction in muscular fat reserves. We Odonata. No rare, threatened, or endangered species tested whether: (a) territorial males had more pigmen- were observed. Three watchlisted species were obser- ted wings, more intense melanine-based immune res- ved: Aaron’s Skipper (Poanes aaroni), Anax longipes, ponse (encapsulation response to a nylon filament and Lestes inaequalis. All of these species are conside- implant) and higher fat reserves than non-territorial ma- red common to very common and secure across their les; (b) pigmentation is related to immunity and fat re- global ranges. The results of this survey represent 24 serves; (c) the immune response held constant in two new county records for Lepidoptera and 23 for Odona- different episodes (3 days between each) in the same ta. The species accumulation curve for Lepidoptera in- male during territorial tenure; and (d) immune response dicates that further surveys may increase the known and fat reserves decreased after experimentally simula- fauna of GEWA; however, the same type of curve for ted fighting event. Our results agree with current views Odonata leveled off by the eighth survey indicating that of immune ability and courting traits: (1) territorial males further surveys may have low probability of recording had more wing pigmentation, higher immune responses new species." (Author)] Address: Chazel, Anne, Virginia and fat reserves than non-territorial males; (2) pigmen- Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of tation was also correlated with immunity and fat reser- Natural Heritage, 217 Governor Street, Richmond, VA ves; and (3) immune response was similarly intense in 23219, USA the two episodes during territorial tenure. However, this response and fat reserves were considerably lower af- 6511. Cicek, K.; Mermer, A. (2006): Feeding biology ter fighting compared to that of territorial males and of the Marsh Frog, Rana ridibunda Pallas 1771, (Anura, non-territorial males. Our work points out a link between Ranidae) In Turkey's lake district. North-Western Jour- fat reserves and immune ability which agree with previ- nal of Zoology 2(2): 57-72. (in English). ["We examined ous studies in insects. Given, however, that in this spe- the food composition of the marsh frog, Rana ridibunda, cies the use of wing pigmentation via male-male com- populations inhabiting Turkey's Lake District. Stomach petition is more likely to provide information about cur- contents of 82 (32 males, 50 females) adult individuals rent fat reserves than immunity, it is suggested that were investigated. It was found that the species mainly immune ability is only indirectly selected and may not fed on invertebrates and especially on terrestrial preys be the information that pigmentation would convey to belonging to groups (75.17%). The most fre- conspecifics." (Authors)] Address: Cordoba-Aguilar, A., quently consumed preys with respect to numeric pro- Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas, Universidad Au- portion were Diptera (19.85%), Coleoptera (12.72%) tonoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Apdo. P. 69-1, Plaza and Hymenoptera (10.02%). There are no differences Juarez, Pachuca, Hidalgo 42001, Mexico E-mail: in diet between sexes and among the populations exa- [email protected] mined." (Authors) Odonata accounted for aproximaely 25% of food items.] Address: Cicek, K., Ege University, 6514. Cordoba-Aguilar, A.; Contreras-Garduno, J.; Faculty of Science, Biology Department, Zoology Secti- Peralta-Vazquez, H.; (2006): Sexual comparisons in im- on, TR-35100, Izmir. Turkey. E-mail: kerim.cicek@ege. une ability, survival and parasite intensity in two dam- edu.tr selfly species. Journal of Insect Physiology 52(8): 861- 869. (in English). ["Recent evolutionary studies have 6512. Cifuentes-Ruiz, P.; Vrsansky, P.; Vega, F.; suggested that females have a more robust immune Cevallos-Ferriz, S.R (2006): Campanian terrestrial system than males. Using two damselfly species (He- arthroods from the Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Difunta taerina americana and tezpi), we tested if females Group in northeastern Mexico. Geologica Carpathica produced higher immune responses (as phenoloxidase 57(5): 347-354. (in English). ["The Campanian assem- and hydrolytic enzymes) had a higher survival (using a blage of from the Cerro del Pueblo Formati- nylon implant inserted in the abdomen and measuring on in northeastern Mexico display some primitive cha- survival after 24 h) and fewer parasites (gregarines and racteristics. It consists of a small spider, a dragonfly as- water mites) than males. We also tested whether im- signed to the Libelluloidea, and cockroach Xonpepetla mune differences should emerge in different body areas rinconensis Cifuentes-Ruiz et Vransky gen. et sp. (thorax vs. abdomen) within each sex with the predicti- nov..." (Authors)] Address: Cifuentes-Ruiz, Paulina, U- on that only females will differ with the abdomen having niv. Nacl. Autonoma Mexico, Inst. Biol., Ciudad Univ., a higher immune response than their thorax since the Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico E-mail: paulina- former area, for ecological and physiological reasons, [email protected] may be a target zone for increased immune investment. Animals were adults of approximately the same age. In 6513. Contreras-Garduno, J.; Canales-Lazcano, J.; both species, females were more immunocompetent Cordoba-Aguilar, A. (2006): Wing pigmentation, immu- than males, but only in H. americana females were im- ne ability, fat reserves and territorial status in males of mune responses greater in the abdomen than in the the rubyspot damselfly, Hetaerina americana. Journal thorax. However, there were no differences in survival of Ethology 24(2): 165-173. (in English). ["An explanati- and parasite intensity or the probability of being parasi- on for courting traits is that they convey information a- tised between the sexes in either of the two species. bout the bearer's condition to conspecifics, more speci- Thus, this study]ends partial support to the principle fically immune ability. Here we test a series of immune- that females are better at defending than males despite based assumptions in the territorial damselfly H. ameri- the null difference in parasitism and survival." (Authors)] cana, whose males bear wing pigmentation patterns, Address: Cordoba-Aguilar, A., Centro de Investigacio-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 17 nes Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Society 25(3): 533-544. (in English). ["The role of pre- Hidalgo, Apdo. P. 69-1, Plaza Juarez, Pachuca, Hidal- dators (particularly top predators such as fish) in struc- go 42001, Mexico E-mail: [email protected] turing stream communities has been debated for 2 de- cades. Much of the debate may have been caused by 6515. Cordoba-Aguilar, A.; Mendez, V. (2006): Im- the lack of a conceptual framework for evaluating pre- mune melanization ability and male territorial status in dator effects in stream communities. First, I propose a Erythemis vesiculosa (Fabricius) (Anisoptera: Libelluli- general conceptual model of the factors (abiotic, such dae). Odonatologica 35(2): 193-197. (in English). ["U- as stream permanence and disturbance regime; biotic, sing a nylon filament implant inserted in the thorax, it such as predation) that can influence community struc- was tested whether there were immune ability and size ture, and the conditions in which these various factors differences between territorial and nonterritorial male would be expected to be important. Hydrologic perma- male that gather in lentic aquatic sites. It was found that nence and disturbance transitions separate streams territorial male male mounted a larger melanin-based where abiotic factors are most important in determining immune response than nonterritorial male male. This is community structure from streams with relatively benign coherent with current results in other odon. and is inter- disturbance regimes where predation may be more im- preted as territorial male male being in better condition portant. Second, I focus on the potential effect of preda- than nonterritorial male male - However, there was no tors in perennial streams with relatively benign distur- size difference between the territorial and nonterritorial bance regimes. Such streams are divided longitudinally inidividuals. This suggests that size may be a poor pre- into sections where different types of predators might dictor of immune ability." (Authors)] Address: Cordoba- be important in determining community structure. Large Aguilar, A., Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas, Uni- invertebrates (stoneflies, dragonflies, shrimp, and cray- versidad Autonoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Apdo. P. fish) and salamanders may be the dominant benthic 69-1, Plaza Juarez, Pachuca, Hidalgo 42001, Mexico predators affecting species composition in small peren- E-mail: [email protected] nial fishless streams. A transition from invertebrate. and amphibian-dominated to fish-dominated systems may 6516. Couteyen, S.; Papazian, M. (2006): Contributi- occur in larger, downstream sections (predator transiti- on à la connaissance des Odonates de l'île de la Réu- on 1). In addition, longitudinal transitions in fish-assem- nion 7. Description de la larve de Pseudagrion punctum lage structure from upstream tributaries to downstream (Rambur, 1842) (Odonata Zygoptera Coenagrionidae). main-channel fish assemblages (predator transition 2) L'Entomologiste 62(3-4): 97-100. (in French, with Eng- may affect community structure. I present evidence lish summary). [The larva of P. punctum, a species from supporting the above model and suggest experimental Madagascar and the Mascareignes islands, is descri- approaches to test the model. This conceptual frame- bed and compared to the larva of the continental spe- work may help in understanding the role of specific pre- cies P. massaicum. Information on the biology of the dators in determining prey distributions in many stream species is added.] Address: Couteyen, S., Assoc Reu- communities." (Author)] Address: Creed, R.P., Appala- nionnaise Ecol, 188 Chemin Nid Joli, F-97430 Le Tam- chian State Univ, Dept Biol, Boone, NC 28608 USA. E- pon, Reunion. E-mail: [email protected] mail: [email protected] 6517. Couteyen, S. (2006): Évolution de la taille de 6520. Crumrine, P.W. (2006): Age specific behavio- Coenagriocnemis reuniensis Franser, 1957, en fonction ral responses of odonate larvae to chemical and visual de l'altitude à l'île de la Réunion (Odonata, Coenagrio- cues from predators. Journal of Freshwater Ecology nidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 21(1): 9-16. (in English). ["Many aquatic organisms 111(4): 439-444. (in French, with English summary). possess the ability to detect and respond to visual and ["Temperature and photoperiod influence growth and chemical cues from predators and injured conspecifics, development of Odonata. Adult size is a good assess- but relatively few studies have investigated if those res- ment of weight at metamorphosis. The adult size of en- ponses change during development in odonates. In a demic species of La Reunion, C. reuniensis, varies with laboratory experiment, I exposed 8(th) and 12(th) instar altitude. In the island, thermal gradient is closely related larvae of the dragonfly Anax junius to (1) the presence with altitudinal gradient, whereas the photoperiod can of a free-swimming fish predator (Lepomis macrochi- be highly regarded anywhere as a regular evolution. In- rus); (2) water that recently contained L. macrochirus; dividuals C. reuniensis that who live in the higher altitu- (3) water that contained crushed conspecifics; (4) water de where temperature is lower, are larger and have a that recently contained living conspecifics; and (5) longer development time than individuals living in lower charcoal filtered tap water that contained no visual or altitude. The possibility that these differences in growth chemical stimuli. The 12(th) instar A. junius moved mo- and development could allow a sympatric speciation is re often, spent more time moving and spent less time discussed." (Author)] Address: Couteyen, S., Assoc Re- perched on artificial aquatic vegetation than did 8(th) nionnaise Ecol, 188 Chemin Nid Joli, F-97430 Le Tam- instar A. junius. A. junius moved less in the presence of pon, Reunion. E-mail: [email protected] fish chemical cues relative to the control. Although 8(th) 6518. Craves, J.A. (2006): First Michigan specimens and 12(th) instar A. junius differed in their responses to of Libellula vibrans Fabricius (Odonata: Libellulidae). stimuli from predators, the overall response of A. junius The Great Lakes Entomologist 91: 91-93. (in English). to predators was not strong. The characteristic high ac- [In 2005, two small populations were found in Wayne tivity level of A. junius, which is an advantage in fishless County, Michigan, USA.] Address: Craves, Julie, habitats, may limit success of this species in habitats 115911 Andover Drive, Dearborn, MI 48120, USA. E- with insectivorous fish." (Author)] Address: Crumrine, mail: [email protected] P.W., Department of Natural Sciences, Longwood Uni- versity, Farmville, VA 23909, USA. E-mail: crumrinepw 6519. Creed, R.P. (2006): Predator transitions in @longwood.edu stream communities: a model and evidence from field studies. Journal of the North American Benthological

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 18 6521. Das, P.K.; Sivagnaname, N.; Amalraj, D.D. the enriched soil wasremoved by the local conservation (2006): Population interactions between Culex vishnui body within the framework of a recovery program. It is mosquitoes and their natural enemies in Pondicherry, therefore likely that L. albifrons has not colonised the India. Journal of Vector Ecology 31(1): 84-88. (in Eng- lake until after 1990, since the habitat previous to the lish). ["Population interactions among mosquitoes in the undertaken recovery measurements, is considered to Culex vishnui subgroup, which are vectors of Japanese have been unsuitable for the species. Therefore, the o- Encephalitis, and their natural enemies were studied in rigin of this population still remains unclear. In 2006 Pondicherry, India. We tested the hypothesis that the further investigation will take place to discover possible breakdown of interactions between the larvae and their other reproduction sites, and to provide a species pro- natural enemies due to drought followed by rain was tection program." (Authors)] Address: It Fryske Gea, responsible for the sudden increase in the vector popu- Postbus 3, NL-9244 ZN Beetsterzwag, Netherlands. E- lation above the threshold for disease transmission du- mail: [email protected]. Wasscher, M. T. E- ring the heavy rainy period. We randomly sampled mail: [email protected] mosquito larvae and their predators in different bree- ding habitats and subjected the mean densities of prey, 6523. Di Domenico, M.; Clausnitzer, V.; Carchini, G. predator, and mosquito larvae infected with parasi- (2006): Larval morphology of three species of the ge- tes/pathogens to covariate analysis to understand the nus Hadrothemis Karsch (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). O- interaction between prey and their natural enemies in donatologica 35(2): 117-125. (in English). ["The larval relation to environmental factors. In rice fields, neither morphology of H. scabrifrons, H. coacta and H. cama- prey nor predator showed any positive correlation with rensis is described for the first time from specimens col- temperature, RH, or the number of rainy days. Howe- lected in East Africa, and a comparison among the spe- ver, the pathogen/parasite of mosquito immatures sho- cies is given.] Address: Clausnitzer, Viola, Graefestr. wed a positive correlation with RH. Among the mosqui- 17, D-06110 Halle/Saale, Germany. E-mail: violacl@t- to predators, notonectids exhibited a significant positive online.de correlation with Cx. vishnui larvae. The parasitic Roma- 6524. Dommanget, J.-L. (2006): Préambule à l'hom- nomermis iyengari and pathogenic Coelomomyces a- mage à René Martin. Martinia 22(1): 3-6. (in French). nopheliscus also showed positive correlations with im- [Introduction into a special issue of the French odonato- matures. No parasites and pathogens of mosquito lar- logical journal 'Martinia', named after the famous odo- vae were recorded in shallow water pools (SWP) or natologist René Martin (1846-1925).] Address: Dom- cement tanks (CT) during the study period. Important manget, J.-L., 7, rue Lamartine, F-78390 Bois-d'Arcy, predators recorded in SWP were notonectids, damselfly France nymphs, Diplonychus indicus, and hydrophilids. Dra- gonfly nymphs, gerrids, and tadpole shrimps were re- 6525. Dommanget, J.-L. (2006): René Martin au corded in CT. In CT, prey and their predators were Blanc, hier et aujourd'hui (Département de l'Indre). Mar- positively correlated with RH and rainy days. In SWP, tinia 22(1): 45-52. (in French, with English summary). there was a highly significant correlation between prey, [Information referring to René Martin; the author follo- predators and environmental factors. We conclude that wed some "footsteps" Martin has left in the town Blanc, rice fields are a stable ecosystem where regular France, where R. Martin had lived for approximately 35 interaction occurs between larvae and their natural years.] Address: Dommanget, J.-L., 7, rue Lamartine, enemies and a sudden increase in mosquito F-78390 Bois-d'Arcy, France populations is uncommon. In transient habitats, no such stability is present and they become more important as 6526. Dommanget, J.-L. (2006): Essai bibliographi- breeding habitats in terms of seasonalityand number. que sur les travaux entomologiques de René Martin Shallow water pools should be seriously considered for (1846-1925). Martinia 22(1): 37-44. (in French, with the control of these vectors." (Author)] Address: Das, English summary). [Introduction to and bibliography of P.K., Indian Council Med Res, Vector Control Res. Ctr, René Martin covering the whole work of this author.] Indira Nagar, Pondicherry 605006, India Address: Dommanget, J.-L., 7, rue Lamartine, F-78390 Bois-d'Arcy, France 6522. de Boer, E.P.; Wasscher, M.T. (2006): Redis- covery of Leucorrhinia albifrons in The Netherlands. 6527. D’Antonio, C.; Zeccolella, D. (2006): Nuovi in- Brachytron 9(1-2): 14-20. (in Dutch, with English sum- setti presenti nella Riserva Naturale di Stato “Isola di mary). ["In late June 2005, several specimens of Leu- Vivara”. http://www.isoladivivara.it/press/newinsects.pdf corrhinia albifrons were seen on the Dellebuursterhei- - 14 maggio 2006: 4 pp. (in Italian). [Italy; records of de, a nature reserve in the province of Friesland, The Anax ephippiger, A.imperator, and Aeshna cyanea are Netherlands. This rare species was thought to be ex- documented.] Address: D'Antonio, C., Via A. Falcone tinct in the Netherlands. The last record dates from 386/b, I-80127 Napoli, Italy. E-mail: [email protected] 1994, also in Friesland. In the days following the redis- covery a suitable reproduction site was found where the 6528. Ellenrieder, N. von (2006): The larvae of Tei- species was seen regularly until July 12, with a maxi- nopodagrion decipiens De Marmels and T. meridionale mum number of ten individuals on a single day. In addi- De Marmels (Zygoptera: Megapodagrionidae). Odona- tion to the sighting of several ovipositing females, a lar- tologica 35(3): 281-287. (in English). ["The larvae of 2 val skin was found, thus proving successful reproducti- species are described and illustrated: T. decipiens, ba- on at this site.The habitat of the reproduction site con- sed on specimens from the Bolivian Yungas, and T. sists of a shallow oligornesotrophic lake of 200x100 meridionale, based on specimens from the Argentine meter in a lightly wooded heath landscape. Except for a Yungas. A key to all known larvae is provided." (Au- submerged blanket of peat moss (Sphagnum, sp.) the thor)] Address: Ellenrieder, Natalia von, Museo de vegetation is rather poor in species and indicates mo- Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Sal- derately acid circumstances. Before the nineties, this si- ta,Mendoza 2, Salta 4400, Argentina. E-mail: odona- te was completely cleared of overgrown vegetation and [email protected]

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 19 6529. Etscher, V.; Miller, M.A.; Burmeister, E.-G. 6532. Fleck, G.; Legrand, J. (2006): The larva of the (2006): The larva of Polythore spaetheri Burmeister & genus Nesocordulia McLachlan, 1882, phylogenetic Börsöny, with comparison to other polythorid larva and consequences (Odonata, Anisoptera, ). Re- molecular species assignment (Zygoptera: Polythori- vue Francaise d'Entomologie (Nouvelle Serie) 28(1): dae). Odonatologica 35(2): 127-142. (in English). ["The 31-40. (in French, with English summary). ["The larva of larva from the area of Panguana (Huanuco prove, Peru) the genus Nesocordulia, determined after the examina- is described. This constitutes the first description of a tion of the larval wing-pads venation, is described and Polythore. P-distance measuring of a 790 bp long frag- illustrated for the first time. The study of the larval stage ment of the rnitochondrial COI gene was used as a tool suggests that this genus is related to the African genus for the assignment of the larva. The low degree of se- Idomacromia Karsch, 1896. A close relationship with quence divergences between larval and imaginal COI the neotropical genus Neocordulia Selys, 1882 is less sequences leaves no doubt about conspecificity. The probable. It shares some derived characters of the use of scanning electron microscopy gives an impressi- head with the remarkable archaic South-American ge- on of some morphological characters not mentioned so nus Lauromacromia Geijskes, 1970. A generic diagno- far concerning polythorid larvae. Comparison of the P sis is proposed." (Authors)] Address: Fleck, G., Lab. spaeteri larva with the few Currently available descripti- Ent. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat., 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Pa- ons of polythorid larvae shows that characterisation of ris, France. E-mail: [email protected] the larvae at generic level is not possible until more lar- val specimens of the family are examined." (Authors)] 6533. Foster, S.E.; Soluk, D.A. (2006): Protecting Address: Etscher, V., Zool Staatssammlung München, more than the wetland: The importance of biased sex Münchhausenstr 21, D-81247 München, Germany. E- ratios and habitat segregation for conservation of the mail: [email protected] Hine’s emerald dragonfly, Somatochlora hineana Willi- amson. Biological conservation 127: 158-166. (in 6530. Ferreira-Peruquetti, P.S.; Fonseca-Gessner, English). ["Within species habitat use may depend on A.A. (2006): Spatial distribution and seasonality of Heli- age, season or sex of an individual. The distribution of ocharis amazona Selys in a Cerrado area of Sao Paulo males and females may vary both temporally and spati- State, Brazil (Zygoptera : Dicteriadidae. Odonatologica ally due to differences in the costs of reproduction and 35(1): 41-46. (in Engish). ["The study was conducted on the distribution of critical resources. Conservation of a 2 nature reserves in NE Sao Paulo State, SE Brazil. H. species requires knowledge of the habitat use of both amazona populations naturally occur in low densities. sexes in order to predict the population size and protect 25 male, 2 female and 23 larvae were recorded, only at all habitats that a species requires. Adult dragonfly po- streams with riparian vegetation. All larvae were collec- pulations often have highly male-biased sex ratios at ted during the dry season and adults only during the the breeding habitat. This bias has been attributed to wet season. The highest number of larvae was collec- females using alternative habitats to avoid male ha- ted in pools having litter as substrate, but they were al- rassment, or to high female mortality. We monitored so found in slow and moderate velocity water. Due to adult S. hineana populations, in breeding and non- their patched distribution, H. amazona may face high breeding habitats in Door County, Wisconsin and found risk of local extinction and such a possibility should be significant differences in habitat use between males taken into account in the management of both studied and females. Males primarily used wetland habitats, nature reserves." (Authors)] Address: Ferreira-Peru- while females primarily used dry meadows and margi- quetti, P.S., Praca Jardineira 24,Jardim Asteca, BR- nal breeding habitats, only coming into wetlands to lay- 29104500 Villa Velha, ES, Brazil. E-mail: pperuquetti eggs or find mates. We assessed food resources in the @yahoo.com.br different habitats and found that high quality insect prey (primarily adult Diptera) were more available in the wet- 6531. Fischer, O.A. (2006): Common darter (Sym- land habitat, indicating that these areas were likely a petrum striolatum) at a field dung yard of the riding club more productive foraging area for adult dragonflies. The Eliot in Brno Bystrc (Moravia, Czech Republic). Vážky fact that females appear to avoid the wetland habitat is 2005: Sborník referátù VIII. celostátního semináøe do- consistent with the hypothesis that male harassment al- natologù ve Ždárských vrších, ZO ÈSOP Vlašim: 175- ters female distribution patterns. Consideration of the 178. (in Czech, with English summary). ["A small swarm patterns of habitat use by S. hineana indicates the need of dragonflies (about 30 individuals) occured at a field to develop a broader understanding of the importance dung yard containing remainders of horse stable manu- of non-wetland areas in the conservation of wetland re in Brno-Bystrc (Moravia, Czech Republic) on Sep- species." (Authors)"] Address: Foster, S.E., Department tember 29th, 2002. Capture of flies and oviposition by of Biology. University of Toronto at Mississauga, 3359, the dragonflies have been observed. Although two fish- Mississauga Road, Mississauga, Ont., Canada L5L ponds with cleaner water were near by available, a 1C6. E-mail: [email protected] small pool with dark brown water in the dung yard was preferred by the dragonflies for their oviposition. Two 6534. Gapud, V.P. (2006): Checklist of Philippine males and one female were captured and determined Odonata. Asia Life Sciences 15(2): 183-198. (in Eng- as the common darter (Sympetrum striolatum Charpen- lish). [254 species of Philippine Odonata are checklis- tier). Another two males of this species were captured ted, representing 154 damselflies and 100 dragonlies.] in the following year (November 8th, 2003). The com- Adress: Gapud, V.P., Univ. Philippines, Coll. Agr., Pest. mon darter had never been observed near two fish- Biol. and Biodivers. Div., Los Banos 4031, Philippines ponds with cleaner water and its presence as well as its oviposition were limited to the dung yard with euthro- 6535. Geraeds, R.P.G.; van Schaik, V.A. (2006): The phic water only." (Author)] Address: Fischer, O.A., Boøí skimmers of the Blankwater Reserve. A survey of the 3, 644 00 Brno, Czech Republik. E-mail: o.a.fischer emergence of three species of skimmer. Natuurhisto- @svscr.cz risch maandblad 95(6): 141-146. (in Dutch, with English summary). ["The Blankwater is a nature reserve located

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 20 east of the town of Roermond, The Netherlands near was also observed twice, near a stagnant water body the German border, which includes two large pools. In and along the Holsterbeek brook. O. brunneum was 2004, a 20 m transect on the north bank of the southern observed only once along the Roer, in 2003. This was pool was surveyed for the emergence of three skimmer most likely a migrant from the Blankwater nature reser- species, Orthetrum cancellation, O. coerulescens and ve. In 2005, an exuvium of C. boltonii was found along O. brunneum in this still water body.The presence of the Roer near Roermond. Since the river is not a sui- three skimmer species in the same habitat is rare in the table habitat for this species, it is most likely that this Netherlands. In the period of May 11 to September 4, was a larva that had drifted in from upstream sections all exuviaeof emerged skimmers were collected two to of the river in Germany. Over the 2000-2005 period, a three times a week.This resulted in 176 exuviae of O. total of 40 Odonata species were observed in the valley cancellatum, 246 O. coerulescensr and 5 of O. brun- of the river Roer. Twenty-nine of these were observed neum. Exuviae were found on 22 different plant spe- along the river, while 26 species were mostly observed cies, most of them on Jointed rush (Juncus articulatus). at stagnant water bodies. The largest water bodies (the O. cancellatum mostly emerged at low height in the former meanders of the river Roer) generally hosted the land vegetation, with exuviae found up to 10 m from the most dragonfly species. Nevertheless the stagnant wa- waterline. O. coerulescens also emerged at low heights ter body with the largest number of species was a small in the land vegetation, but nearer the waterline.The five pond.The Roer hosts the only population of O. forcipa- exuviae of O. brunneum were found in the watervegeta- tus and one of the two populations of O. cecilia in the tion, again at low heights. In total, 25 dragonfly species Netherlands, making this river one of the most impor- were observed during the survey. Exuviae of seventeen tant dragonfly habitats in the country." (Authors)] Ad- species were found along the transect." (Authors)] dress: Geraeds, R.P.G., Bergstraat 70, NL-6131 AW Address: Geraeds, R.P.G., Bergstraat 70, NL-6131 AW Sittard, The Netherlands Sittard, The Netherlands 6537. Geraeds, R.P.G.; van Schaik, V.A. (2006): 6536. Geraeds, R.P.G.; van Schaik, V.A. (2006): Dragonflies in the valley of the river Roer. Part l, dam- Dragonflies in the valley of the river Roer. Part lI, true selflies (Zygoptera). Natuurhistorisch maandblad 95(9): dragonflies (Anisoptera). Natuurhistorisch maandblad 197-203. (in Dutch, with English summary). ["Between 95(11): 246-253. (in Dutch, with English summary). ["In 2000 and 2005, the valley of the river Roer was survey- the 2000-2005 period, the river Roer and 80 stagnant ed for the presence of dragonflies. [...]. The Dutch part water bodies in the valley of the Roer were surveyed for of the river Roer is a meandering stream with a length the presence of dragonflies.[...]. The survey revealed of 21 km, its valley including 91 stagnant water bo- the presence of 25 true dragonfly species. Very com- dies.The six-year dragonfly survey covered the river mon species included Gomphus vulgatissimus, Orthe- and 80 of these stagnant waters. A total of 15 species trum cancellatum, Anax imperator, Sympetrum sangui- of damselfly were found in the area. Very common spe- neum and S. striolatum. G. vulgatissimus bred only in cies included Calopteryxsplendens, Platycnemis penni- flowing water, while the other very common species pes, Erythromma lindenii, Coenagrion puella, Ischnura bred in still waters. One larva of O. cancellatum was elegans and Pyrrhosoma nymphula. C. splendens bred caught in the river Roer. Common species included only in flowing water, while P. pennipes and E. lindenii Ophiogomphus cecilia, Stylurus flavipes, Gomphus pul- bred in flowing and still waters.The other very common chellus, Aeshna grandis, A. cyanea, A. mixta and Libel- damselfly species bred in still waters. Common species lula depressa. O. cecilia and S. flavipes bred only in included Chalcolestes viridis, Erythromma najas and E. flowing water, while exuviae of G. pulchellus were viridulum. Although E. najas and E. viridulum were fre- found at both streaming and still water bodies.The other quently observed along the river, all three species bred common dragonfly species bred only in still waters. Ra- only in still waters. Rare species in the Roer valley inc- re species in the valley included the Onychogomphus luded Sympecma fusca, Lestes sponsa), Coenagrion forcipatus, Somatochlora metallica, Cordulia aenea, pulchellum and Enallagma cyathigerum; they were only Orthetrum coerulescens, Crocothemis erythraea, Libel- observed along still waters. Although a breeding site lula quadrimaculata, S. danae and S. vulgatum. The ri- was found only for L. sponsa, breeding by the other ver Roer is the only place where O. forcipatus breeds. three rare species is likely because they were observed S. metallica bred in slow flowing and still waters. Al- at the same location in different years, or their mating though no exuviae were found, it is likely that S. metal- and oviposition behaviour was observed. Lestes virens lica breeds in a former meander of the Roer. The spe- and Ceriagrion tenellum were very rare. L. virens was cies was observed by this water body in several years. observed at three locations, being seen at the same C. aenea, C. erythraea, L. quadrimaculata and S. vul- two ponds in 2004 and 2005. During these years, ma- gatum bred only in a few still waters. It is likely that O. ting and oviposition behaviour were observed.The C. coerulescens breeds in the Holsterbeek, as mating be- tenellum was seen only once during the survey period; haviour was observed there. It is uncertain whether S. two males were found by a former meander of the river danae is breeding in the valley of the river Roer. It is li- Roer." (Authors)] Address: Geraeds, R.P.G., Bergstraat kely that the occasionally observed animals were 70, NL-6131 AW Sittard, The Netherlands migrants from the nearby Meinweg nature reserve. Very rare species in the survey included Sympetrum flaveo- 6538. Gonzalez-Soriano, E.; Novelo-Gutierrez, R. lum, Brachytron pratense, Somatochlora flavomaculata, (2006): Elasmothemis aliciae spec nov, a new dragonfly Orthetrum brunneum and Cordulegaster boltonii. Ex- from Mexico, Belize and Costa Rica with a description cept for C. boltonii exuviae of these species were never of its larva and a key to the known larvae of the genus found. A few imagos of S. flaveolum were spotted alm- (Anisoptera : Libellulidae). Odonatologica 35(3): 243- ost every year. B. pratense was spotted twice. A male 253. (in English). ["The new specis and its larva are (2003) and a female (2005) were seen at two different described and illustrated from specimens collected in former meanders of the Roer, water bodies which look Mexico (states of San Luis Potosi and Veracruz), Belize like suitable habitats for this species. S. flavomaculata (Toledo distr.) and Costa Rica (Heredia prov.). Holotype

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 21 male and allotype female (in copula): Mexico, Veracruz e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale, Corpo state, Rio La Palma, 25 km N of Catemaco, 28-VIII- Forestale dello Stato, Strada Mantova, 29, I-46045 1988; deposited at UNAM, Mexico. The species is clo- Marmirolo (MN), Italy. E-mail: [email protected] sely related to E. cannacrioides Calv. with which it was formerly confused. Adults of the former are larger than 6542. Heijligers, H.W.G.; van Buggenum, H.J.M. those of the latter. The larva is also easily distinguished (2006): Sympetrum meridionale: new findings in the from E. cannacrioides by its larger size and differences province of Limburg. Natuurhistorisch maandblad 95 in the shape of the dorsal protuberances. Notes on bio- (10): 225-227. (in Dutch, with English summary). ["On logy and distribution are provided and the known larvae 29 July 2006, S.meridionale was discovered for the first of the genus Elasmothemis Westfall are keyed." (Au- time in the province of Limburg, The Netherlands. It thors)] Address: Gonzalez-Soriano, E., Depto Zoologia, was observed at two locations, one in the Zwartwater Inst. Biol., Universidad Autonoma, Apartado Postal 70- (Venkoelen) nature reserve north of the town of Venlo 153, 04510 Mexico, D.F., Mexico. E-mail: esoriano@ and one in the Haeselaarsbroek nature reserve near mail.ibiologia.unam.mx the village of Echt.The species had already been found in the Zeeuws-Vlaanderen region (2004) and the pro- 6539. Haas, F. (2006): Evidence from folding and vince of Noord-Brabant (2005)." (Authors)] Address: functional lines of wings on interordinal relationships in Heijligers, H.W.G., Lottumseweg 27, NL-5872 AA Pterygota. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 64(2): Broekhuizen, The Netherlands 149-158. (in English). ["The fundamental difference between palaeopterous (Aeshna sp., Odonata) and ne- 6543. Heijligers, H.W.G. (2006): Boekbesprekingen: opterous (Perla sp., Plecoptera) Pterygota is exempli- Libellen in Nederland. Natuurhistorisch maandblad 95 fied with by two recent representatives. When sitting, (12): 273. (in Dutch). [Review of the DVD from Reind- the Aeshna sp. needs quite some space, neither fore boud, W. and Groot, T. de (2006): Libellen in Neder- nor hind wing are protected and its silhouette is perfect- land. Utrecht, KNNV Uitgeverij, 2006. DVD (70 min.). ly visible from all directions. The plecopteran protects ISBN 9050112315. http://library.wur.nl] Address: Heijli- its hind wings with the fore wings and may completely gers, H.W.G., Lottumseweg 27, NL-5872 AA Broekhui- disappear behind a plant stalk. Evidently, neopteran in- zen, The Netherlands sects need less space when at rest." (Author)] Address: 6544. Hobson, C.S. (2006): Marl Pennant (Macro- Haas, F., Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, diplax balteata), a new coastal dragonfly in Virginia. Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany. E-mail: Fabi- Banisteria 28: 53. (in English). [Grandview Beach in [email protected]; www.earwigs-online.de Hampton, Virginia, USA, 13 July 2006] Address: Chris- 6540. Hanel, L. (2006): New species of dragonflies topher S. Hobson Virginia Department of Conservation (Odonata) protected by the Czech law. Vážky 2005: and Recreation Division of Natural Heritage 217 Gover- Sborník referátù VIII. celostátního semináøe donato- nor Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 logù ve Ždárských vrších, ZO ÈSOP Vlašim: 190-191. 6545. Höttinger, H. (2006): Wiederfund der Vogel- (in Czech, with English summary). ["At present, the law Azurjungfer (Coenagrion ornatum SELYS, 1850) in no.114/1992 Sb. on nature and landscape protection Niederösterreich (Odonata, Coenagrionidae). Beiträge (amended as no. 460/2004 Sb.) is the most important zur Entomofaunistik 7: 151-154. (in German). [At tool in the protection of Czech nature and landscape. 14.6.2006, along a ditch („Waldäckergraben“ between This law has been provided with a public notice Au and Hof; Niederösterreich, Austria) (16°34’27“E / no.396/1992 Sb. which, among other things, contains of 47°55’51“N - 16°34’23“E / 47°55’59“N; 220 m asl), two particularly protected species including dragonflies. In males and two females of C. ornatum were recorded. this notice is only a single species (Aeshna subarctica) Additional unpublished regional records of this rare implicated to the category „endangered species“. This Austrian species are briefly documented.] Address: Höt- public notice was amended as no. 175/2006 Sb. In this tinger, H., Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Institut für amendment (effective from 8th May 2006) there is the Zoologie, Gregor Mendel-Straße 33, A-1180 Wien, list of protected dragonflies registered in the category Austria. E-mail: helmut.hoettinger(at)boku.ac.at „strongly endangered“: Sympecma braueri, Ophiogom- phus cecilia, Stylurus flavipes, Leucorrhinia albifrons, L. 6546. Hudson, J.; Armstrong, R.H. (2006): Dragon- pectoralis, and L. caudalis. (Author)] Address: Hanel, flies of Alaska. ISBN: 1-57833-302-4: 48 pp. (in L., Správa Chránìné krajinné oblasti Blaník, Louòovice English). [This book may be considered as the expan- pod Blaníkem 8, 257 06, Czech Republic. E-mail: lu- ded version of Armstrong et al (2007) (see OAS 6624) [email protected] dedicated to the grown-up beginner in Odonata (in fact, the opposite is right because the children's book was 6541. Hardersen, S. (2006): Sexual dimorphism in developed from this book). A general introduction into wing cell patterns in Xanthocnemis zealandica McLach- biology and morphology of Odonata, is followed by brief lan (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica 35(2): monographs of the 32 Alaskan species so far known 143-149. (in English). ["In many odonate species males resp. represented in the book, and a general treatment and females differ phenotypically; the most commonly on the family level. Each species is pictured by fine co- noticed characters which exhibit sexual dimorphism are lour photographs, is briefly described, and the biology size, and body. and wing colouration. Although the o- and habitat are very briefly outlined. Identification is fa- donate wing venation has been studied intensively, very cilitated by a colour photo accompanied by black & and limited data on sexual dimorphism exist. In this study white drawings or close up photos. On a more general distinct cell groups in the wings of X. zealandica were level the distribution ("where to expect a species in A- compared between males and females. Of the 6 cell laska") is also outlined.] Address: www.alaskabooks- groups studied two were sexually dimorphic. Reasons andcalendars.com for the observed differences are discussed." (Author)] Address: Hardersen, S., Centro Nazionale per lo Studio

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 22 6547. Huerta, H. (2006): Nuevo registro de Forcipo- 6551. Jinguji, H.; Tashiro, T.; Sato, T.; Tsuyuzaki, H.; myia (Pterobosca) incubans (Macfie) (Diptera: Cerato- Kondo, T. (2006): Effect of cultivation methods in a pogonidae) como parásito de Odonata. Acta Zoológica controlled mixing tillage of plow layer on habitat conditi- Mexicana (nueva serie): 157-158. (in Spanish, with on of the genus Sympetrum. Transactions of the Japa- English summary). ["This is the first record of Forcipo- nese Society of Irrigation, Drainage and Reclamation myia (Pterobosca) incubans (Macfie) on Dythemis steri- Engineering 74(1): 133-140. (in Japanese, with English lis Hagen (Libellulidae, Odonata) from Veracruz State, summary). ["The study was conducted in no-till, no- Mexico." (Author)] Address: Herón, Huerta, Lab. Ento- puddling and conventional cultivation method rice field, mologia, INDRE, Carpio 470, Col. Santo Tomás, respectively. We investigated larval development, e- 11340, Mexico D.F. E-mail: [email protected] mergence species and emergence patterns of Sym- petrum in each rice field. The following results were ob- 6548. Huskens, K. (2006): Sierlijke witsnuitlibel op tained: 1. larval dragonfly populations in no-till and no- Sint-Piertersberg. Laaste waarneming uit 1970, ook uit- puddling rice field were higher than than those in con- gestorven in Belgie. Natuurhistorisch maandblad 95(7): ventional rice field. 2. During 5 year period, the number 177-178. (in Dutch). [Leucorrhinia caudalis, extinct in of exuviae collected per 50m² in no-till, conventional, Belgium, and recorded in the Netherlands for the last no-puddling cultivation methods were 751, 4,422, 4,272 time in 1970 was found near Sint-Pietersberg, a hill respectively. Especially Sympetrum frequens was the near Maastricht, The Netherlands on 6-VI-2006.] Ad- most abundant species in no-puddling rice field. 3. Lar- dress: not stated val composition of each dominant species (S. infusca- tum, S. frequens, S. darwinianum) in conventional and 6549. Irusta, J.B.; Araujo, A. (2006): Reproductive no-puddling cultivation method was characterized by a behaviour of Diastatops obscura (Fabricius) in a riveri- constant percentage throughout 5 years. S. frequens ne environment (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Odonatologi- were dominant species in no-till cultivation rice field at ca 35(3): 289-295. (in English). ["The reproductive be- first year, but after two years S. infuscatum became the haviour of this neotropical dragonfly is described in a ri- most abundant species. We have shown that disturban- verine environment in NE Brazil. In areas used for re- ce for puddling decreased larvae of Sympetrum and in- production, the males behave like territorial perchers in dividuals of S. frequens decrease in no-till cultivation ri- order to defend the territories that will be used by fema- ce field." (Authors)] Address: Jinguji, H., Akita Prefectu- les during their oviposition. The preferences of the ma- ral Coll Agr, 2-2 S Ohgata Mura, Akita 0100044, Japan les in reproductive territorial selection and the variation of their reproductive strategies are analyzed from an 6552. Jinguji, H.; Tsuyuzaki, H.; Sato, T. (2006): Ef- adaptationist point of view." (Authors)] Address: Irusta, fect of temperature and light on egg hatching of Sym- J.B., Univ Fed Rio Grande Norte, Sect. Psychobiol., petrum frequens. Transactions of the Japanese Society Dept Physiol., Caixa Postal 1511, Campus Univ, BR- of Irrigation, Drainage and Reclamation Engineering 59072970 Natal, RN, Brazil. E-mail: banuelos@ufrnet. 74(3): 79-84. (in Japanese, with English summary). br ["The aim of the present study is to obtain quantitative information on egg hatching with respect to temperature 6550. Iwamoto, H.; Inoue, K.; Yagi, N. (2006): Evolu- and light to clarify the effect of cultivation methods on tion of long-range myofibrillar crystallinity in insect flight Sympetrum frequens. Eggs of the species were collec- muscle as examined by X-ray cryomicrodiffraction. ted on October in 2004 at Akita prefecture located at Proc. R. Soc. B 273: 677-685. (in English). ["Insect north of Japan, and the eggs had been laid on soil sur- flight muscle is known for its crystal-quality regularity of face of paddy field till April in 2005. The eggs (3 trays contractile protein arrangement within a sarcomere. We with 30 eggs each) were held under four constant tem- have previously shown by X-ray microdiffraction that perature (5°C., 10°C., 15°C. and 20°.C.) with a photo- the crystal-quality regularity in bumble-bee flight muscle period (L:D, 14:10; relative light intensity, 3000 Lux) is not confined within a sarcomere, but extends over the and 20°C. in the dark. Cumulative hatching percentage entire length of a myofibril (O1000 sarcomeres connec- under 20°C. with and without light was 98.9% and ted in series). Because of this, the whole myofibril may 95.6% respectively. The percentage under 15°C., 10°C. beregarded as a millimetre-long, natural single protein and 5°C. were 95.6%, 88.9% and 84.4%, respectively. crystal. Using bright X-ray beams from a synchrotron These results suggest that the dragonfly do not require radiation source, we examined how this long-range light for hatching, and hatching is suppressed by low crystallinity has evolved among winged insects. We a- temperature such as 5°C. Mean hatching days with light nalysed O4600 microdiffraction patterns of quick-frozen under 20°C., 15°C., 10°C. and 5°C. were 3.5, 4.8, 11.6 myofibrils from 50 insect species, covering all the major and 41.0 respectively. Reciprocal of variance of hat- winged insect orders. The results show that the occur- ching day under these conditions were 0.15, 0.09, 0.03 rence of such long-range crystallinity largely coincides and 0.02 respectively. These results indicate that the with insect orders with asynchronous muscle operation. eggs under 20°C. and 15°C. hatched fester and more However, a few of the more skilled fliers among lower- uniformly than those under 10°C. and 5°C. Based on order insects apparently have developed various de- these results, theoretical lower thermal threshold and grees of structural regularity, suggesting that the de- thermal constants for hatching were estimated at 4.9°C. mand for skilful flight has driven the lattice structure to- and 54.6 degree-days. According to these results, the wards increased regularity." (Authors) (Copera annula- effects of cultivation methods on hatching of this spe- ta) (Colopteryx cornelia) (Pseudothemis zonata) (Mac- cies were discussed." (Author)] Address: Jinguji, H., A- romia amphigena)] Address: Iwamoto, H., Research kita Prefectural Coll, 2-2 S Ohgata Mura, Akita and Utilization Division, SPring-8, Japan Synchrotron 0100444, Japan Radiation Research Institute, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan. E-mail: iwamo- 6553. Kaiser, M. (2006): Bemerkenswerte faunisti- [email protected] sche Beobachtungen in der Lippeaue nördlich von Bentfeld, Kreis Paderborn (Nordrhein-Westfalen) (In-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 23 secta: Odonata, Saltatoria, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera). ked." (Authors)] Address: Kalkman, V.J., Oude Rijns- MItt. ArbGem. westf. Entomol. 22(1): 7-18. (in German). burgerweg 28, NL-2342 BC Oegstgeest, The Nether- [Germany; records of Sympecma fusca, Anaciaeschna lands. E-mail: [email protected] isoceles, and Gomphus vulgatissimus are documen- ted.] Address: Kaiser, C., Elise-Rüdiger-Weg 1, 48147 6558. Kalnins, M. (2006): The distribution and occur- Münster, Germany. E-mail: matthias.kaiser@faunistik. rence frequency of Gomphidae (Odonata: Gomphidae) de in river Gauja. Acta Universitatis Latviensis 710, Biolo- gy: 17-28. (in English, with Latvian summary). ["The ar- 6554. Kalkman, V.J. (2006): Key to the dragonflies of ticle contains data on four gomphid dragonfly species Turkey including species known from Greece, Bulgaria, known in Latvia – Gomphus flavipes, G. vulgatissimus, Lebanon, , the trans-caucasus and . Bra- Onychogomphus forcipatus, Ophiogomphus cecilia and chytron 10(1): 3-82. (in English). ["A key and checklists the latest data on their distribution, occurrence frequen- is provided to the species occurring Turkey, Greece, cy and density of individuals. Gomphidae were obtained Bulgaria, Lebanan, Syria, , Georgia, Azerbaijan from macrozoobenthos samples in 1998. In total 280 and Iran. Except for a few poorly known subspecies quantitative and 65 qualitative samples were collected and species all taxa occurring in this region are keyed in the River Gauja from the town Taurene upstream to and illustrated. Notes on taxonomic probleems and in- below Carnikava. For complete analyses, observations formation on distribution, flight period and habitat of of adults individuals were also used based on a bibli- each species is given." (Author)] Address: Kalkman, V. ography, unpublished (personal) observations and data J., Oude Rijnsburgerweg 28, NL-2342 BC Oegstgeest, from 1933 to 2005. Three species of Gomphidae, G. The Netherlands. E-mail: Kalkman@naturalis. nnm.nl vulgatissimus, O. forcipatus and O. cecilia were recor- ded. Data with regard to observations of larvae / exuvi- 6555. Kalkman, V.J.; van Pelt, G.J. (2006): New re- ae / imago stages showed that all gomphid species are cords of rare or uncommon dragonflies in Turkey (Odo- encountered throughout Latvia. G. flavipes is infrequent nata). Brachytron 10(1): 154-162. (in English). ["More for Latvia and this species has been recorded only in than 130 new records are published of 29 species the Gauja. Gomphids occurred in 13.2% of obtained known to be rare or uncommon in Turkey, including the samples, G. vulgatissimus in 10%, O. forcipatus in 5% following species: Aeshna cyanea, Anax immaculifrons, and O. cecilia in 0.7%. Ecological analysis of bottom Brachythemis leucosticta, Ceriagrion georgifreyi, Coe- substrate showed that O. forcipatus prefers a hard sub- nagrion lunulatum, C. ponticum, C pulchellum, C. scitu- strate situated in the rhitral stretches or in the rapids. lum, Cordulia aenea, Crocothemis servilia, Gomphus The density of G. vulgatissimus reached 0.919 ind. m-2, davidi, G. vulgatissimus, Ischnura fountaineae, Lestes and O. forcipatus 0.514 ind. m-2." (Author)] Address: macrostigma, Leucorrhinia pectoralis, Libellula pontica, Kalninš, M., Department of Zoology and Animal Ecolo- L. quadrimaculata, Lindenia tetraphylla, Onychogom- gy, Faculty of Biology, University of Latvia, Kronvalda phus assililis, O. lefebvrii, Pantala flavescens, Para- Bulv. 4, Riga LV-1586, Latvia. E-mail: martins.kalnins@ gomphus lineatus, Pyrhosoma nymphula, Selysiothe- dap.gov.lv mis nigra, Sympetrum depressiusculum, S. pedemon- tanum and Trithemis arteriosa. In addition, records from 6559. Karlsson, T. (2006): Two new provincial re- eastern Turkey of species predominantly known from cords of dragonflies (Odonata) for Ostergdtland - Coen- western Turkey (being Gomphus schneiderii and Cor- agrion johanssoni and Leucorrhinia caudalis. Entomo- dulegaster picta) are included. All records add impor- logisk Tidskrift 127(1-2): 35-38. (in Swedish, with Eng- tant information on the distribution of these species lish summary). [During 2005 new provincial records for within Turkey." (Authors)] Address: Kalkman, V.J., Ou- C. johanssoni and L. caudalis have been made in de Rijnsburgerweg 28, NL-2342 BC Oegstgeest, The Ostergotland, 30-40 km south of the city Linkoping, Netherlands. E-mail: Kalkman@naturalis. nnm.nl Sweden. "The finding of C. johanssoni strengthen indi- cations of that this species occurs further south in Swe- 6556. Kalkman, V.J.; Van Pelt, G.J. (2006): The dist- den than previously known. The finding of L. caudalis ribution and flight period of the dragonflies of Turkey. fills up a gap in the known Swedish distribution. With Brachytron 10(1): 83-153. (in English). ["Based on a da- these two new records, 50 species of dragonflies have tabase containing 9150 records (a species on a day on been found in Ostergotland." (Author)] Address: Karls- a locality) distribution maps and flight histograms are son, T., Lansstyrelsen Ostergotland, Miljovardsenheten, presented for all Turkish dragonflies. Notes are given S-58186 Linkoping, Sweden. E-mail: tommy.karlsson@ for a small number of species." (Authors)] Address: e.lst.se Kalkman, V.J., Oude Rijnsburgerweg 28, NL-2342 BC Oegstgeest, The Netherlands. E-mail: Kalkman@ natu- 6560. Kefford, B.J.; Nugegoda, D.; Metzeling, L.; ralis.nnm.nl Fields, E.J. (2006): Validating species sensitivity distri- butions using salinity tolerance of riverine macroinver- 6557. Kalkman, V.J.; Koese, B. (2006): Rediscovery tebrates in the southern Murray-Darling Basin (Victoria, of a population of the Common goldenring (Cordule- Australia). Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic gaster boltonii) near Venlo. Brachytron 9(1-2): 58-60. Sciences 63(8): 1865-1877. (in English). ["Species sen- (in Dutch, with English summary). ["On March 27 2006 sitivity distributions (SSDs) are commonly used in risk a larva of C. boltonii was caught at the brook Aalsbeek assessment and in setting water quality guidelines, yet (also called Molenbeek), just east of Belfeld (AC: 207- their predictions have not been validated against loss of 368). This is the fifth Dutch locality were C. boltonii is species with increasing pollutant concentrations in na- known to reproduce. The species was already known ture. We used a rapid toxicity testing method to deter- from this locality from records made by Maus Lieftinck mine the acute salinity tolerance (72 h LC50 values in 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926 and 1951 and from a (concentration of salinity lethal to 50% of individuals)) of record by Dirk Geijskes in 1967. It is likely that the spe- 110 macroinvertebrate taxa from the southern Murray- cies has been present ever since but has been overloo- Darling Basin in central Victoria, Australia, and con-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 24 struct an SSD. This SSD was compared with loss of ri- dryas, male L. sponsa + female L. virens, male L. viridis verine macroinvertebrates species from increasing sali- + female L. dryas, and male L. sponsa + female E- nity in Victoria. Macroinvertebrate species richness per rythromma najas. Moreover tandems among conspeci- individual sample, when salinity was < 9.9 mS center fic males were confirmed in L. viridis, in Sympecma fus- dot cm(-1), was invariant of salinity. However, when ca, and among heterospecific males in L. sponsa + L. species richness was calculated across multiple sam- dryas, L dryas + L. sponsa, and L. sponsa + L. bar- ples above about 0.3-0.5 mS center dot cm(-1), it decli- barus. In addition a tandem formed by a male of L. ned with increasing salinity. This decline was predicted sponsa and a dead immature male of L. viridis is desc- from the SSD after application of a variable safety fac- ribed. A triplicate tandem (male L. sponsa with the tan- tor calculated from an exponential or quadratic equati- dem L. viridis) was observed, too.] Address: Mikát, M., on. Our findings confirm that SSDs can predict the loss Pekaøova 670, CZ-500 09 Hradec Králové, Czche Re- of freshwater macroinvertebrate species from increases public. E-mail: [email protected] in salinity. This suggests that SSDs may be useful more generally for other aquatic organisms, other stressors, 6564. Mirza, R.S.; Ferrari, M.C.O.; Kiesecker, J.M.; and toxicants." (Authors) The study includes Odonata.] Chivers, D.P. (2006): Responses of American toad tad- Address: Kefford, B.J., RMIT Univ., Sch. Appl. Sci., poles to predation cues: behavioural response thres- POB 71, Bundoora, Vic 3083, Australia. E-mail: ben. holds, threat-sensitivity and acquired predation recogni- [email protected] tion. Behaviour 143(7): 877-889. (in English). ["Predati- on is one of the most important selective forces acting 6561. Ketelaar, R. (2006): Pattern and rapidity of the on prey animals. To respond adaptively to predation colonisation of Erythromma viridulum in The Nether- threats and increase their chances of survival, prey a- lands. Brachytron 9(1-2): 33-37. (in Dutch, with English nimals have to be able to recognize their potential pre- summary). ["E. viridulum is one of the southern Odona- dators. Even though a few studies demonstrated innate ta quickly colonising large parts of Europe. The species predator recognition, the vast majority of animals have was a very rare damsel-fly in The Netherlands until to rely on learning to acquire this information. Often a- 1970. After 1980 it rapidly colonised The Netherlands quatic prey animals can learn to recognize predators and has become one of the most common species. It is when they detect conspecific alarm cues associated suggested in this article that the expansion of E. viridu- with cues from a novel predator. In this study, we expo- lum took place via three routes an expansion north- sed American toad (Bufo americanus) tadpoles to vary- wards from Belgium, an expansion north-westwards via ing concentrations of chemical alarm cues (cues from the Rhine valley and a possible expansion from an out- injured conspecifics). We identified a concentration of post in the north of The Netherlands. The first two rou- cues which caused an overt antipredator response tes can be tested by a close examination of German (supra-threshold concentration) and a lower concentra- and Belgian records; the latter will probably remain tion for which the prey failed to exhibit a response (sub- suggestive." (Author)] Address: Ketelaar, R., Wilslaan threshold concentration). In a second experiment, we 27, NL-6708 RW Wageningen, Netherlands. E-mail: attempted to condition the tadpoles to recognize the [email protected] odour of larval dragonflies (Anax sp.) by pairing the dragonfly odour with either the sub-threshold concen- 6562. Matushkina, N. (2006): New records of rare tration or the supra-threshold concentration of alarm Odonata in Ukraine (Insecta). Proceedings of Zoologi- cues. In both cases, the tadpoles learned to recognize cal Museum, 2006, Vol. 4: 155-161. (in English, with the predator based on this single pairing of alarm cues Ukrainian and Russian summaries). [Records of the fol- and predator odour. Moreover, the intensity of the lear- lowing species are documented: Calopteryx splendens ned response was stronger for tadpoles conditioned taurica, C.sp. ancilla, C. intermedia, C. virgo, Chalco- with the supra-threshold concentration of alarm cues lestes parvidens, L. macrostigma, Coenagrion arma- than the sub-threshold concentration. This is the first tum, Erythromma lindenii, Stylurus flavipes, Crocothe- documented case of this mode of learning in anuran mis erythraea, Leucorrhinia rubicunda, L. albifrons, amphibians. Learned recognition of predators has im- Sympetrum pedemontanum, S. fonscolombii, Libellula portant implications for survival." (Authors)] Address: fulva, and Orthetrum coerulescens. A questionable Ferrari, Maud, Univ Saskatchewan, Dept Biol, 112 Sci specimen from the Calopteryx splendens group is con- Pl, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada. E-mail: maud. sidered C. intermedia (this would be an addition to the [email protected] species list of Ukraine), but it also may be a phenotype of Calopteryx splendens ancilla. Intermediate female 6565. Mourek, J. (2006): Challenge to the participa- specimens of Chalcolestes viridis/parvidens are docu- tion on the monitoring of insect species of community mented and depicted.] Address: Matushkina, N., Kyiv interest. Vážky 2005: Sborník referátù VIII. celostátního National Taras Shevchenko University, biological facul- semináøe odonatologù ve Ždárských vrších, ZO ÈSOP ty, department of zoology, Volodymirs'ka str. 64, 01033 Vlašim: 154-161. (in Czech, with English summary). Kyiv, Ukraine ["The long term monitoring of species and habitats ac- cording to the EU Council Directive 92/43/EEC (On the 6563. Mikat, M. (2006): The atypical tandems of the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and dragonflies (Odonata: Lestidae) observed in the protec- flora) is organized by the Agency for Nature Conserva- ted locality Na Plachtì (Hradec Králové, Eastern Bohe- tion and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic. mia). Vážky 2005: Sborník referátù VIII. celostátního This contribution informs about the aims and the sys- semináøe odonatologù ve Ždárských vrších, ZO ÈSOP tem of monitoring of insect species and summarizes the Vlašim: 182-189. (in Czech, with English summary). [A- methods of monitoring for particular species. It is also typical tandems among six species of Lestidae from Na intended as a challenge for the professional as well as Plachtì (Eastern Bohemia, Czech Republic) are presen- non-professional entomologists to participate in the ted: The following interspecific tandems were noticed monitoring." (Author) References are made to the Odo- during 2004-2005: male Lestes barbarus + female L. nata.] Address: Mourek, J., Agentura ochrany pøírody a

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 25 krajiny ÈR, Kališnická 4-6, 130 23 Praha 3, Czech Re- determine species distributions along this topographic public. E-mail: [email protected] gradient. Larvae of 18 species were sampled in small reservoirs across a 1250 in elevational gradient at one 6566. Muzon, J.; Pessacq, P.; Von Ellenrieder, N. latitude. Most species occurred throughout all elevati- (2006): Description of the female and larva of Phyllo- ons indicating that this subtropical odonate assemblage gomphoides joaquini Rodrigues Capitulo, 1992 (Anisop- as a whole is remarkably tolerant of elevational chan- tera: Gomphidae). Odonatologica 35(1): 55-60. (in ges. Although Anisoptera larval species richness and English). ["The female and last larval instar are descri- abundance increased significantly with increasing ele- bed and illustrated based on specimens from Argentina vation, there was no change in Zygoptera species rich- (Buenos Aires province). The female is unique in the ness, while Zygoptera abundance decreased signifi- possession of a subapical tooth on each lobe of the cantly Species-site-variable triplots for Anisoptera and vulvar scale, and it can be besides distinguished from Zygoptera larvae indicated that no measured site vari- P. andromeda, the only other Phyllogomphoides spe- able on an individual basis clearly accounted for larval cies found in Argentina, by the pterothoracic colour pat- species assemblage distribution patterns. Nevertheless, tern. The larva differs from all known South American canonical axes and their respective intra-set correlation Phyllogomphoides larvae by the crenate inner margin of coefficients showed that some measured site variables the labial palp." (Authors)] Address: Ellenrieder, Natalia e.g. floating/submerged vegetation, turbidity, pH, water von, Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacio- temperature (resulting from sunny or shade habitat nal de Salta,Mendoza 2, Salta 4400, Argentina. E-mail: conditions), marginal grasses, water depth as well as [email protected] elevation to some extent, explained the main variation in species assemblage composition/distribution in a 6567. Niba, A.S.; Samways, M.J. (2006): Develop- broadly similar manner for both suborders. Generally, ment of the concept of 'core resident species' for quality the reservoirs recruited species from the regional pool, assurance of an insect reserve. Biodiversity & Conser- irrespective of the elevation of the pool. These species vation 15(13): 4181-4196. (in English). ["Awareness in were all geographically widespread species that took the eyes of the public is important for involving the wi- advantage of the presence of these man-made reser- der community in conservation. A dragonfly awareness voirs, and included only one national endemic. Although trail was developed and implemented in the year 2000 these artificial water bodies are not increasing the 'ex- at a national botanical garden in South Africa. Such a tent of species occurrence', they play a major role in trail is not likely to always have the same number of increasing 'area of occupancy'. Furthermore, these dragonfly species either throughout the year or from species are remarkably vagile, habitat-tolerant, as well one year to the next. The aim was to assess dragonfly as elevationally-widespread. A reasonable explanation assemblage changes that occurred along the trail over is that this assemblage is the historical survivor over 3 years, so as to fine-tune expectations that the public many millennia of oscillating wet/dry periodsand natural may have as regards species to be seen at any particu- selection. The present-day species are those that readi- lar time. A cumulative species variance for species and ly recolonise pools after drought has been broken, and species-environmental relations, strongly indicated that are pioneering residents of new water bodies over a wi- certain measured site variables were responsible for de elevational range." (Authors)] Address: Samways, the main variation in dragonfly species patterns over M.J., Dept Entomol. & Nematol., Univ. Stellenbosch, time. Habitat requirements of an odonate species may Private Bag X1, ZA-7602, Matieland, South Africa. E- be defined primarily in terms of marginal grasses, floa- mail: [email protected] ting and submerged vegetation, marginal herbs, sedges and reeds, and pH. Additional variables were percenta- 6569. Nicieza, A.G.; Álvarez, D.; Atienza, E.M.S. ge shade, exposed rock, marginal forest and water flow (2006): Delayed effects of larval predation risk and food characteristics. Both dragonfly species richness and quality on anuran juvenile performance. Journal of Evo- abundance changed over the 3 years. One of the rea- lutionary Biology 19: 1092-1103. (in English). ["Meta- sons for this was a single, major disturbance, in the morphosis can disrupt the correlation structure between form of dredging the reservoir site to reverse ecological juvenile and adult traits, thus allowing relatively inde- succession in 2002. Despite an impact such as this, pendent evolution in contrasting environments. We u- and after accounting for vagrancy, there were in all 24 sed a multiple experimental approach to investigate 'core resident species' still to be seen along the trail how diet quality and larval predation risk affected the from January to May. Another 11 species, including two rates of growth and development in painted frogs (Dis- migrants and one species lost temporarily to dredging coglossus galganoi), and how these changes influence disturbance, can be considered only as 'possibilities' on post-metamorphic performance. A high-energy diet en- any one visit. Assurance that the 24 core species can tailed growth advantages only if predation risk did not be seen in the summer months (although only three in constrain energy acquisition, whereas diet quality affec- winter) is essential for maintaining the bona fide of such ted primarily the extension of the larval period. Predati- a trail, and hence conservation awareness, in the eyes on risk influenced juvenile shape, most likely via the ef- of the public." (Authors)] Address: Samways, M.J., Dept fects on growth and differentiation rates. Juvenile frogs Entomol. & Nematol., Univ. Stellenbosch, Private Bag emerging from predator environments had shorter legs X1, ZA-7602, Matieland, South Africa. E-mail: samways and longer bodies than those from the nonpredator @sun.ac.za tanks. However, these morphological changes did not translate into differences in relative jumping performan- 6568. Niba, A.S.; Samways, M.J. (2006): Remar- ce. Neither size-adjusted lipid storage nor fluctuating kable elevational tolerance in an African odonata larval asymmetry was significantly influenced by food quality assemblage. Odonatologica 35(3): 265-280. (in Eng- or predation risk. Our data suggest that the post- lish). ["The spatial patterns in species richness and a- metamorphic costs of predator avoidance during the bundance were investigated here at a series of reser- larval phase are mostly a consequence of small size at voirs at different elevations, to establish which factors metamorphosis." (Authors) The experimential design

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 26 includes Aeshna cyanea.] Address: Nicieza, Al.,Univ daily basis male male moved larger distances than fe- Oviedo, Dept Funct Biol, E-33071 Oviedo, Spain. E- male female, suggesting that female female remain at a mail: [email protected] site for a longer period before moving a long distance. Both sexes showed similar lifetime dispersal distances 6570. Novelo-Gutierrez, R. (2006): The larva of Mac- (1000-1300m), and dispersal was predominantly direc- rothemis ultima Gonzalez-Soriano, 1992 (Odonata: A- ted upstream. It is concluded that this unidirectional nisoptera: Libellulidae). Transactions of the American dispersal of adults may compensate for downstream Entomological Society 132(1-2): 151-156. (in English). drift of larvae in rapid flowing streams." (Author)] Ad- ["A detailed description and illustration of the larva of M. dress: Oppel, S., Univ Alaska, Dept Biol and Wildlife, ultima is provided, based upon larvae reared until e- 211 Irving 1, Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA. E-mail: steffen. mergence. Its main features are: body dark brown, in- [email protected] tegument mostly bare, premental setae 7+3 or 8+4, li- gula prominent, palpa setae 6, dorsal protuberances on 6574. Pass, G.; Gereben-Krenn, B.-A.; Merl, M.; abdomen well developed and high on 2-5, low, spine- Plant, J.; Szucsich, N (2006): Phylogenetic relations- like on 6-9, total length 15.8-16.5 rum. It appears more hips of the orders of Hexapoda: Contributions from the closely related to the larva of M. aurimaculato Donnelly circulatory organs for a morphological data matrix. than to others." (Author)] Address: Novelo-Gutiérrez, Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 64(2): 165-203. (in R., Departamento de Entomología, Instituto de Ecologia English). ["Discussions of phylogenetic studies based A.C., Km 2.5. antiqua carretera a Coatepec, Aparatdo on morphological data focus mainly on results of the Postal 63, 91000 Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. E-mail: cladistic analysis while selection and evaluation of cha- [email protected] racters themselves are often underrepresented. Our paper seeks to address this with a survey of characters 6571. Novelo-Gutierrez, R.; Che Salmah, M.R. of the circulatory organs to contribute to the analysis of (2006): The larva of Macromia cincta Rambur, with a phylogenetic relationships of hexapod orders. The sur- key to the known Macromia larvae of the Malaysian vey is based on examination of literature and includes, Peninsula (Anisoptera : Macromiidae). Odonatologica in addition, numerous unpublished data. Of 38 variable 35(1): 61-66. (in English). ["A female final instar larva traits of the dorsal vessel and the various accessory (reared) from the Malaysian Peninsula is described and circulatory organs, we selected 11 which are potentially illustrated in detail. A comparison to other larvae of the informative at supraordinal level. They are critically dis- genus inhabiting this Peninsula is made, and a key is cussed and coded as characters for use in comprehen- provided. The unique features in the larva of M. cincta sive future cladistic analyses employing greater sets of are: premental setae 4+2 or 4+3, dorsal protuberances morphological data. It must be stated that many fea- on abdominal segments 3-10, increasing gradually to tures of circulatory organs for higher systematic catego- the rear but suddenly reduced on 10, and the presence ries are still based on one or few species for most or- of a basal tubercle on the inner margin of the galeolaci- ders of hexapods; this deficiency is due to the great nia." (Author)] Address: Novelo-Gutiérrez, R., Departa- methodological effort required to investigate internal or- mento de Entomología, Instituto de Ecologia A.C., Km gans. In general, circulatory organs of hexapods are 2.5. antiqua carretera a Coatepec, Aparatdo Postal 63, simply organized making it difficult to discriminate ho- 91000 Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. E-mail: novelor@eco- mology from convergence. In addition to phylogeny, logia.edu.mx general aspects of the evolution of the circulatory sys- tem are outlined. In an appendix we provide compre- 6572. Olofsson, F. (2006): Nya provinsfynd av trolls- hensive information on the traits, characters and the ländor från södra Norrland. Natur i Norr, Umeå 25(2): species in which they occur." (Authors)] Address: Pass, 107-109. (in Swedish). [Records of Pyrrhosoma nym- G., Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of phula, Cordulegaster boltonii, Cordulia aenea, and Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria. E-mail: Sympetrum vulgatum are briefly commented. A table [email protected] with additional 15 regional species is added to the publication.] Address: Olofsson, F., Miljöavdelningen, 6575. Patankar, N.V.; Tembhare, D.B. (2006): Im- Länsstyrelsen Västernorrlands län, 871 86 Härnösand, munocytochemical demonstration of some vertebrate Sweden. E-mail: [email protected] peptide hormone-like substances in the midgut endoc- rine cells in Tramea virginia (Rambur) (Anisoptera: Li- 6573. Oppel, S. (2006): Site fidelity and dispersal of bellulidae). Odonatologica 35(2): 151-158. (in English). adult Neurobasis awamena Michalski in tropical rainfo- ["The present immunocytochemical study reveals the rest streams in Papua New Guinea (Zygoptera: Calop- presence of well-defined endocrine cells, intermingled terygidae). Odonatologica 35(4): 331-339. (in English). with the columnar cells of the epithelium in the midgut ["The species inhabits swift mountain streams at mon- region of the alimentary canal of T. virginia. The midgut tane elevations of southern Papua New Guinea. In this endocrine cells are of 2 types, the open-type midgut study the duration for which adult male male and fema- endocrine cells (OMEC) with a long tubule opening into le female remained at a given site in rainforest streams the lumen of the midgut and close-type midgut endocri- was determined, and the dispersal distance and directi- ne cells (CMEC) which are spherical in shape and de- on of marked individuals leaving the site of initial obser- void of extending tubules. Various gastrointestinal hor- vation was assessed. Territorial defence was non- mone-like substances are localized in respective types exclusive and male male held territories for up to 45 of midgut endocrine cells in different regions of the days. On average, male male remained 9 days, female midgut i.e. anterior, middle and posterior. The NPY, FM female 11 days at a given site. Both sexes stayed signi- RFamide and P-endorphin were localized in the open- ficantly longer at sites with suitable oviposition substra- type while substance P. gastrin, CCK and VIP in the tes than at a site without. Mating occurred only twice close-type midgut endocrine cells. The midgut endocri- during the study period, and the scarcity of mating e- ne cells in T. virginia differ from each other in their loca- vents might explain long territory holding times. On a tion, cytomorphological and immunocytochemical cha-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 27 racteristics representing different types of endocrine Monthly field sampling indicated that S. hineana use cells. Functional significance of these myotropic and open channel areas in spring and early summer moving vertebrate gastrointestinal hormone-like substances in into burrow systems in mid summer when channel a- the midgut endocrine cells of T. virginia is discussed." reas normally dry. Laboratory experiments and field ob- (Authors)] Address: Patankar, N.V., 44 Vijaya Nagar,S servations confirmed that crayfish prey on S. hineana Ambazari Rd, Nagpur 440022, Maharashtra, India. E- larvae. Adult crayfish were a larger predation threat mail: [email protected] than juvenile crayfish. Despite their negative predatory impact, removal of crayfish from burrows in the field did 6576. Pedroso, N.E.; Santos-Reis, M. (2006): Sum- not enhance densities of S. hineana larvae. Although S. mer diet of Eurasian Otters in large dams of South Por- hineana may face the threat of predation in burrows, tugal. Hystrix It. J. Mamm. (n.s.) 17(2): 117-128. (in they face a greater risk of desiccation if they remain in English). [Odonata are represented in the diet of otters the open channel. These results lead to the counterintu- (Lutra lutra) by 0,5% of all food items.] Address: Pedro- itive conclusion that the maintenance of a predator is so, N. Universidade de Lisboa, Centro de Biologia Am- important for conserving an endangered prey species." biental, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lis- (Authors)] Address: Pintor, Lauren, Univ. Calif. Davis, boa. Edifício C2, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Dept Environm. Sci. and Policy, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, Portugal. E-mail: [email protected] CA 95616 USA. E-mail: [email protected]

6577. Phoenix, J.; Hentschel, W. (2006): Neue 6579. Poopathi, S.; Tyagi, B.K. (2006): The challen- Nachweise von Aeshna subarctica elisabethae Djako- ge of mosquito control strategies: from primordial to nov, 1922 und Somatochlora alpestris (Selys, 1840) molecular approaches. Biotechnology and Molecular aus dem Böhmischen Teil des Erzgebirges [Krušné ho- Biology Review 1(2): 51-65. (in English). ["Mosquito ry]. Vážky 2005: Sborník referátu VIII. celostátního se- control programs worldwide have been evaluating the mináre odonatologu ve Ždárských vrších, ZO CSOP feasibility to implement biological control strategies by Vlašim, 2006: 167-174. (in German, with Czech sum- using Bacillus sphaericus (Bs) and/or B. thuringiensis mary). [New records of Aeshna subarctica elisabethae serovar israelensis (Bti). A comprehensive review is Djakonov, 1922 and Somatochlora alpestris (Selys, presented here to assess the potentiality of biological 1840) from the Bohemian part of the Erzgebirge moun- control agents in mosquito control operation. Vector tains. "The two bogdwelling dragonfly species Aeshna control is primordial and very essential means for cont- subarctica elisabethae and Somatochlora alpestris oc- rolling transmission of filariasis, malaria, Japanese en- cur as well in the Saxonian as in the Bohemian part of cephalitis and dengue in human society. Over the last the Erzgebirge [Krušné hory]. As far as we know today, few decades, there is growing realization that alternate the only reproductive habitats of Aeshna s elisabethae methods to synthetic chemical control needs to be stu- are restricted to a small, cross-border area in the wes- died and perfected. In the last decade the bacilli based tern part of the Erzgebirge (bogs north of the village mosquito larvicides popularly known as biological larvi- Prebuz [Frühbuss]). Concerning the distribution of S. cides are becoming more popular in vector manage- alpestris in the bohemian part of the Erzgebirge there ment program the world over. The toxicity to mosquito are only records from the bogs near the village Boží larvae is due to crystal toxins encoded by specific ge- Dar [Gottesgab] and the bog Malé jerábí jezero [Kleiner nes. The major advantages of these biolarvicides are Kranichsee] known. Because of more extended occu- reduced application cost, safety to environment, human rence in the saxonian part (actually 16 localities, some beings, animals and other non-target organisms. This of them in cross-border habitats) some additional still special review paper explores the importance of bacte- undetected localities are supposed in the bohemian rial toxin in controlling vector mosquitoes and the tactics part too. Therefore a special search for S. alpestris in for managing resistance to the mosquitocidal bacteria suitable habitats in the higher mountain region of the which include rotating different mosquitocidal strains Erzgebirge is suggested." (Authors)] Address: Phoenix, and using genetic engineering to produce new combi- J., Goethestr. 22, D-01824 Königstein, Germany. E- nations of toxins. This paper also provides a focus on mail: [email protected] continuous research toward identification of novel mos- quitocidal toxins suitable for use if resistance to existing 6578. Pintor, L.M.; Soluk, D.A. (2006): Evaluating the toxins." (Authors) The paper refers to Singh, R.K., Dhi- non-consumptive, positive effects of a predator in the man, R.C. & Singh, S.P. (2003): Laboratory studies on persistence of an endangered species. Biological Con- the predatory potential of dragonfly nymphs on mosqui- servation 130(4): 584-591. (in English). ["Failure to con- to larvae. Commun. Dis. 35 : 96-101] Address: Poo- sider both the consumptive and non-consumptive ef- pathi, Subbiah, Centre for Research in Medical fects of predators on prey can lead to erroneous conc- Entomology (Indian Council of Medical Research), lusions about the net effect of the relationship. The pre- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt of India, datory devil crayfish, Cambarus diogenes Girard functi- Chinna Chokkikulam, Madurai. 625002, Tamil Nadu, ons as an ecosystem engineer constructing extensive India. burrow systems through aquatic habitats. Despite cray- 6580. Rabosky, D.L. (2006): LASER: A maximum li- fish posing a serious predation threat, preliminary data kelihood toolkit for detecting temporal shifts in diversifi- indicate that the federally endangered Hines Emerald cation rates from molecular phylogenies. Evolutionary dragonfly larvae, Somatochlora hineana Williamson re- Bioinformatics Online 2006: 257-260. (in English). ["Ra- gularly inhabit crayfish burrows. During late summer, S. tes of species origination and extinction can vary over hineana larval habitat dries up; leaving crayfish burrows time during evolutionary radiations, and it is possible to as some of the only wetted habitats. Thus, C. diogenes reconstruct the history of diversifi cation using molecu- can affect S. hineana through both direct, negative and lar phylogenies of extant taxa only. Maximum likelihood indirect positive effects. We examined the positive role methods provide a useful framework for inferring tem- of crayfish burrows as drought refuges, and the threat poral variation in diversifi cation rates. LASER is a pa- of predation by C. diogenes on S. hineana larvae. ckage for the R programming environment that imple-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 28 ments maximum likelihood methods based on the birth- cked conspecifics, and metabolites. I used morpho- death process to test whether diversifi cation rates have metric and tail conspicuousness data to assess tadpole changed over time. LASER contrasts the likelihood of response to the perceived risk of predation by larval phylogenetic data under models where diversifi cation odonate predators (Anax junius). I also tested whether rates have changed over time to alternative models this inducing cue could be recognized across species where rates have remained constant over time. Major by measuring the morphological response of H. chry- strengths of the package include the ability to detect soscelis tadpoles exposed to cues emitted when tadpo- temporal increases in diversifi cation rates and the infe- les of a closely related genus (Pseudacris crucifer) we- rence of diversifi cation parameters under multiple rate- re consumed. Tadpoles exhibited a clean morphology variable models of diversification. The program and as- in response to all cues corresponding to their relative sociated documentation are freely available from the R reliability as indicators of a risk of predation. H. chry- package archive at http://cran.r-project.org." (Author) soscelis tadpoles were also able to respond to cues e- Example: Holarctic Damselfly Radiation; Turgeon et al. mitted when tadpoles of a closely related genus were (2005). Available at: http://la-press.com/crdata/files/ fE- consumed by predators. These results illustrate that BO-2-Rabosky-et-al178.pdf] Address: Rabosky, D.L., tadpoles of this species are able to respond to meta- Corson Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-2701, bolites alone without alarm signals, and that interspeci- USA. Email: [email protected] fic chemical communication is a primary mechanism for predator avoidance in this inducible defense system." 6581. Rangde, P. (2006): Étude biographique sur la (Author)] Address: Richardson, J.L., Univ. Washington, vie et l'œuvre de René Martin (1846-1925). Martinia Dept Biol. Struct., Box 357420, Seattle, WA 98195 USA 22(1): 13-35. (in French, with English summary). [The paper refers to private documents and an obituary of 6585. Richardson, J.M.L.; Gunzburger, M.S.; Travis, P.P. Calvert to give some detailed insight into life and J. (2006): Variation in predation pressure as a mecha- activities of René Martin.] Address: not stated nism underlying differences in numerical abundance between populations of the poeciliid fish Heterandria 6582. Reichling, A. (2006): Faunistische Besonder- formosa. Oecologia 147(4): 596-605. (in English). ["We heiten am südlichen Randbereich des Flugplatzes Fi- explored whether a variation in predation and habitat now und am Walpurgisbruch. Naturschutz und Land- complexity between conspecific populations can drive schaftspflege in Brandenburg 3/2006: 93-97. (in Ger- qualitatively different numerical dynamics in those man). [Brandenburg, Germany; a total of 38 odonate populations. We considered two disjunct populations of species includes 29 breeding and 2 probably autocho- the least killifish, Heterandria formosa, that exhibit long- nous species. Of special reference are records of Leu- term differences in density, top fish predator species, corrhinia caudalis, L. albifrons, and L. pectoralis.] Ad- and dominant aquatic vegetation. Monthly censuses dress: not stated over a 3-year period found that in the higher density population, changes in H. formosa density exhibited a 6583. Reinhardt, K. (2006): Macromia illinoiensis strong negative autocorrelation structure: increases Walsh males use shade boundaries as landmarks (Ani- (decreases) at one census tended to be followed by soptera : Macromiidae). Odonatologica 35(4): 389-393. decreases (increases) at the next one. However, no (in English). ["M. illinoiensis males were most actively such correlation was present in the lower density popu- engaged in territory patrolling during noon. They were lation. Monthly census data also revealed that preda- observed to avoid areas on the water surface that were tors, especially Lepomis sp., were considerably more shaded. Areas on the water surface that were not avoi- abundant at the site with lower H. formosa densities. ded by males were artificially shaded upon which such Experimental studies showed that the predation by Le- areas were avoided. It is concluded that males of M. il- pomis gulosus occurred at a much higher rate than linoiensis may use the shade-sun boundary on the wa- predation by two other fish and two dragonfly species, ter surface as a cue of its territory boundary." (Author)] although L. gulosus and L. punctatus had similar preda- Address: Reinhardt, K., Dept Animal and Plant Scien- tion rates when the amount of vegetative cover was ces, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK. E- high. The most effective predator, L. gulosus, did not mail: [email protected] discriminate among life stages (males, females, and ju- 6584. Richardson, J.L. (2006): Novel features of an veniles) of H. formosa. Increased predation rates by L. inducible defense system in larval tree frogs (Hyla chry- gulosus could keep H. formosa low in one population, soscelis). Ecology 87(3): 780-787. (in English). ["Orga- thereby eliminating strong negative density-dependent nisms in aquatic ecosystems must often tolerate variab- regulation. In support of this, changes in H. formosa le environmental conditions, including an uncertain risk density were positively correlated with changes in vege- of predation. Individuals that can maintain plastic de- tative cover for the population with a history of lower fenses against predation will increase their survival density, but not for the population with a history of hig- when predators are present, but Will not incur the costs her density. Our results are consistent with the hypo- of these defenses when the risk of predation is low and thesis that the observed differences among natural po- the defense is not induced. Larvae of the pond- pulations in numerical abundance and dynamics are breeding anuran Hyla chrysoscelis develop a conspicu- caused in part by the differences in habitat complexity ous phenotype in the presence of predators consisting and the predator community." (Authors)] Address: Ri- of a brightly colored tail and a deeper tail fin. In this stu- chardson, J.M.L., Brock Univ., Dept Biol. Sci., 500 dy, I attempted to identify the Source of the chemical Glenridge Ave, St Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada. E- signal that induces this defensive morphology in this mail: [email protected] species. I tested whether metabolites alone, originating 6586. Rifai, L.; Amr, Z.S. (2006): Diet of the Stripe- from the prey but passing through the predator, were Necked Terrapin, Mauremys rivulata, in . Russ- able to induce the same morphological response as the ian Journal of Herpetology 13(1): 41-46. (in English). combination of alarm signals released directly by atta- ["Stomach contents of Mauremys rivulata were analy-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 29 zed by stomach flushing technique. Mauremys rivulata ride (LPS) relative to saline-injected controls, when is an omnivorous species, with food items including a- housed at 22°C. The immune traits assayed included quatic insects and their larvae, amphibians and plants. haemocyte concentration, Phenoloxidase activity and Juvenile turtles were strictly carnivorous and larger o- antibacterial activity and their induction varied among nes shifted to a more herbivorous diet. Animal remains ages and between males and females. For matures, found in juveniles were more diverse, consisting of at those injected with LPS had lowered survivorship com- least six different species of insects and amphibians, pared to saline-injected controls that were housed initi- while larger animals consumed at the most three diffe- ally at 22°C and subsequently at 15°C. Newly emerged rent animal species." (Authors) Odonata, preferably A- LPS-injected damselflies did not show reduced survi- nisoptera, Libellulidae represent approximately 25% of vorship relative to newly-emerged controls, despite food items in adult M. rivulata. Juvenile terrapins also showing immune induction. Conclusion: Reduced lon- consumed adult Zygoptera.] Address: Amr, Zuhair S., gevity following induction of immunity was observed for Jordan Univ. Sci. & Technol., Dept Biol., POB 3030, Ir- reproductively mature damselflies, but not for newly bid, Jordan. E-mail: [email protected] emerged damselflies. Costs of resistance depend only partly on the immune trait induced and more on the age 6587. Robb, T.; Forbes, M.R. (2006): Sex biases in (but not sex) of the host. In four years, we often obser- parasitism of newly emerged damselflies. Ecoscience ved bouts of inclement weather following good days 13(1): 1-4. (in English, with French summary). ["There and these bouts occurred primarily during the emer- are several examples of sex-biased parasitism of inver- gence periods, but also during the flight periods, of E. tebrate hosts. Sex biases in parasitism could be explai- boreale. The duration of these bouts appear sufficient ned by differences between males and females either in to compromise survival of mature damselflies that exposure to or susceptibility to parasites. Our results responded immunologically to LPS challenge. We fur- show that for the common spreadwing damselfly, ther suggest the environmental conditions likely expe- Lestes disjunctus, there was a female bias in mean in- rienced by different ages of damselflies, following re- tensity of parasitism by larval Arrenurus pollictus mites sistance expression, has influenced optimal immune in- for newly emerged individuals sampled over emergence vestment by individuals in different age classes and the periods in both 2002 and 2003. This bias could not be likelihood of detecting costs of resistance." (Authors)] explained by host body size and timing of emergence, Address: Forbes, M.R., Dept of Biology, Carleton Uni- factors thought to influence exposure of host larvae to versity, 587 Tory Building, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ot- larval mites. We suggest a novel explanation for sex- tawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada. E-mail: mforbes@ccs. biased parasitism based on differences in developmen- carleton.ca tal trajectories of larval male and female hosts, which should influence frequency of contact by larval mites. 6589. Samways, M.J. (2006): Regional response of This explanation may help explain female-biased para- Odonata to river systems impacted by and cleared of sitism in other lestid damselflies, which should be e- invasive alien trees. Odonatologica 35(3): 297-303. (in xaggerated for early emerging species with compres- English). ["Invasive alien organisms are a major threat sed emergence periods. Further work is needed to test to indigenous biodiversity. Invasive alien trees (IATs) this novel explanation and determine whether it is ap- are a component of this threat to South African odona- plicable to other invertebrate host–parasite associations tes. IATs shade out the habitat of the sun-loving odona- where parasites first come into contact with immature te species. A national programme to remove IATs from stages of hosts." (Authors)] Address: Robb, Tonia, De- river systems has been initiated in South Africa. Results partment of Biology, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel from widely-separated sites show that the impacts of By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario KlS 5B6, Canada. E-mail: IATs are the same in different physiognomic areas. In [email protected] turn, removal of the IATs is beneficial to a range of spe- cies from narrow endemics to widespread generalists. 6588. Robb, T.; Forbes, M.R. (2006): Age-dependent Indications are that this nation-wide IAT-retnoval pro- induction of immunity and subsequent survival costs in gramme is beneficial across a wide geographical area, males and females of a temperate damselfly. BMC Eco- leading to rapid and significant odonate assemblage re- logy 6: 13 pp. (in English). ["Background: To under- covery. The IAT-removal programme must also consi- stand variation in resistance to parasites within host der removal of alien seedlings so as not to reverse the populations, researchers have examined conditions un- recovery programme." (Author)] Address: Samways, M. der which immunity is induced and/ or is costly. Both J., Dept Entomol. & Nematol., Univ. Stellenbosch, Pri- host sex and age have been found to influence immune vate Bag X1, ZA-7602, Matieland, South Africa. E-mail: expression and subsequently are likely factors influen- [email protected] cing the costs of resistance. The purpose of this study was to examine immune expression and associated 6590. Samways, M.J.; Tarboton, W. (2006): Redis- survival costs for two age groups ( newly emerged and covery of Metacnemis angusta (Selys) in the Western sexually mature individuals) of the damselfly, Enallag- Cape, South Africa, with description of male and re- ma boreale Selys. Survival was assessed for experi- description of female (Zygoptera: Platycnemididae). mentally challenged and control damselflies, housed Odonatologica 35(4): 375-378. (in English). ["M. an- initially at 22°C and then subjected to low temperatures gusta was described from a female type in 1863, which (15°C) associated with reduced foraging activity and has since been lost. The only other specimen is another food deprivation. Experimental conditions emulated na- female taken in 1920 in the Western Cape, South Afri- tural local variation in bouts of good weather followed ca. The species was feared extinct, but a population by inclement weather (successions of days with hourly was discovered in November 2003. The male is descri- mean temperatures around 15°C and/ or rainy bed here as a neotype, along with a redescription of the weather). Results: At least one of three immune traits female as a paratype. Although the conservation status was induced to higher levels for both newly emerged of the species has improved, it is still threatened, prin- and mature E. boreale challenged by Lippopolysaccha- cipally by invasive alien trees." (Authors)] Address:

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 30 Samways, M.J., Dept Entomol. & Nematol., Univ. Stel- immune and stress responses. Short-term exposure to lenbosch, Private Bag X1, ZA-7602, Matieland, South gregarine excretory/secretory products caused elevated Africa. E-mail: [email protected] blood carbohydrate and p38 MAPK activation in healthy individuals. These characteristics comprise a set of 6591. Samways, M.J. (2006): Open and banded symptoms and processes that are known in mammals wings: Hypotheses on damselfly wing position (Zygo- as metabolic syndrome but which have not previously ptera). Odonatologica 35(1): 67-73. (in English). ["Zygo- been described in other animal taxa. In addition to ex- ptera species either perch with their wings open or clo- panding the known taxonomic breadth of metabolic di- sed. The alternatives do not appear to be phylogeneti- sease, these results indicate that insects may be useful cally constrained, as there are sexual differences in experimental models for studying its underlying biology Ecchlorolestes peringueyi, and population variation and and mechanisms." (Authors)] Address: Schilder, R.J., individual variation in Pseudagrion sublacteum. Open Department of Biology, 208 Mueller Laboratory, Penn- wings would appear to be more conspicuous to preda- sylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 tors (Shiny Wing Hypothesis). Yet there is a difference between clear and coloured, banded wings in Chloro- 6594. Schmidt, E. (2006): Ein dunkelflügliges Weib- lestes species. Clear wings appear to be associated chen von Calopteryx splendens bei Wesel/Niederrhein with crypsis, either in open or forest habitats. For spe- mit Diskussion der östlichen ssp. ancilla (Selys, 1853). cies that have banded wings (and banded bodies), tho- Beitr. Ent. 56(2): 422-432. (in German, with English se individuals that are banded are aggressively territo- summary). [The status of Calopteryx splendens ancilla rial to clear-winged conspecifics and are sexually more (Selys, 1853) is discussed in detail based on a record attractive to female female. Open-winged perching be- of a dark-winged female of the taxon near Wesel, Nord- haviour is associated with perching on tips of shoots rhein-Westfalen, Germany.] Address: Schmidt, E., and rapid escape from ground predators, supporting the Coesfelder Str. 230, D-48249 Dülmen, Germany Quick Takeoff Hypothesis. Conspicuous open-winged perching for banded-wing individuals appears to be a 6595. Sniegula, S.; Johansson, F. (2006): Två nya tradeoff between territorial superiority on the one hand trollsländor för Västerbotten: Coenagrion pulchellum and predation from aerial predators, particularly birds, och Somatochlora flavomaculata. Natur i Norr 25(2): on the other. Predation however, appears to be minor 103-104. (in Swedish). [Coenagrion pulchellum: Nydal- relative to the advantages gained by conspicuousness." asjön, ca 4 km east of centrala Umeå (63º49’N, (Author)] Address: Samways, M.J., Dept Entomol. & 20º21’E), 27-07-2006. Somatochlora flavomaculata: Nematol., Univ. Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, ZA-7602, Simon in Lomtjärn, ca 1,5 km öster om Nydalasjön, 8- Matieland, South Africa. E-mail: [email protected] 07-2006.] Address: Johansson, F., Dept of Ecology and Environmental Science, Animal Ecology Group, Umea 6592. Samways, M.J. (2006): National red list of University, 90187 Umea, Sweden. E-mail: frank.johans- South African Odonata. Odonatologica 35(4): 341-368. [email protected] (in English). ["Using the IUCN categories and criteria, the conservation status of the South African dragonfly 6596. Steffens, W.P.; Smith, W.A. (2006): Descripti- fauna has been assessed. IUCN recommendations for on of the larva of Somatochlora incurvata Walker (Ani- adjusting the global categories and criteria for national soptera: Corduliidae). Odonatologica 35(4): 379-383. red listing have been taken into consideration. A total of (in English). ["The last larval instar is described and il- 40 taxa are listed as threatened or near-threatened, lustrated from material collected in central and south- which is 25% of the national total (160 species and east Wisconsin, United States, and the larval habitat is subspecies). The precautionary rather than evidentiary described. The larva differs from related species in the approach is taken throughout, especially as many sp. arctica group of Somatochlora in having a greater head are marginal and although not threatened globally are width and in the dorsolateral setal patterns on abdomi- highly threatened locally. Nevertheless, it is clear that nal tergites VI-IX. Segment IX has distinct paired dorso- locally the South African odonate fauna is under severe lateral tufts, and VIII, VII, and VI have progressively threat, especially the stream sp. Many of the threats are less defined to absent paired tufts. These characters synergistic, both with natural drought/flood cycles, and distinguish the species from the most similar species, with other threats. Restoration of hydrological regimes S. forcipata, and all others of the arctica group." (Au- and riparian conditions are promoting conservation of thors)] Address: Steffens, W.P., 1993 Holm Rd, Two this odonate assemblage." (Author)] Address: Sam- Harbors, MN 55616 USA. E-mail: [email protected] ways, M.J., Dept Entomol. & Nematol., Univ. Stellen- 6597. Stoks, R.; De Block, M. (2006): Physiological bosch, Private Bag X1, ZA-7602, Matieland, South Afri- costs of compensatory growth in a damselfly. Ecology ca. E-mail: [email protected] 87(6): 1566-1574. (in English). ["Little is known about 6593. Schilder, R.J.; Marden, J.H. (2006): Metabolic physiological costs of rapid growth. We successfully syndrome and obesity in an insect. Proc. Natl. Acad. generated compensatory growth to time stress and Sci. USA 103(4): 18805-18809. (in English). ["Dra- transient food stress in the damsefly Lestes viridis and gonflies infected with noninvasive gregarine gut parasi- studied the physiological correlates of the resulting re- tes (Microsporidia, Apicomplexa) have reduced flight- duced ability to cope with starvation. We found eviden- muscle performance, an inability to metabolize lipid in ce for both mechanisms proposed to underlie the phy- their muscles, twofoldelevated hemolymph carbohydra- siological trade-off: compensatory growth was associa- te concentrations, and they accumulate fat in their tho- ted with ( 1) a higher metabolic rate, as indicated by a rax in a manner analogous to mammalian obesity. Gre- higher oxygen consumption and a faster depletion of garine infection is associated with inappropriate res- energy storage molecules ( glycogen and triglycerides), ponses of hemolymph carbohydrate concentration to and ( 2) a smaller investment in energy storage. The insulin and with chronic activation in the flight muscles former may also explain why storage molecules after of p38 MAP kinase, a signaling molecule involved in emergence were negatively affected by time stress and

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 31 food stress, despite the successful compensation befo- affect adaptive population divergence and how they re emergence. These deferred physiological costs of may influence speciation. We studied divergent selecti- rapid growth have the potential to couple larval stresses on on morphology in parapatric, natural damselfly (Ca- to adult fitness irrespective of age and size at emergen- lopteryx splendens) populations. Sexual selection was ce, and they may partly explain why many animals do stronger than natural selection measured on the same not show their maximum achievable growth rate." traits, irrespective of the time scale over which sexual (Authors)] Address: Stoks, R., Laboratorium voor Aqua- selection was measured. Visualization of the fitness tische Ecologie, K.U.Leuven, De Beriotstraat 32, B- surfaces indicated that population divergence in overall 3000 Leuven, Belgium. E-mail: robby.stoks@bio. ku- morphology is more strongly influenced by divergent leuven.ac.be sexual selection rather than natural selection. Courtship success of experimental immigrant males was lower 6598. Stoks, R.; De Block, M.; Slos, S.; Van Doors- than that of resident males, indicating incipient sexual laer, W.; Rolff, J. (2006): Time constraints mediate pre- isolation between these populations. We conclude that dator-induced plasticity in immune function, condition, current and strong sexual selection promotes adaptive and life history. Ecology 87(4): 809-815. (in English). population divergence in this species and that prema- ["The simultaneous presence of predators and a limited ting sexual isolation may have arisen as a correlated time for development imposes a conflict: accelerating response to divergent sexual selection. Our results growth under time constraints comes at the cost of hig- highlight the importance of sexual selection, rather than her predation risk mediated by increased foraging. The natural selection in the adaptive radiation of odonates, few studies that have addressed this tradeoff have dealt and supports previous suggestions that divergent sexu- only with life history traits such as age and size at matu- al selection promotes speciation in this group." (Au- rity. Physiological traits have largely been ignored in thors)] Address: Svensson, E.I., Section for Animal studies assessing the impact of environmental stres- Ecology, Ecology Building, Lund University, SE-223 62 sors, and it is largely unknown whether they respond Lund, Sweden. E-mail: [email protected] independently of life history traits. Here, we studied the simultaneous effects of time constraints, i.e., as impo- 6601. Tarkowska-Kukuryk, M. (2006): Water soldier sed by seasonality, and predation risk on immune de- Stratiotes aloides L. (Hydrocharitaceae) as a substra- fense, energy storage, and life history in lestid dam- tum for macroinvertrbrates in a shallow eutrophic lake. selflies. As predicted by theory, larvae accelerated Pol. J. Ecol. 54(3): 441-451. (in English). ["The impor- growth and development under time constraints while tance of water soldier (Stratiotes aloides L.) as a colo- the opposite occurred under predation risk. The activity nization substratum for epiphytic and mining fauna has of phenoloxidase, an important component of insect been investigated in the shallow, eutrophic lake in East immunity, and investment in fat storage were reduced Poland. Samples were taken in May, July and October both under time constraints and in the presence of pre- in 2000–2001. Studies focused on abundance and spe- dators. These reductions were smaller when time cies diversity of phytophilous fauna of Stratiotes aloi- constraints and predation risk were combined. This in- des, in particular on the relation between epiphytic and dicates that predators can induce sublethal costs linked mining organisms and their seasonal changes. The stu- to both life history and physiology in their prey, and that died zoocenosis differed significantly in terms of density time constraints can independently reduce the impact of and taxa number. In all studied seasons fauna inhabi- predator-induced changes in life history and physiolo- ting Stratiotes aloides showed higher abundance and gy." (Authors)] Address: Rolff, J., Department of Animal species diversity than mining invertebrates. Both zoo- and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, S10 2TN cenosis were predominated by Chironomidae larvae. Sheffield, UK. E-mail: [email protected] The percentage of midges in epiphytic fauna decreased slightly during vegetation period, the mining fauna 6599. Stübing, S. (2006): Bemerkenswerte Be- showed the opposite pattern. Epiphytic Chironomidae standsentwicklung einiger seltener Libellenarten in der were dominated by four taxa (Dicrotendipes sp., Glypto- südhessischen Rheinebene. Collurio 24: 69-71. (in Ger- tendipes sp., Paratanytarsus austriacus, Psectrocladius man). [Hessen, Germany; significant population trends sp.). The mining fauna was represented mainly by of formerly very rare river Odonata are documented and Glyptotendipes sp. larvae. Density and biomass of epi- briefly discussed: Stylurus flavipes, Ophiogomphus ce- phytic fauna showed the positive correlation with water cilia, and Onychogomphus forcipatus: A few notes are soldier biomass." (Author) Odonata are included into added to Aeshna affinis, and Crocothemis erythraea.] the study on the suborder level.] Address: Tarkowska- Address: Stübing, S., Eckhardtstr. 33a, 64289 Darm- Kukuryk, Monika, Department of Hydrobiology and stadt, Germany. E-mail: [email protected] Ichthyobiology, University of Agriculture in Lublin, Aka- demicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, Poland. E-mail: monika. 6600. Svensson, E.I.; Eroukhmanoff, F.; Friberg, M. [email protected] (2006): Effects of natural and sexual selection on adap- tive population divergence and premating isolation in a 6602. Theischinger, G.; Richards, S.J. (2006): Two damselfly. Evolution 60(6): 1242-1253. (in English). new species of Nososticta Hagen in Selys from Papua ["The relative strength of different types of directional New Guinea (Zygoptera: Protoneuridae). Odonatologi- selection has seldom been compared directly in natural ca 35(1): 75-79. (in English). ["N. conifera sp. n. (holo- populations. A recent meta-analysis of phenotypic se- type male: Gulf prov., Lakekamu, Ivimka Camp adja- lection studies in natural populations suggested that di- cent Sapoi R., 1-XII-1996) and N. smilodon sp. n. (holo- rectional sexual selection may be stronger in magnitude type male: Gulf prov., Dark-End Lumber, 5-X-1999) are than directional natural selection, although this pattern described. The holotypes are deposited in South Aus- may have partly been confounded by the different time tralian Museum, Adelaide. Diagnostic characters of the scales over which selection was estimated. Knowledge adults are illustrated and the affinities of both species about the strength of different types of selection is of are discussed." (Authors)] Address: Theischinger G., general interest for understanding how selective forces 2A Hammerley Road, Grays Point, NSW 2232, Austra-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 32 lia. E-mail: [email protected]. tat fragmentation/loss. It is protected by European legis- gov.au lation. An analysis of Capture-Mark-Recapture (CMR) data indicated that the population network on Beaulieu 6603. Theischinger, G.; Richards, S.J. (2006): Two Heath in the New Forest comprised some 40 000 indi- new Zygoptera species from Papua New Guinea (Pro- viduals. A nationwide genetic study indicates that the toneuridae, Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica 35(2): New Forest is a principal reservoir of genetic diversity 199-204. (in English). ["Nososticta acudens sp. n. and for UK C. mercuriale. The New Forest is, however, pre- Papuagrion nigripedum sp. n. from Papua New Guinea sently best characterised as five genetic units. We are discribed, both from lowland rainforest in Gulf pro- found that several small, isolated populations of C. vince (Dark-End Lumber 3-X-1999). Holotype male ma- mercuriale in the New Forest showed substantial gene- le are deposited at SAMA, Adelaide, Australia. Di- tic differentiation from the principal populations on agnostic characters of the adult male are illustrated and Beaulieu Heath, Setley Plain and Mill Lawn Brook. Iso- the affinities of both species are discussed." (Author)] lation is bought about by preventing dispersal across in- Address: Theischinger G., 2A Hammerley Road, Grays tervening areas of unsuitable habitat such as forest, Point, NSW 2232, Australia. E-mail: gunther.theischi- farmland or road. Although habitat loss is a principal [email protected] concern for the persistence of this species, the pattern of limited movement to proximate sites highlights the 6604. Theischinger, G.; Richards, S.J. (2006): Argio- need for a network of suitable habitat patches. This will lestes indentatus spec. nov from Papua New Guinea also help to slow the rate of genetic erosion at periphe- (Zygoptera: Megapodagrionidae). Odonatologica 35(4): ral sites." (Authors)] Address: Thompson, D.J., Popula- 385-388. (in English). ["The new species is described, tion Biology Research Group, School of Biological diagnostic characters of the adult male are illustrated Sciences (Nicholson Building), University of Liverpool, and the affinities of the sp. are discussed. Holotype ma- P.O. Box 147, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK. E-mail: le: Papua New Guinea, Golf prov., Lakekamu: lowland [email protected] forest (120 m a.s.l.), 25-XI-1996; deposited in South Australian Museum, Adelaide." (Authors)] Address: 6607. Timm, H.; Möls, T.; Timm, T. (2006): Effects of Theischinger G., 2A Hammerley Road, Grays Point, long-term non-point eutrophication on the abundance NSW 2232, Australia. E-mail: Gunther.Theischinger@ and biomass of macrozoobenthos in small lakes of environment.nsw.gov.au Estonia. Proc. Estonian Acad. Sci. Biol. Ecol. 55(3): 187-198. (in English). ["The effects of eutrophication on 6605. Thomas, E.J.; John, J. (2006): Diatoms and macrozoobenthos were studied in small Estonian lakes. macroinvertebrates as biomonitors of mine-lakes in Col- Altogether, 380 sites of 107 lakes sampled repeatedly lie, Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of before and during/after significant n-point eutrophication Western Australia 89(3): 109-117. (in English). ["Seve- were compared. The data of 1951. 167 were conside- ral voids created through open-cut coal mining occur red the reference samples, and the data of 1972-1995 near the town of Collie in the south-west of Western were used as the test samples. A total of 66 macro. and Australia. After mining, the voids fill with fresh water megazoobenthic variables were studied. The individual and form mostly acidic wetlands. Five of these mine- weight of chironomid larvae, as well as the abundance lakes were monitored in 1999 using macroinvertebrates and biomass of several animal groups, had changed and diatoms. On the basis of acidity and water che- significantly between the two periods. The possible rea- mistry two groups of wetlands were identified using sons for the changes are briefly discussed." (Authors) multivariate analyses; wetlands with low pH (< 4.5), and "Odonata" are also treated.] Address: Timm, H., Institu- those with comparatively higher pH (> 4.8). Distinct te of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian macroinvertebrate and diatom assemblages were cha- University of Life Sciences, 61101 Rannu, Tartumaa, racteristic of each of the wetland groups. Macroinver- Estonia. E-mail: [email protected] tebrates including Orthetrum caledonicum and Megapo- rus solidus were associated with the Group 1 wetlands 6608. Van de Meutter, F.; Stoks, R.; De Meester, L. (pH < 4.5) while Sternopriscus browni and Micronecta (2006): Rapid response of macroinvertebrates to drai- sp. were two of the most abundant macroinvertebrates nage management of shallow connected lakes. Journal in the Group 2 wetlands (pH > 4.8). In the Group 1 wet- of Applied Ecology 43(1): 51-60. (in English). ["1. Shal- lands Nitzschia paleaeformis and Pinnularia microstau- low lakes throughout the world are subject to drainage, ron were among the dominant diatom species. Eunotia either for fish harvesting or lake restoration. Lake drai- curvata and Tabellaria flocculosa were two of the dia- nage of fish lakes is known to improve macrophyte and tom species commonly found in the Group 2 waterbo- zooplankton diversity, but the effect on the macroinver- dies. While pH was one of the factors primarily respon- tebrate community is poorly known. 2. In the present sible for the distribution of both biomonitors, diatoms study, we investigated temporal trends in the macroin- appeared to be more sensitive than macroinvertebrates vertebrate community following drainage of six shallow to acidity. " (Authors)] Address: Thomas, E.J., Curtin connected lakes. Diversity increased for all macroinver- Univ. Technol., Dept Environm. Biol., GPO Box U1987, tebrates (family level). Recolonization of the lakes oc- Perth, WA 6845, Australia. E-mail: erin.thomas@ post- curred within the first year after the drainage and was grad.curtin.edu.au supplemented with a set of species that were previously rare or did not occur in the lakes. Changes in the abiotic 6606. Thompson, D.J.; Watts, Ph.C. (2006): The conditions of the lakes were small and transient, except structure of the Coenagrion mercuriale populations in for the decline in fish. The rapid recolonization by the the New Forest, southern England. In: Rivera, AC (ED). species occurring before drainage is attributed to the 2006. Forests and Dragonflies. 4th WDA Symposium of high connectivity of our system. The appearance of Odonatology, Pontevedra, Spain, July 2005. Pensoft supplementary species may relate to lowered fish pre- Series Faunistica 61: 239-258. (in English). [UK; C. dation, suggesting that fish were a dominant factor in mercuriale "is a poor disperser and susceptible to habi- shaping the communities. 3. Synthesis and applicati-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 33 ons. Lake drainage has a positive effect on the diversity tors, given a choice between the two rotifer species, all and richness of macroinvertebrates in shallow connec- consumed significantly more specimens of E. senta ted lakes. This positive effect may be due to a decline than S. socialis after 24 h. In the paired-feeding expe- in fish predation following lake drainage in combination riments, three of the four predators captured members with a high rate of recolonization among others via con- of S. socialis, but these colonies were frequently re- nections to non-drained lakes. Lake drainage, therefo- leased rather than ingested, although in some cases re, is probably the most cost-effective lake restoration colony structure was seriously disrupted. Our results tool in shallow connected lakes. Other restoration tools suggest that the unpalatable nature of members of S. may be preferable in isolated lakes where recolonizati- socialis to certain extends to several invertebrate on is constrained." (Authors) The analysis includes O- predators, but the nature of the putative factor(s) res- donata.] Address: Stoks, R., Laboratorium voor Aquati- ponsible for this remains unknown." (Authors)] Address: sche Ecologie, K.U.Leuven, De Beriotstraat 32, B-3000 Walsh, Elizabeth J., Univ. Texas, Dept Biol. Sci., El Pa- Leuven, Belgium. E-mail: [email protected]. so, TX 79968 USA. E-mail: [email protected] ac.be 6612. Wasscher, M.T. (2006): From NLO to NVL, 35 6609. Vonieka, P. (2006): The occurence of dragon- years of organized dragonfly study in The Netherlands. fly Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Odonata: Libellulidae) in the Brachytron 9(1-2): 21-32. (in Dutch, with English sum- Jizerské hory Mountains (Northern Bohemia). Vážky mary). ["Before 1970 some people in The Netherlands 2005: Sborník referátù VIII. celostátního semináøe o- were studying dragonflies, but there was no higher or- donatologù ve Ždárských vrších, ZO ÈSOP Vlašim: ganisation with newsletters and/or meetings. Since the 162-164. (in Czech, with English summary). [Czech Re- start of the NLO on 7 March 1970, three periods of 'offi- public; "The occurence of L. pectoralis (1 male) in the cial' dragonfly activity can be recognised. These periods Jizerské hory Mts. was confirmed. The species was were separated by intervals of lesser activity, where no found in peat bog Na Kotli on 14.VI.2005 (no. of map- meetings were organised and few, if any, official news- ping quadrate 5157). It is the first record of Leucorrhinia letters were published. In those intervening periods, pectoralis in the Jizerské hory Mts. The occurence in there were always youth federation members studying 930 m asl. is unusual." (Author)] Address: Vonièka, P., dragonflies, and those dragonfly lovers would then start Severoèeské muzeum, Masarykova 11, 460 01 Liberec, the next period of official dragonfly study in The Nether- Czech Republic. E-mail: pavel.vonicka@ muzeumlb.cz lands.The first period commenced with the formation of the NLO during 1970, under the leadership of Bastiaan 6610. Wada, S.; Wada, Y. (2006): Recent records of Kiauta. This period ended with the foundation of the in- Odonata in Fukui and Ishikawa Prefectures, Japan. ternational SIO in 1974. The second period lasted from Bull. Fukui City Mus. Nat. His. 53: 117-128. (in Japane- 1979 to 1992 and was started by Marian Verdonk, with se, with English summary). [Documentation of records Marcel Wasscher gradually taking over her tasks. The from 37 taxa, and hybrids of Mnais costalis & M. pruni- final period, which is still on-going, started in 1994, osa, Sympetrum eroticum and Sympetrum baccha ma- though already in 1992 youth federation members of tutinum Ris, 1911, as well as Sympetrum frequens and the NJN had started a 'Dragonfly Project' which would S. depressiusculum] Address: Wada, S., 3-8-18 Nishi- result in increased interest in dragonflies in The Nether- kida, Fukui 918-8004, Japan lands. In 1997 both the NLO and the Dragonfly Project merged into a new dragonfly organisation, the NVL. In 6611. Walsh, E.J.; Salazar, M.; Remirez, J.; Moldes, 2002 the Dutch Atlas was published, a milestone in O.; Wallace, R.L. (2006): Predation by invertebrate pre- dragonfly study in The Netherlands. Over the last deca- dators on the colonial rotifer Sinantherina socialis. In- de, dragonflies have become an important group for na- vertebrate Biology 125(4): 325-335. (in English). ["Co- ture study and nature management. This is illustrated lonies of the freshwater colonial rotifer Sinantherina so- by an official Red List, two field guides in Dutch, 22 re- cialis (Monogononta, Flosculariidae) have been shown gional and provincial study groups and over 400 mem- to be unpalatable to a variety of small-mouthed, zoo- bers of the NVL, some of whom are also professional planktivorous fishes. To test whether invertebrate pre- dragonfly workers." (Author)] Address: Wasscher, M.T., dators ingest the rotifer S. socialis, we conducted two Minstr 15, NL-3582 CA Utrecht, Netherlands. E-mail: types of experiments: (1) Microcosm experiments-in [email protected] separate experiments, four invertebrate predators (i.e., dragonfly nymphs, damselfly nymphs, notonectids, and 6613. Watanabe, M.; Matsu'ura, S. (2006): Fecundity Hydra) were offered prey either singly or in combinati- and ovilposition in Mortonagrion hirosei Asahina, M. se- on. Prey were comprised of S. socialis; Epiphanes sen- lenion (Ris), Ischnura asiatica (Brauer) and I. senega- ta, a solitary, free-swimming rotifer; and Daphnia lensis (Rambur), coexisting in estuarine landscapes of magna, a microcrustacean. In each experiment, the the warm temperate zone of Japan (Zygoptera : Coen- percent of prey surviving after 12, 18, and 24 h was re- agrionidae). Odonatologica 35(2): 159-166. (in English). corded. (2) Paired-feeding experiments-in separate ex- ["Adults of the 4 species, inhabiting an estuarine lands- periments, predators were offered prey in a pairwise fa- cape that includes reed communities and rice paddy shion, in which members of D. magna were alternated fields established on water of varying saline concentra- with a rotifer, either S. socialis or E. senta. The results tion in Mie prefecture, Japan, were studied. The fecun- of the microcosm experiments showed that, after 24 h, dity of Ischnura species was higher than that of Morto- 60-100% prey items of S. socialis survived the preda- nagrion species. I. senegalensis contained the largest tors, but significantly fewer individuals of E. senta (6- number of mature, submature, and immature eggs with 89%) and D. magna (< 25%) survived. When offered ro- the smallest mature egg size, whereas M. selenion con- tifers and individuals of D. magna simultaneously, pre- tained the smallest number of immature eggs with the dators tested consistently consumed more specimens largest mature egg size. During a 3-day laboratory ovi- of Daphnia. However, predators significantly reduced position experiment without food, all female female de- percent survival in E. senta but not in S. socialis. Preda- veloped eggs, resulting in a greater number of mature

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 34 eggs than was originally contained. Most of the eggs men Island, off mainland China, from 2000 to 2002. that developed to maturity were laid by M selenion and About 89% of the colonies were located on slopes with L asiatica, while M. hirosei laid only half of the number soils of sandy loam and the other 11% on sandy clay laid by either of these. The oviposition process of the 4 loam. No colony was found on clay loam, which cove- species is discussed from the viewpoint of their larval red 20% of the island. The sandy loam and sandy clay habitat selection." (Authors)] Address: Watanabe, M., loam had lower soil pressure, density and moisture, Univ Tsukuba, Grad Sch Life and Environm Sci, Tsuku- which, presumably, were easier for bee-eaters to exca- ba, Ibaraki 3058572, Japan. E-mail: watanabe@ kan- vate and provided better drainage and ventilation for kyo.envr.tsukuba.ac.jp nest cavities. Bee-eaters avoided placing nest cavities in areas with dense vegetation and abandoned colony 6614. Winkel, S.; Kuprian, M. (2006): Die Libellen- sites when they became overgrown. Vegetation would fauna neu angelegter Flachgewässer im Süden der impede excavation and decrease the detectability of Stadt Offenbach. Jahrbuch Naturschutz in Hessen 10: predators. Bee-eaters may prefer colony sites near wa- 34-39. (in German). [Near the town of Offenbach, Hes- ter bodies showing water chemistries indicative of more sen, Germany, in 1998 two shallow waters were reali- biological productivity, especially in relation to the di- sed as mitigation measures. These water bodies were versity and abundance of their major prey, dragonflies." casually monitored in 2005 and 2006 by 6 surveys. A (Authors) 13 Odonata species are listed in table 3.] Ad- total of 27 Odonata including many rare or threatened dress: Ding, Tzung-Su, Natl Taiwan Univ, Sch Forestry regional species were found. Records of Lestes virens, and Resource Conservat, Taipei, Taiwan. E-mail: ding Anaciaeschna isoceles, Aeshna affinis, and Leucorrhi- @ntu.edu.tw nia pectoralis are stressed. Measures to protect the ha- bitats for species of early succession stages of water 6617. Yutaka, Y.; Sato, N. (2006): The influences of bodies are outlined, including the so called rotation mo- the application of organic matters as the substitution of del.] Address: Winkel, Sibylle, Pommernstr. 7, D-63069 chemical fertilizers and the reduction of agricultural Offenbach, Germany. E-mail: [email protected] chemicals on the growth and yield of rice plant and the frowing wings of Red dragonflies. Bulletin of the Fukus- 6615. Yanybaeva, V.A.; Dumont, H.J.; Haritonov, hima Prefecture Agricultural Experiment Station 37: 28- A.Yu.; Popova, O.N. (2006): The Odonata of south ural, 39. (in Japanese, with English summary). ["The influen- Russia, with special reference to Ischnura aralensis Ha- ces of the chemical fertilizers, the agricultural chemicals ritonov, 1979. Odonatologica 35(2): 167-185. (in Eng- and the organic matters on the growth and yield of rice lish). ["The odonate fauna of S. Ural (Russia), as known plant and the growing wings of red dragonflies were in- from literature data and new collections, is composed of vestigated in the cold and highland areas, especially 59 species. Coenagrion ecornutum, Ischnura pumilio, Inawashiro Town, where the resident has an interest in Somatochlora graeseri and Selysiothemis nigra are first the environment. The yield of brown rice in the use of records for S. Ural; the presence of Ischnura aralensis organic matters, such as cattle or chicken manures and Haritonov, 1979 (syn. I. haritonovi Dumont, 1997), strained lees of rapeseed oil, as the substitution chemi- Aeshna cyanea, Anax imperator and Libellula depressa cal fertilizers decreased around 10% compared with is confirmed, but that of Pyrrhosoma nymphula, Sym- those of the popular cultivation. The reduction of yield pecma fusca, Cordulegaster boltonii and Libellula fulva was associated with a lower number of ears, which was is not. Aeshna undulata Bartenev, 1909 is a probable caused by the suppression of tiller number on the initial synonym of A. juncea Linnaeus, 1758. I. aralensis, C. growing stage. The reduction of agricultural chemicals ecornutum, Enallagma cyathigerum risi and S. graeseri did not affect the growth and yield of rice plant except to were found W as well as E of the Ural River, and thus herbicide. However, the yield of brown rice in the field are part of the fauna of Europe. Several western spe- not applied herbicide was almost 30% less than that of cies reach their limit of eastward extent in S. Ural and, the popular cultivation by the propagation of weed on conversely, several eastern (Siberian) species reach the 3 years later. Red dragonflies grew wings from the their limit of westward extent there too. The range of I. beginning to end in July, and the peak of the number of aralensis is discussed in the light of the contractions growing wings was shown in the mid-July. The number and expansions of the Caspian-Aral lakes during the of red dragonflies grown wings evidently decreased by Late Pleistocene. The current disjunct positions of its the midterm drainage, and it decreased by the surface colonies is understood as the result of the present pha- spread of the dried cattle manure used for the purpose se of aridity in middle Asia." (Authors)] Address: Yany- of the constraint of weed. Then, it was suggested that baeva, V. A., Bashkirian State Nat Reserve, RUS- the growing wings of red dragonflies was not affected 453592 Sargaya, Bashkortostan R, Russia. E-mail: by the application of chemical fertilizer and agricultural [email protected] chemicals except to insecticide, but decreased by the application of an insecticide." (Author)] Address: Yuta- 6616. Yuan, H.-W.; Burt, D.B.; Wang, L.-P.; Chang, ka, Y., Fukushima Prefecture Agricultural Experiment W.-L.; Wang, M.-K.; (2006): Colony site choice of blue- Station, Japan tailed bee-eaters: influences of soil, vegetation, and wa- ter quality. Journal of Natural History 40(7-8): 485-493. 6618. Zawal, A. (2006): Phoresy and parasitism: wa- (in English). ["All bee-eaters (Family Meropidae) are ter mite larvae of the genus Arrenurus (Acari: Hydrach- cavity nesters, excavating terrestrial burrows in sites nidia) on Odonata from Lake Binowskie (NW Poland). ranging from flat ground, to small mounds of soil, steep Biological Letters 43(2): 257-276. (in English). ["Larvae earthen banks seen in road clearings, eroded cliff fa- of the genus Arrenurus parasitize Odonata, Diptera and ces, and river gorges. However, very little is known con- Coleoptera. This work describes relationships between cerning the environmental factors that influence nest si- Arrenurus larvae and Odonata (imagines, larvae and te selection in bee-eaters. We addressed abiotic and exuviae) in a Polish lake. The mites examined were biotic issues associated with colony site choice in blue- found on 2349 adult odonates (277 female and 872 ma- tailed bee-eaters (Merops philippinus) nesting on Kin- le), 805 larvae (356 female and 449 male) and 395 e-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 35 xuviae of 34 species from Lake Binowskie and its vicini- ty were then assessed for adult Anisops sp. and adult ty. In total, 1128 larval water mites were collected from and nymph stages of Diplonychus sp. against Culex adult odonates, 556 from larvae, and 165 from exuviae. annulirostris mosquito immatures under laboratory con- Water mite larvae were found on imagines of 9 species, ditions. Predatorial capacity bioassays showed that a- on larvae of 12 species, and on exuviae of 9 species. dult Diplonychus sp. preyed upon both larval and pupal Among adult of odonates only damselflies (Zygoptera) stages of Cx. annulirostris quite successfully. Nymphs were parasitized, and a high prevalence (up to 77.8%) of Diplonychus sp. proved to be more successful with and intensity (up to 195 parasites per host) of parasi- smaller prey immatures, and Anisops sp adults did not tism were recorded. Adult females were more frequent- prey successfully on any prey pupae. Increasing the fo- ly infested than males, the preferred body parts being raging area and introducing aquatic vegetation signifi- the thorax and the ventral side of the middle segments cantly reduced the predatorial capacity of Diplonychus of the abdomen. Both phoretic and parasitic larvae of sp. nymphs, while only vegetation and not foraging area water mites were found on odonate larvae. Phoretic lar- had a significant effect on adult Diplonychus sp. preda- vae constituted 25.8% of the total number of water mite tion capacity. Overall, adult Diplonychus sp. proved to larvae on odonate larvae. The occurrence of water mite be a more efficient predator than Anisops sp., and field larvae on exuviae shows their mortality when mites fail trials are now recommended to further assess the po- to move onto the eclosing adult odonate or when mites tential of Diplonychus sp. as a biocontrol agent." (Au- do not get detached from odonate larvae before their thors) Odonata are treated on the order resp suborder emergence from water." (Author)] Address: Zawal, A., level.] Address: Abdel-Salam Shaalan, E., Zoology De- Uniwersytet Szczeciński, Wydział Nauk Przyrodniczych, partment, Aswan Faculty of Science, South Valley Uni- Katedra Zoologii Bezkręgowców i Limnologii, ul. Wąska versity, Aswan, Egypt 13, PL-71-415 Szczecin, Poland. E-mail: zawal@univ. szczecin.pl 6622. Adomssent, M. (2007): Erstnachweis der Schabrackenlibelle Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839) 6619. Zinke, J. (2006): Cordulegaster bidentata (O- für Niedersachsen (Odonata). Entomologische Nach- donata) im Lausitzer Bergland (LUŽICKÉ HORY, richten und Berichte 51(2): 137-139. (in German). [do- Tschechische Republik). Erster Bodenständigkeits- cumentation of a record of A. ephippiger from 26.V- nachweis an Hand von Larvenfunden. Vážky 2005: 2007 along the river Ilmenau south of Bad Beversen, Sborník referátu VIII. celostátního semináre odonatolo- Niedersachsen, Germany.] Address: Adomßent, M., U- gu ve Ždárských vrších, ZO CSOP Vlašim, 2006: 165- niversität Lüneburg, Institut für Umweltkommunikation, 166. (in German, with Czech summary). [first proof of D-21332 Lüneburg, Germany C. bidentata breeding by larval records; brief account on historical regional records of C. bidentata in the Ger- 6623. Araujo, Y.; Beserra, P. (2007): Diversity of man/Czech border region, and documentation of larval invertebrates consumed by the Yanomami and records on 30.08.2005] Address: Zinke, J., Rietschel- Yekuana comunities from the alto Orinoco, Venezuela. straße 23, D-01069 Dresden, Germany Inierciercia 32(5): 318-323. (in Spanish, with English and Portuguese summaries). ["Invertebrates represent a rich and tempting food for the indigenous people and play an important role in the diet of these populations. 2007 The aim of this work was to make the taxonomic identi- fication of the invertebrate species consumed by the

indigenous communities Yanomami and Yekuana from 6620. Abbott, J.C.; Mynhardt, G. (2007): Description the Alto Orinoco region, Amazonas State, Venezuela. of the larva of Somatochlora margarita (Odonata: Cor- Open interviews were carried out and behavioral ob- duliidae). International Journal of Odonatology 10(2): servation made of 27 males and 9 females from 12 to 129-136. (in English). ["The larva of Somatochlora mar- 70 years old. Larvae and adult specimens of garita is described from a specimen reared from the invertebrates indicated and validated as eatable were egg to the final stadium. The larva, previously unknown, collected alive and later identified. The Yanomami is morphologically similar to the larvae of S. calverti, S. consume 20 and the Yekuana 28 species of filosa, S. ozarkensis, and S. provocans. Combinations invertebrates. The Yanomami eat mainly caterpillars, of diagnostic characters are given for distinguishing larvas of scarabs and wasps, termites, ants and these species. Growth of this species is discussed with spiders, while the Yekuana consume earthworms, respect to other species of Somatochlora and Odona- shrimps, oysters and a variety of aquatic insects. The ta." (Authors)] Address: Abbott, J.C., Patterson Labs proximity of the Yekuana communities to rivers and 219, School of Bio. Sci., University of Texas, Austin TX streams has possibly contributed to the specialization of 78712, USA. E-mail: [email protected] their rich diet in aquatic insects "(including Odonata)", unlike the Yanomami communities that consume mainly 6621. Abdel-Salam Shaalan, E.; Canyon, D.V.; Mul- terrestrial invertebrates of forest origin. The strategy of ler, R.; Wagdy Faried (2007): A mosquito predator sur- the natives in the consumption of these small animals vey in Townsville, Australia, and an assessment of indicates that they have a detailed knowledge of their Diplonychus sp. and Anisops sp. predatorial capacity environment and of the use and manipulation of the against Culex annulirostris mosquito immatures. Jour- forest resources, to provided food to the human nal of Vector Ecology 32 (1): 16-21. (in English). ["A populations without affecting biodiversity." (Authors)] twelve-month survey for mosquito predators was con- Address: Araujo, Yelinda, Bióloga, Universidad Central ducted in Townsville, Queensland, Australia, which is de Venezuela (UCV). Magíster en Ecología, Instituto located in the arid tropics. The survey revealed the pre- Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (INPA), Brasil. sence of five predaceous insects but only Anisops sp. Investigadora, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones (backswimmers) and Diplonychus sp. were common. Agrícolas del Estado Mérida (INIA-Mérida), Venezuela. Predatorial capacity and factors influencing this capaci- Dirección: Apartado Postal 425, Avenida Urdaneta,

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 36 Urdaneta, Mérida, Estado Mérida, Venezuela. E-mail: describe general appearance and key identification fea- [email protected] tures, distribution, habitats, life history and behavior, and conservation. Supplementary materials include 6624. Armstrong, R.H.; Hudson, J.; Hermans, M. suggestions for the best places to watch odonates in (2007): Dragons in the Ponds. Nature Alaska Images Georgia, a comparative listing of species' level of en- (Juneau, Alaska). ISBN 978-1-57833-362-2: 32 pp.. (in dangerment, and the date range during which each English). [This book is directed towards encouraging a species can be seen... - Included in species accounts child's interest in Odonata. It provides a general over- are: beautiful, detailed photos that show odonates from view of the adult and nymphal morphology, outlines the angles important to determining species, sex, or age; number of species, and introduce all the major North common and scientific names; important features for American families providing examples. This is followed field identification, with tips on distinguishing between by presenting the dragonflies, which were choosen as similar-looking species; typical behavior of the species, Offical State Insects: Alaska - Libellula quadrimaculata including breeding and feeding habits; occasional and Washington - Anax junius. The majority of the book commentary on taxonomy or other notable features; is dedicated to the life history of Anisoptera. It is full of and, colorful quick guide, with a range map, incidence colour photos showing nymphs feeding, adults emer- information, sizing graphics, and flight period informati- ging, mating, laying eggs, being preyed upon, and a on. Additional features include: listing of twenty ideal si- number of flight shots as well (including Zygoptera). tes around the state for odonate watching; notes on Some of these photos are really impressive. (Martin infrequently sighted species; ratings for each odonate's Schorr)] Address: www.alaskabooksandcalendars.com conservation status, from most critically imperiled to most stable species; chronological listing of flight dates; 6625. Baker, R.A. (2007): What was the British list li- listing of additional resources: books, organizations, ke 120 years ago? Robert McLachlan's 1884 list of O- Web sites, and equipment suppliers; and, a glossary donata compared with today's lists. J. Br. Dragonfly So- and index. (Publisher)] Address: E-mail. giffbeaton@ ciety 23(2): 52-57. (in English). ["A comparison is made mindspring.com between the list of Odonata from Britain recorded in 1884 and those published recently. Robert McLachlan, 6628. Berry, R.; van Kleef, J.; Stange, G. (2007): who published the nineteenth century list, relied on his The mapping of visual space by dragonfly lateral ocelli. own observations and earlier accounts, together with Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, records of museum and private collections. The species Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology 193: 495- which have become extinct and those recorded for the 513. (in English). ["We study the extent to which the la- first time in Britain since McLachlan's paper was publis- teral ocelli of dragonflies are able to resolve and map hed, are of particular interest." (Authors)] Address: Ba- spatial information, following the recent finding that the ker, R.A., Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of median ocellus is adapted for spatial resolution around Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK the horizon. Physiological optics are investigated by the hanging-drop technique and related to morphology as 6626. Baker, R.A.; Mill, P.J.; Zawal, A. (2007): Mites determined by sectioning and three-dimensional re- on Zygoptera, with particular reference to Arrenurus construction. L-neuron morphology and physiology are species, selection sites and host preferences. Odonato- investigated by intracellular electrophysiology, white logica 36(4): 339-347. (in English). ["Larval mites of se- noise analysis and iontophoretic dye injection. The late- veral Arrenurus species are found as parasites on Zy- ral ocellar lens consists of a strongly curved outer sur- goptera. Data from Poland on prevalence, loads, and face, and two distinct inner surfaces that separate the host specificity are presented. The larval mites are retina into dorsal and ventral components. The focal identified and their site selection and host preferences plane lies within the dorsal retina but proximal to the recorded. 7 Zygoptera species and 7 species of arrenu- ventral retina. Three identified L-neurons innervate the rid mite have been studied. Particular attention has dorsal retina and extend the one-dimensional mapping been paid to Coenagrion puella and its parasites. New arrangement of median ocellar L-neurons, with fields of host records are included." (Authors)] Address: Baker, view that are directed at the horizon. One further L- R.A., School of Biological Sciences, University of neuron innervates the ventral retina and is adapted for Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UL. E-mail: pabrab@leeds. wide-field intensity summation. In both median and late- ac.uk ral ocelli, a distinct subclass of descending L-neuron 6627. Beaton, G. (2007): Dragonflies and Damsel- carries multi-sensory information via graded and rege- flies of Georgia and the Southeast. Wormsloe Founda- nerative potentials. Dragonfly ocelli are adapted for high tion Nature Book. University of Georgia Press. ISBN- sensitivity as well as a modicum of resolution, especial- 13: 978-0820327952 : 355 pp. (in English). ["... Organi- ly in elevation, suggesting a role for attitude stabilisation zed for easy use in the field, this abundantly illustrated by localization of the horizon." (Authors)] Address: Ber- guide, with more than 400 color photographs, is the first ry, R., Research School of Biological Sciences, Austra- to cover Georgia's Odonata. It details more than 150 lian National University, PO Box 475, Canberra, ACT species - species that are also the ones most likely to 2601, Australia. E-mail: [email protected] be seen throughout the U.S. Southeast north of Florida. 6629. Berry , R.P.; Stange , G.; Warrant, E.J. (2007): The guide first explains dragonfly and damselfly body Form vision in the insect dorsal ocelli: An anatomical parts, taxonomy, life cycles, and habitats; discusses and optical analysis of the dragonfly median ocellus. conservation issues; and offers tips on observing and Vision Res. 2007: 1394-1409. (in English). ["Previous photographing odonates. Later chapters, organized ac- work has suggested that dragonfly ocelli are specifically cording to the ten odonate families, such as spread- adapted to resolve horizontally extended features of the wings, darners, spiketails, and emeralds, provide gene- world, such as the horizon. We investigate the optical ral family information followed by accounts of individual and anatomical properties of the median ocellus of He- species. The beautifully illustrated species accounts micordulia tau and Aeshna mixta to determine the ex-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 37 tent to which the findings support this conclusion. Dra- Germany. E-mail: alexander.baronrothschild@google- gonfly median ocelli are shown to possess a number of mail.com remarkable properties: astigmatism arising from the el- liptical shape of the lens is cancelled by the bilobed 6632. Bönsel, A.; Matthes, J.; Matthes, H.; Runze, shape of the inner lens surface, interference microsco- M. (2007): Erfolgskontrollen nach Revitalisierungen von py reveals complex gradients of refractive index within Feldsöllen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Auswirkungen the lens, the morphology of the retina results in zones auf Rotbauchunke, Laubfrosch und Libellen. Natur und of high acuity, and the eye has an exceedingly high Landschaft 82: 129-136. (in German, with English sensitivity for a diurnal terrestrial invertebrate. It is conc- summary). [The article reports on measures taken from luded that dragonfly ocelli employ a number of simple, 2001 to 2004 to revitalize 19 kettle ponds in north- yet elegant, anatomical and optical strategies to ensure eastern Germany. After revitalization measures, a zone high sensitivity, fast transduction speed, wide fields of designed to sequester nutrients was set up around views and a modicum of spatial resolving power." each kettle pond, and partly planted with woody plants. (Authors)] Address: Berry, R.P., Research School of Recolonization by Bombina bombina, Hyles arborea Biological Sciences, Australian National University, (both Amphibia) and dragonflies was recorded in the P.O. Box 475, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. E-mail: first vegetation period immediately after the measures, [email protected] and again in 2005. The documentation shows that the nutrient sequestration zone did not prevent eutrophica- 6630. Beschovski, V.; Marinov, M. (2007): Fauna, tion. Only the revitalized ponds surrounded with peaty ecology, and zoogeography of dragonflies (Insecta: soil were protected sufficiently from non-point nutrient Odonata) of Bulgaria. Monographiae Biologicae 82. Bi- inputs, and remained mesotrophic. B. bombina and H. ogeography and Ecology of Bulgaria. ISBN-978-1- arborea colonized ponds regardless of eutrophication 4020-4417-5: 199-232. (in English). [68 dragonfly spe- processes. Species losses were recorded between ini- cies have been reported from Bulgaria. "According to tial and follow-up monitoring only when there had been their larval habitat, they are divided in two ecological anthropogenic fish stocking, or if ponds were tempora- complexes: rheophilous and limnophilous. Adaptations ry. "Of the 34 dragonfly species recorded, most were of both complexes are discussed. Zoogeographical autochthonous, and their numbers high in mesotrophic characteristics are given at the genus and species le- waters. Pioneer species disappeared quickly or remai- vel. Their vertical and horizontal distribution is outlined. ned only in the mesotrophic waters, with small numbers Seven phenological groups are established. Their habi- of individuals. Such dynamics were recorded in a range tats are divided in 12 groups; for each group, key spe- of rural areas. If filtering capacity and thus groundwater cies and co-occurring species are listed." (Authors)] protection and the promotion of the two amphibian spe- Address: Marinov, M., P.O. Box 134, BG-1000 Sofia, cies listed in Annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive Bulgaria. E-mail: [email protected] are the targeted functional utility of kettle ponds, then the revitalization measures were a success. If, howe- 6631. Blanke, A. (2007): The dragonfly assemblage ver, the goal is to maintain species-rich dragonfly popu- of Santa Teresa – patterns of behaviour and habitat use lations over several years, it is essential to prevent non- in a tropical environment. Diplomarbeit. Mathematisch- point nutrient inputs via drainage water. Establishing Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Rheinischen protective planted zones did not prove successful in this Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn: V, 124 pp. (in regard. While this measure did prevent erosion, draina- English, with German summary). [Brasil; "This study ge always introduces unfiltered, nutrient-rich water. has focused on the role of several factors for behaviour Targeted filtration of drainage water is the key require- of four Neotropical dragonfly assemblages close to ment for kettle pond revitalization in rural landscapes." each other. It was shown that in areas with identical (Authors)] Address: Bönsel, A., Vasenbusch 15, 18337 climate, the microhabitat severely influences the diel Gresenhorst, Germany. E-mail: Andre.Boensel@gmx. activity pattern of some species. Theories stating in- de terspecifical changes of behaviour in relation to body size, failed to explain the great behavioural changes 6633. Bolek, M.G.; Janovy, J. Jr. (2007): Small frogs observed for the same species. Every species has be- get their worms first: The role of nonodonate arthropo- haved differently in each area. Some behavioural diffe- des in the recruitment of Haematoloechus coloradensis rences were significant, and lead to the assumption that and Haematoloechus complexus in newly meta- microhabitat changes (i.e. spatial structure) sometimes morphosed Northern Leopard frogs, Rana pipiens, and superpose the influences of body size and species as- Woodhouse's toads, Bufo woodhousii. Jour. Parasitol. semblage. Some observed species even showed the 93(2): 300-312. (in English). ["Studies on the life cycles typical activity patterns expected from the other group, and epizootiology of North American frog lung flukes that is perching or flight respectively. A wide perceptive indicate that most species utilize odonates as second horizon, which is stated for the larger species in this intermediate hosts; adult frogs become infected by in- study, seems to demand flexible behaviour, enabling gesting odonate intermediate hosts. Newly meta- the species to adapt to as many habitats as possible. morphosed frogs are rarely infected with these parasi- Species with a narrow perceptive horizon (i.e. genera- tes, predominantly because they are gape-limited pre- lists) are also able to colonize many areas, because dators that cannot feed on large intermediate hosts their requirements to the environment allow a wider such as dragonflies. We examined the role of the frog spectrum of habitats. A stricter and perch-orientated diet and potential intermediate hosts in the recruitment behaviour pattern is supposed to be characteristic for of the frog lung fluke, Haematoloechus coloradensis, to these species." (Author)] Address: Blanke, A., Section metamorphosed Rana pipiens, Bufo woodhousii, and Lower Arthropods, Alexander Koenig Research Institute bullfrogs (R. catesbeiana) from western Nebraska. Be- and Museum of Zoology - Leibniz Institute for Terrestri- cause of the uncertain validity of H. coloradensis as a al Biodiversity - Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, distinct species from Haematoloechus complexus, morphological characters of both species were reevalu-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 38 ated and the life cycles of both species were completed H. parviplexus indicate that they differ in their acetabu- in the laboratory. The morphological data on H. colora- lum length and width, ovary shape, testes length, and densis and H. complexus indicate that they differ in egg length and width. Experimental infections of plains their oral sucker to pharynx ratio, uterine loop distributi- leopard frogs, northern leopard frogs, and bullfrogs with on, and placement of vitelline follicles. However, in worms from bullfrogs indicate that the synonymy of H. terms of their life cycles, both species are quite similar parviplexus with H. varioplexus is not warranted, and in their use of physid snails as first intermediate hosts, that these flukes are distinct species, i.e., H. parviple- a wide range of nonodonate and odonate arthropods as xus in bullfrogs and H. varioplexus in plains leopard second intermediate hosts, and leopard frogs and toads frogs and northern leopard frogs." (Authors)] Address: as definitive hosts. These results indicate that H. colo- Bolek, M.G., School of Biological Sciences, University radensis and H. complexus are generalists at the se- of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, USA. E- cond intermediate host level and might be able to infect mail: [email protected] newly metamorphosed leopard frogs and toads by u- sing small nonodonate arthropods more commonly than 6635. Bouwman, J.; Groenendijk, D. (2007): New re- other frog lung fluke species. Comparisons of populati- cords of Somatochlora arctica in northwestern Lower on structure of adult flukes in newly metamorphosed le- Saxony (Odonata: Corduliidae). Libellula 26(1/2): 35- opard frogs indicate that the generalist nature of H. co- 40. (in German, with English summary). ["During two vi- loradensis metacercariae enables it to colonize young sits to the German side of the borderland of the Provin- of the year leopard frogs more commonly than other ce Groningen (Netherlands) and the Emsland district Haematoloechus spp. that only use odonates as se- (western Lower Saxony, Germany) in June and July cond intermediate hosts. In this respect, the generalist 2006 we recorded S. arctica at three new localities. All nature of H. coloradensis and H. complexus at the se- records pertain to adult males, up to seven at a time. cond intermediate host level is an avenue for the colo- These findings point to the possibility that this enigmatic nization of young of year frogs." (Authors) The paper and regionally rare dragonfly may be present at more contains fascinating pictures of the H. coloradensis cer- sites in the northwest of Germany and the northeast of carial attachment, creeping, and penetration behaviour the Netherlands than hitherto supposed." (Authors)] Ad- on Ischnura verticalis.] Address: Bolek, M.G., School of dress: Groenendijk, D., Dutch Butterfly Conservation, Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, P.O. Box 506, NL-6700 AM Wageningen, The Nether- Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, USA. E-mail: mbolek@ unl- lands. E-mail: [email protected] serve.unl.edu 6636. Braccia, A.; Voshell, J.R.; van Christman, D. 6634. Bolek, M.G.; Janovy, J. Jr. (2007): Evolutiona- (2007): The Odonata of newly constructed ponds with ry avenues for, and constraints on, the transmission of life history and production of dominant species. Aquatic frog lung flukes (Haematoloechus spp.) in dragonfly se- Insects 29(2): 115-130. (in English). ["The species com- cond intermediate hosts. Jour. Parasitol. 93(3): 593- position of an odonate assemblage from six new ponds 607. (in English). ["Metacercariae survival patterns and in Virginia, USA, was documented, and life histories their distribution in second intermediate odonate hosts and production of three dominant odonate taxa (Anax were examined for 4 species of frog lung flukes. Sur- junius, Gomphus exilis, and Enallagma civile) were de- veys of aquatic larvae and recently emerged teneral termined. The assemblage consisted of 19 species and dragonflies and damselflies indicated that prevalence was numerically dominated by A. junius, G. exilis, E. ci- and mean abundance of Haematoloechus spp. meta- vile, and libellulids. Production of A. junius, G. exilis, and E. civile was 795 mg DW m-2 yr-1, 27 mg DW m-2 yr- cercariae were significantly lower in teneral dragonflies 1 -2 -1 than larval dragonflies, while there was no significant , and 236 mg DW m yr , respectively. Coefficients of difference in prevalence or mean abundance of Haema- variation for production of each species were 50.77%, toloechus spp. metacercariae among larval and teneral which suggests that variance should be considered in damselflies. Experimental infections of dragonflies indi- production estimates, especially if results are to be cated that metacercariae of Haematoloechus colora- compared across studies or habitats. Low density and densis and Haematoloechus complexus were located in production of the dominant species in this study may be the head, thorax, and branchial basket of dragonflies, a result of inadequate densities of food items and limi- whereas metacercariae of Haematoloechus longiplexus ted availability of preferred habitat in the newly created and Haematoloechus parviplexus were restricted to the ponds." (Authors)] Address: Braccia, Amy, Department branchial basket of these hosts. Metacercariae of H. co- of Entomology. Blacksburg, Virginia. USA; E-Mail rvos- loradensis, H. complexus, and H. longiplexus infected [email protected] the head, thorax, and abdomen of damselflies, but the- 6637. Brauner, O. (2007): Winterbeobachtungen von se insects were resistant to infection with H. parviple- Libellen auf La Gomera und La Palma, Kanarische In- xus. Subsequent metamorphosis experiments on expe- seln (Odonata). Libellula 26(3/4): 213-232. (in German, rimentally infected dragonflies indicated that most me- with English summary). ["In February of the years 2001, tacercariae of H. longiplexus were lost from the bran- 2004 and 2007 Odonata were observed in La Gomera, chial basket during metamorphosis, but most metacer- and in February 2000 and November/ December 2005 cariae of H. coloradensis, H. complexus, and H. par- in La Palma. During these journeys, ten species were viplexus survived dragonfly metamorphosis. These ob- recorded at 49 sites in La Gomera, and nine species at servations suggest that the observed ecological host 26 sites in La Palma. Compared to the published litera- specificity of H. longiplexus in semiterrestrial leopard ture, in La Palma the first records of Ischnura saharen- frogs may be due to few metacercariae of H. longiple- sis, Anax ephippiger, Sympetrum nigrifemur and xus reaching these frogs in a terrestrial environment. Trithemis arteriosa were taken. In addition, the first re- Because of the uncertain validity of Haematoloechus cord of Anax parthenope from this island taken in June varioplexus as a distinct species from its synonym H. 2006 is presented. Concerning La Gomera, two new si- parviplexus, their morphological characters were reeva- tes of Zygonyx torridus in the island are presented, inc- luated. The morphological data on H. varioplexus and

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 39 luding the first observations of larvae and exuviae, and kes; Migrant Dragonfly Update 2007 Adrian Parr; Bon- A. ephippiger is recorded from there also for the first jour from Across the Pond Caroline Daguet; First Dates time. With the exception of Z. torridus, all recorded O- for 2007 Adrian Parr; BD S Diary of Events, Call for donata species were observed during February in the Field Meetings for 2008, BDS Members' Day 2007, Y- adult stage. In six species emergence was observed ork,; Conservation Projects. a Practical Example and between December and February. Annotations on the some Useful Principles 8; Hot news'. fresh from the phenology of the species are given." (Authors)] Ad- BDS Web Site; From the Dragonflies in Focus Officer dress: Brauner, O., R.-Breitscheid-Straße 62, D-16225 Graham French; Broad-bodied Chaser Survey 2007 Eberswalde, Germany. E-mail: oliver.brauner@gmail. Graham French; Report of the Dragonfly Conservation com Group Pam Taylor; Favourite Places: Wilson's Pits, Northamptonshire Mark Tyrrell; Field Meeting Reviews: 6638. Bried, J.T.; Herman, B.D.; Ervin, G.N. (2007): River Dee around Aldford & Churton, Cheshire - 20th Umbrella potential of plants and dragonflies for wetland April 2007, Larvae Identification Workshop, Brandon conservation: a quantitative case study using the Marsh, Warwickshire. 21st April 2007. River Nene, umbrella index. Journal of Applied Ecology 44(4): 833- Northants. 26th May 2007, Spinningdale Bog, Highland, 842. (in English). [" 1. Shortcuts to measuring biodiver- Scotland. 3rd June 2007, Garrick and Calrossie Woods, sity enable prioritization of conservation effort in the Highland, Scotland. 6th June 2007, Rubha Mor, Coi- face of limited time, personnel and funding. The con- gach, Scotland. 9th June 2007, A Weekend with Dra- servation umbrella approach focuses management ef- gonflies'at Juniper Hall. 15-17* June 2007, Adult Identi- fort according to individual species that may confer pro- fication Workshop, Brandon Marsh Warwickshire. 16th tection to a larger community. This approach can help June 2007, Chartley Moss, Shropshire. 16th June 2007. guide the management agenda towards attainable "In search of the White-faced Darter", Mointeach nan goals by maximizing conservation returns per unit ef- Lochain Dubha, Skye - 16th June 2007, Elvetham fort. The development of the umbrella index has shown Heath, Hants. 17th June 2007, Loch Caol, Skye. 17th promise in identifying umbrella species in terrestrial e- June 2007, Logierait Woods, Pitlochry, Perthshire. 21st cosystems but has received little attention with respect June 2007, Countess Wear, Exeter, Devon. 22nd June to the management of wetland ecosystems. 2. We used 2007, Glovers Pond, Chobham Common, Surrey. 23rd the umbrella index to assess the umbrella potential of June 2007, Grand Western Canal, Devon. 23rd June vascular plants and dragonflies (Odonata) from 15 wet- 2007, Upton Fen, Norfolk. 23 June 2007, Stover CP land impoundments in northern Mississippi, USA. The and Bovey Heathfield Devon WT Reserve - 24th June presence of adult odonates was determined by repea- 2007, Tanera Mor, the Summer Isles, Scotland. 7th July ted visual surveys and plant lists were compiled from 50 2007, Warren Heath, Hartley Witney, Hampshire. 15th plots per site. 3. Umbrella schemes, or the sites occu- July 2007, Tithe Farm, Marton, Warwickshire. 28th July pied by top umbrella species, missed large numbers of 2007; Members' Letters & Observations: On the Re- beneficiary species and occurrences. With one excepti- liability of Binoculars for Identification Keith Lovegrove; on, umbrella schemes failed to optimize conservation Golden-ringed may eat veg as well! Dave Dana, Bri- returns relative to randomized schemes in both as- tain's Largest Dragonfly attacks Europe's Smallest Bird semblages. Also, umbrella schemes approximately e- Brian Easlea, Ruddy Explosion! Dave Dana; Publicati- qualled the performance of non-umbrella schemes both ons & Reviews: Gossamer Wings. Mysterious Dragon- overall and for species with a low rate of occurrence. flies Dagmar Hilfert-Rüppell & Georg Rüppell, 'Dra- Low occurrence rates in both assemblages may have gonflies' Steve Brooks, The Dragonflies of Essex Ted hindered umbrella index performance because the in- Benton &John Dobson, Field Guide to the Larvae and dex assumes that species with moderate occurrence Exuviae of British Dragonflies Steve Cham; BDS Busi- rates have the most umbrella potential. 4. Cross-taxon ness: The Board of Trustees, BDS votes for by-law analyses (Mantel tests and McNemar tests) suggested changes, Proposed change to By-laws, You Can Help!, transferability of plant and dragonfly umbrella schemes, Help needed with a new National Atlas, Site photo- and non-random association between the plants and graphs wanted."] Address: BDS, c/o Hepper, D., 12 dragonflies in these wetlands. 5. Synthesis and applica- Three Stiles Rd, Farnham, Surry GU9 7DE, UK. E-mail: tions. Despite the questionable performance of umbrel- [email protected] la schemes in our study, the use of a quantitative eco- logical tool such as the umbrella index instead of politi- 6640. Brockhaus, T. (2007): Überlegungen zur cal or popularity criteria is strongly recommended for fu- Faunengeschichte der Libellen in Europa während des ture selection of umbrella species. The results of cross- Weichselglazials (Odonata). Libellula 26(1/2): 1-17. (in taxon analyses supported growing evidence for spatial German, with English and Swedish summary). ["In and functional relationships between wetland mac- contrast to other aquatic insect groups, no relevant dis- rophytes and adult odonates. We suggest that the more cussion on the faunal history of the Odonata during the easily measured assemblage can be used to set priori- Ice Age exists. In the present paper I examine previous ties for wetland conservation planning in circumstances hypo theses regarding the postglacial settlement of where human resources are constrained." (Authors)] dragonflies in Europe. I include a short overview of the Address: Jason T. Bried, J.T., The Nature Conservancy processes during the Ice Age. Especially I write about Eastern New York Conservation Office and Albany Pine the present state of knowledge of the climate, country- Bush Preserve Commission, 195 New Karner Road, side and habitats during the Weichsel Glacial Stage. Albany, NY 12205–4605, USA. E-mail [email protected] There are in East Germany extensive findings from a- bout 33,000 years ago. But there is no fossil evidence 6639. British Dragonfly Society (2007): The newslet- of dragon flies from that time. In addition, in the context ter of the British Dragonfly Society Autumn 2007. Dra- of present knowledge of the ecology, morphology, phy- gonfly News 52: 1-32. (in English). ["Message from the siology and dispersal of Odonata, I develop a hypothe- President Peter Mill; Farewell to Caroline Daguet Tim sis regarding the possible dragon fly fauna of the tundra Beynon; From the Conservation Officer Katharine Par- of that time. It is possible that both coldstenothermic

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 40 and eurythermic species belong to this periglacial fau- four different periods. Before 1950, about 28 species na. I offer further suggestions regarding the treatment occurred, including several typically rheophile species, of this question that may contribute to a better un- like Gomphus vulgatissimus, Ophiogomphus cecilia and derstanding of ecological findings and to the history of Onychogomphus forcipatus. Between 1950 and 1989, dispersion and zoogeography of Palaearctic dragon- the diversity of dragonflies fell severely, due to water flies." (Authors)] Address: Brockhaus, T., An der Mor- pollution and habitat destruction (canalisation and agri- gensonne 5, D-09387 Jahnsdorf, Germany. E-mail: cultural activities). From 1990 onwards, the dragonfly [email protected] diversity increased again, due to floodplain restoration, reduced pollution and climate change. In the most re- 6641. Buczyński, P.; Zawal, A. (2007): Dragonflies cent period (1998-2006), more than 38 species were (Odonata) of the "Szare Lake" nature reserve. Parki recorded n the Grensmaas floodplain, including several Narodowe i Rezerwaty Przyrody 26(4): 79-91. (in Po- Red List species like Libellula fulva and Sympecma lish, with English summary). [28 species of Odonata fusca. Currently, G. stylurus does not have a stable po- were recorded in 2004 in the "Szare Lake" nature re- pulation in the river, but occurs as a summer migrant. serve (NW Poland, West Pomeranian Lake District). Another 11 species are currently also most likely to be Dragonfly assemblages of aquatic habitats in the reser- migrants, since their specific breeding habitat is lacking. ve were analysed. Particular attention was paid to Sza- It is expected that the dragonfly diversity will increase re Jake which is a well preserved representative of lo- slightly and population sizes will grow as a result of a belian lakes. The importance of lobelian lakes for dra- new large-scale floodplain restoration project, in which gonfly conservation in Poland and Europe is discus- the width of the river bed will be enlarged to the size it sed.] Address: Buczyński, P., Dept of Zool., Maria Cu- had around 1850. Another major improvement will be rie-Skłodowska University, Akademicka 19, PL-20-033 the smaller amounts of silt in the riverbed, as silt has a Lublin, Poland. E-mail: [email protected] negative impact on the habitat of larvae of rheophile species. Most of the silt originates from these wage 6642. Burkart, G.; Burkart, W. (2007): Die Libellen- which was until recently discharged untreated by the ci- fauna der Ostseeinsel Gotland (Odonata). Libellula 26 ty of Liège in Belgium." (authors)] Address: Knijf, G. de, (1/2): 119-142. (in German, with English and Swedish Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, Kliniekstraat 25, B-1070 summary). ["During 17 trips between 1982 and 2006 to Brussel, Belgium. E-mail: [email protected] Gotland, we investigated 126 sites regarding the occur- rence of Odonata. Altogether we recorded 36 species 6645. Carchini, G.; Della Bella, V.; Solimini, A.G.; of Odonata in the island. Since 1998 four species, Bazzanti, M. (2007): Relationships between the pre- Sympecma fusca, S. paedisca, Aeshna mixta and Anax sence of odonate species and environmental characte- imperator, were recorded as new for Gotland. We could ristics in lowland ponds of central Italy. Ann. Limnol... not confirm the presence of Nehalennia speciosa and Int. J. Lim. 43(2): 81-87. (in English). ["A set of 21 Calopteryx splendens, which had been reported from ponds was sampled three times for odonate larvae du- Gotland in earlier studies." (Authors)] Address: Burkart, ring spring 2002. At the same time 17 environmental Gudrun, Am Emel 7, D-27412 Wilstedt, Germany. E- variables were recorded including area, wet phase du- mail: [email protected] ration, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, aquatic mac- rophytes and land use. A total of 16 odonate species 6643. Butler, S.G. (2007): The larva of Gomphidia t- belonging to Lestidae, Coenagrionidae, and nigrum Selys from Nepal (Anisoptera: Gomphidae). Libellulidae were recorded, and the total number of Odonatologica 36(4): 399-403. (in English). ["The final species per pond varied from zero to six. The relations- instar exuviae from the Phewa Tal lake at Pokhara, Ne- hips between species richness, assemblages and envi- pal is described and illustrated and comparison is made ronmental variables were studied by simple and multip- with Ictinogomphus rapax larvae, inhabiting the same le correlation and by Canonical Correspondence Analy- water body. Mention is made of the more noted diffe- sis (CCA). The results showed that permanent ponds rences between the SE Asian Lindeniinae genera." (Au- were larger, deeper, had more macrophyte species, thor)] Address: Butler, S.G., Red Willow, All Stretton, had more extensive macrophytes cover and lower con- Shropshire SY6 6HN, UK. E-mail: sgbutler15@btopen- centrations of nitrogen and phosphorus than temporary world.com ponds. Multiple regression analysis showed that the 6644. Calle, P.; Knijf, G. de; Kurstjens, G.; Peters, B. number of odonate species was positively affected (2007): Actuele en historische libellenfauna van de firstly by the number of macrophyte species, and then grensmaas. Natuurhistorisch maandblad 96(10 ): 269- by pond depth. However, pond depth appeared to be 277. (in Dutch, with English summary). ["Present and interchangeable with several others variables, such as historic biodiversity of dragonflies in the Grensmaas pond area and water duration and negatively correlated floodplain: The stretch of the river Meuse between with nitrogen concentration, variables which are all lin- Maastricht (NL) and Maaseik (B), known as the Grens- ked with the permanent or temporary status of the maas, is unique to the Netherlands and Flanders be- ponds. CCA analysis indicated that odonate species cause of its rapidly flowing water, gravel banks and is- presence was linked with a few environmental variab- lands. This article discusses the historic and present les, showing a tendency of Odonata to avoid ponds with value of this floodplain for dragonfly species. In 2006, higher nitrogen concentrations, with the exception of extensive research was done in several nature reserves Lestes barbarus, a species typical of temporary water in along the river and in the summer streambed of the ri- central Italy. At the same time, the majority of species ver itself, to assess the consequences for flora and fau- were linked with longer water phase duration and with na of 10-15 years of habitat restoration work in this greater macrophyte species richness. A comparison floodplain. In this context, the dragonfly fauna was also with previous studies, and in particular with those car- surveyed, with special attention being paid to the strictly ried out in central Italy, confirmed the positive influence protected Gomphus flavipes. Data are presented for of macrophytes, water duration, and also the negative effect of nutrient load. However, several other variables,

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 41 in particular land use, shade, presence of fish, which 6648. Cham, S. (2007): Field Guide to the Larvae were influential in other studies, were not significant in and Exuviae of British Dragonflies. Volume 1: Dragon- this study." (Authors)] Address: Carchini, G., Diparti- flies (Anisoptera). British Dragonfly Society. ISBN-13: mento di Biologia, Università "Tor Vergata", Viale della 9780955647109: 80 pp. (in English). ["This field guide Ricera Scientifica, I-00133 Roma, Italy. E-mail: archi- aids the identification of dragonfly larvae and exuviae [email protected] without the need for keys. It is fully illustrated with clo- se-up colour photographs of all the key distinguishing 6646. Carvalho, A.L. (2007): Recomendaçoes para a features. Includes information on where to find larvae coleta, criaçao e colecionamento de lavras de Odonata. and exuviae and emergence periods for each species." Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 65(1): 3- (Publisher)] Address: Cham, S., 24 Bedford Avenue, 15. (in Portuguese, with English summary). ["Recom- Silsoe, Bedford, MK45 4ER UK. E-mail: SteveCham1@ mendations for collecting, rearing, and storing larvae of compuserve.com Odonata. The taxonomy of the dragonfly larvae of Ne- otropical Region is still very poor. Manuals or guides 6649. Chang, X.; Zhai, B.; Wang, M.; Wang, B. about this subject are not available yet. So, it is neces- (2007): Relationship between exposure to an insectici- sary to breeding unknown larvae for their correct identi- de and fluctuating asymmetry in a damselfly (Odonata, fication, based on the related emerged adults, and Coenagriidae). Hydrobiologia 586(1): 213-220. (in Eng- posterior description. Methods for all the steps of the lish). ["In this study, we explored the effects of pesticide work related to the manipulation of these forms in the on fluctuating asymmetry (FA) levels and mortality of field and in the laboratory, specially the rearing, are Ceriagrion sp. larvae. The results showed that the mor- presented in detail. Each procedure is discussed and tality of larval damselflies treated with pesticide was associated with biological data. Alternative materials, significantly higher than that treated with tap water cheap and easy to find, are preferentially indicated." which had been aerated for 48 h, but there were no (Author)] Address: Carvalho, A.L., Museu Nacional / significant differences among mortality of larvae treated UFRJ, Departamento de Entomologia. Quinta da Boa with different concentrations of pesticide. Meanwhile, Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, we found that the level of FA of the first tibia length, one Brasil. of the seven bilaterally symmetrical traits (First femur length, First tibia length, Second femur length, Second 6647. Catling, P.M. (2007): Variation of hind-wing co- tibia length, Third femur length, Third tibia length and lour and length in Sympetrum internum (Odonata: Libel- Prementum width), differed significantly with different lulidae) from the Canadian prairie provinces. Canadian treatments, whereas the others did not show any signi- Entomologist 139(6): 872-880. (in English, with French ficant differences. The Bonferroni (Dunn) t Tests revea- summary). ["Amber coloration, called saffroning, ex- led that FA of the first tibia length at 15 × 10-9 mgl-1 tends from 1 to 15 mm across the hind-wing base in was significantly higher than that at 1.5 × 10-9 mgl-1 females of S. internum from the prairie provinces but and control. There was no significant relationship bet- extends only from 2 to 3 mm in males. There are no ween trait size and the absolute difference between substantial differences in hind-wing length between the their right and left sides. There was also no significant sexes. A significant correlation was found between relationship between body size and the absolute diffe- hind-wing length and the extent of saffroning for both rence between right and left sides. Trait size was signi- males and females. Regressions of these characters ficantly positively correlated with body size. FA was not against latitude and longitude revealed that (1) there is associated with mortality. Therefore, we concluded that a significant decrease in hind-wing length northward for FA of the first tibia length of Ceriagrion sp. larvae may both sexes; (2) there is a significant decrease in saffro- be induced by sublethal doses of pesticides. That is to ning northward that is more significant for females; (3) say, its FA may be regarded as an indicator of reflecting there is no significant effect of longitude on hind-wing the level of pesticide stress." (Authors)] Address: E- length; and (4) saffroning in females significantly inc- mail: [email protected] reases westward but there is no similar effect in males, and the trend in females is much less significant than 6650. Chaplina, I.A.; Dumont, H.J.; Haritonov, A.Yu.; the latitudinal trend. Within the prairie provinces, exten- Popova, O.N. (2007): A review of the Odonata of Ka- sive saffroning is confined to the Prairie Ecozone and zakhstan. Odonatologica 36(4): 349-364. (in English). moderate saffroning occurs around the edges of this ["The odonate fauna of Kazakhstan (86 species) is re- ecozone. The surrounding Boreal Plains Ecozone is viewed, using literature data, miscellaneous collections characterized by females with very limited saffroning. and the results of an expedition by the authors in July There is generally extensive variation in the extent of 2004. Aeshna caerulea, A. subarctiea, Somatochlora saffroning within some Prairie Ecozone locations, ran- graeseri (all from the S Altai mountains), Macromia ging from limited to moderate or extensive, but limited amphigena fraenata (Sibinskie Lakes near Ust'-Ka- and moderate saffroning were more frequent at most menogorsk), Calopteryx samarcandica, Coenagrion hy- locations in the Prairie Ecozone. Various explanations las, and Anormogomphus kiritchenkoi (all based on for saffroning are considered. Since limited, moderate, specimens in Zool. Inst. Russ. Acad. Sei., St. Peters- and extensive saffroning occur together throughout an burg) are first records for the country." (Authors) Calop- extensive area, and occur within many populations and teryx maracandica Bartenef 1913 and Calopteryx unico- within a group emerging at the same time, formal taxo- lor Bartenef 1912 are classified as synonyms of Calop- nomic recognition of individuals with moderate or ex- teryx samarcandica Bartenef 1912.] Address: Dumont, tensive saffroning seems unwarranted." (Author)] Ad- H.J., Univ. Gent, Inst. Animal Ecology, K.L. Lede- dress: Catling, P.M., 2326 Scrivens Drive, R.R. 3, Met- ganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. E-mail: Hen- calfe, Ontario K0A 2P0, Canada. E-mail: brownell@ [email protected] achilles.net 6651. Chaput-Brady, A.; Pays, O.; Lodé, T.; Secondi, J. (2007): Morphological clines in dendritic landscapes.

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 42 Freshwater Biology 52(9): 1677-1688. (in English). ["1. of Zoology, University of Burdwan, Mosquito Research In complex landscapes such as river networks, orga- Unit, Rajbati, Bardhaman, West Bengal, India nisms usually face spatio-temporal heterogeneity and gradients in geomorphological, water, ecological or 6653. Chelmick, D. (2007): Further observations of landscape characteristics are often observed at the Macromia splendens (Pictet) in Andalucia, Spain (Ani- catchment scale. These environmental variables deter- soptera: Macromiidae). Notul. odonatol. 6(10): 109-112. mine developmental conditions for larval stages of (in English). ["Chelmick (2006, Notul. odonatol. 6: 69- freshwater insects and influence adult phenotypic cha- 72) provided information on the status of M. splendens racteristics. Environmental clines are therefore expec- in Andalucia. This paper outlines further information on ted to generate morphological clines. Such a process the distribution, habitat and behaviour of this species in has the potential to drive gradual geographical change southern Spain. The paper concludes with discussion in morphology-dependent life history traits, such as on the conservation and threats to the habitat of this in- dispersal. 2. We studied the influence of aquatic and ternationally important species." (Author) In addition, terrestrial environmental factors on morphological varia- records are documented of Oxygastra curtisii and tions in Calopteryx splendens across the Loire draina- Gomphus graslinii, species likewise protected by law.] ge. To investigate these effects we took explicitly into Address: Chelmick, D.G., 31 High Beech Lane, Hay- account the hierarchical structure of the river network. wards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 1SQ, UK. E-mail: 3. We analysed eight morphological traits. Results [email protected] showed significant body size variation between tributa- 6654. Cicek, K.; Kermer, A. (2007): Food compositi- ries and the presence of a morphological cline at the on of the Marsh Frog, Rana ridibunda Pallas, 1771, in drainage scale. We observed an effect of pH and water Thrace. Turkish Journal of Zoology 31(1): 83-90. (in temperature on body size. Individuals in downstream si- English, with Turkish summary). [An analysis of the tes were larger than individuals in upstream sites, and stomach contents of 53 (19 males, 34 females) adult adults whose larval stages were exposed to alkaline pH individuals of Rana ridibunda was performed. The frog and high temperatures during summer were larger. 4. diet consisted of a wide variety of arthropods; Diptera Body size affects flight abilities in insects. Thus, our re- (42.62%) and Coleoptera (21.84%) were especially sults suggest that morphological clines may generate prominent. Aquatic forms did not contribute much to the an asymmetric dispersal pattern along the down- frog diet; Odonata were represented with less than 1% stream–upstream axis, downstream populations disper- of all prey items. The prey items identified indicate that sing farther than upstream ones. Such a process is ex- individuals of this species, like other ranids, are genera- pected to influence population genetic structure at the list opportunistic predators whose diet is most strongly drainage scale if larval drift and floods do not balance influenced by prey availability.] Address: Cicek, K., Ege an asymmetrical dispersal pattern of adults along the University, Faculty of Science, Biology Department, downstream–upstream gradient. To assess the influen- Zoology Section, TR-35100, Üzmir, Turkey ce of environmental gradients on the variation of life history traits it is important to understand the population 6655. Clausnitzer, H.-J.; Clausnitzer, C.; Hengst, R. biology of freshwater insects, and more generally of ri- (2007): Ergänzungen zur Ökologie von Ceriagrion verine organisms. It is also essential to integrate such tenellum in der südlichen Lüneburger Heide (Odonata: data in conservation or restoration programmes." (Au- Coenagrionidae). Libellula 26(3/4): 157-160. (in Ger- thors)] Address: Chaput-Bardy, Audrey, Laboratoire man, with English summary). ["After the mild winter of Paysages et Biodiversité, UFR Sciences, 2 Bd Lavoi- 2006/2007 featuring only very few days with temperatu- sier, 49045 Angers cedex 01, France. E-mail: audrey. res below 0°C, during summer 2007 C tennellum was [email protected] found in numbers at several ponds without flowing wa- ter, even emerging from a garden pond. The absence 6652. Chatterjee, S.N.; Ghosh, A.; Chandra, G. of frost during the preceding winter apparently enabled (2007): Eco-friendly control of mosquito larvae by Bra- the development to take place in these waters." chytron pratense nymph. Journal of Environmental (Authors)] Address: Clausnitzer, H.-J., Eichenstraße 11, Health 69(8): 44-48. (in English). ["The study reported D-29348 Eschede, Germany. E.mail: H.-J.CIausnitzer@ here revealed the biocontrol efficacy of aquatic nymphs t-online.de of the dragonfly Brachytron pratense against larvae of the mosquito Anopheles subpictus. It was found that 6656. Clausnitzer, H.-J.; Clausnitzer, C.; Hengst, R. during a 24-hour study period, a nymph of B. pratense (2007): Zur Ökologie von Ceriagrion tenellum im Be- would consume (mean value of three observations) 66 reich der nordöstlichen Verbreitungsgrenze in Nieder- fourth-instar An. subpictus larvae released in a water sachsen (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Libellula 26(1/2): bowl containing 3 liters of pond water. The consumption 19-34. (in German, with English summary). [" C. tenel- rate was significantly higher (p < .05) during the lights- lum has a south-western European distribution; hence on phase of the experiment than during the lights-off the populations in Lower Saxony are near its north- phase (t = 2.15). Under field conditions, a significant eastern limit. These populations were surveyed from decrease (p < .05) in larval density in dipper samples 1990 to 2006. The species lives mainly in primary habi- was observed 15 days after the introduction of dra- tats heathy peatlands and creeks with paludification but gonfly nymphs (10 individuals) in concrete tanks. The there are also some populations in artificial habitats. It biocontrol potential of the nymphs under field conditions was found in 60 localities, but not throughout the peri- was also indicated by a significant increase (p < .05) in od. In the last 15 years 19 new cases of colonisation of the density of mosquito larvae 15 days after the rem- bogs and ponds were observed. This positive trend oval of nymphs. In the control tanks (where no nymphs coincided with the renaturation of the small rivers Lutter were introduced), mean larval-mosquito density did not and Lachte, and with moderately cold winters. The lar- differ significantly throughout the study period (p > vae are susceptible to frost and therefore large popula- .05)." (Authors).] Address: Chatterjee. S.N., Department tions are associated with running water. After the winter

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 43 of 2005/2006 that had led to a longer freezing up of of male preference for female morphs in a population many waters, there were strong losses in ponds with 85% androchromes indicated that males behaved without, or with only very small, water current up to the indiscriminately and did not prefer the commonest (ma- total extinction of a local population. Winter cold forms le-like) morph. Our results support androchrome male the limiting factor for this species in the northeastern mimicry rather than learned mate recognition by males part of its range." (Authors)] Address: Clausnitzer, H.-J., (a purely frequency-dependent model) as the main me- Eichenstraße 11, D-29348 Eschede, Germany. E-mail: chanism behind the maintenance of this sex-limited co- [email protected] lour polymorphism." (Authors)] Address: Cordero Rive- ra, A., Departamento de Ecoloxia e Bioloxia Animal, U- 6657. Conn, A.T.; Burgess, S.C.; Ling, C.S. (2007): niversidade de Vigo, E.U.E.T. Forestal, Campus Uni- Design of a parallel crank-rocker flapping mechanism versitario, 36005 Pontevedra, Spain. E-mail: acorde- for insect-inspired micro air vehicles. Proceedings of [email protected] the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science 221(10): 1211- 6659. Czerniawska-Kusza, I. (Ed.) (2007): 14 O- 1222. (in English). ["In the current paper, a novel micro gólnopolskie Warsztaty Bentologiczne: Hydromorfolo- air vehicle (MAV) flapping mechanism for replicating in- giczna ocena ekosystemów wodnych. Opole-Turawa. sect wing kinematics is presented. Insects flap their Lanko, Opole: 74 pp. [The following odonatological pa- wings in a complex motion that enables them to pers are presented: Domeek, P., R. Dondajewska & R. generate several unsteady aerodynamic mechanisms, Gołdyn: Macrozoobenthos of the Antoninek reservoir on which are extremely beneficial for lift production. A the Cybinia river (pp. 15-16); — Koperski, P.:The pre- flapping wing MAV that can reproduce these aero- sence and pressure of fish as a factor determining the dynamic mechanisms in a controlled manner is likely to composition of invertebrate fauna (pp. 39-40); - outperform alternative flight platforms such as rotary Krzyżanowska, I.: The Pełcz river biodiversity based on wing MAVs. A biomimetic design approach was under- macrobcnthos (p. 46); - Nuckowska, K.: Water quality taken to develop a novel flapping mechanism, the assessment of the Santoczna river and the diversity of parallel crank-rocker (PCR).Unlike several existing flap- organisms occurring in the water (pp. 52-53).] Address: ping mechanisms (which are compared using an origi- not stated nal classification method), the PCR mechanism has an integrated flapping and pitching output motion which is 6660. Daguet, C. (2007): Odonata as indicators of not constrained. This allows the wing angle of attack, a climate change. Atropos 32: 26-28. (in English). [Gene- key kinematic parameter, to be adjusted and enables ral account on Odonata and climate change with focus the MAV to enact manoeuvres and have flight stability. on UK.] Address: Daguet, Caroline, English Nature Testing of a near-MAV scale PCR prototype using a North Mercia Team, Attingham Park, Shrewsbury, high-speed camera showed that the flapping angle and Shropshire SY4 4TW, UK. E-mail: caroline.daguet@ adjustable angle of attack both closely matched predic- english-nature.org.uk ted values, proving the mechanism can replicate insect 6661. Dana, D., (2007): Unusual thoracic marking on wing kinematics. A mean lift force of 3.35 g was measu- Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum. Atro- red with the prototype in a hovering orientation and pos 32: 58. (in English). [Colour structures of the thorax flapping at 7.15 Hz." (Authors) Fig. 2 presents a simpli- of a male E. cyathigerum, Isle of Wight, UK, 6-VI-2007] fied two-dimensional rigid-body linkages representing Address: Dana, D., 38 Yarborough Road, Wroxall, the mechanics of the Odonata wing joint.] Address: Ventnor, Isle of Wight, P038 3EA, UK Burgess, S.C., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, Queen’s Building, UniversityWalk, 6662. De Marmels, J. (2007): Una nueva especie de Bristol BS8 1TR, UK. E-mail: [email protected] Heteragrion Selys, 1862, endémica de la Cordillera de la Costa, Venezuela (Odonata, Zygoptera: Megapod- 6658. Cordero-Rivera, A.; Sánchez-Guillén, R.A. agrionidae). Memorias XX Congreso Venezolano de (2007): Male-like females of a damselfly are not prefer- Entomología, San Cristobal 22 al 26 de Julie 2007: 68- red by males even if they are the majority morph. Ani- 69. (in Spanish, with English translation of the title). mal Behaviour 74(2): 247-252. (in English). ["Animals [Record of Heteragrion n.sp. from the "Nenri Pittier" na- searching for prey and males searching for mates share tional Park, Edo. Aragua, Venezuela. The species is similar problems of detection if their targets are diverse similar to H. palmichale Hartung, 2002. The taxon is to in colour or physical appearance. There is good evi- be published in a scientific journal.] Address: De Mar- dence for predators switching their preferences for prey mels, J., Inst. Zool. Agricola, Fac. Agronomia, Univers. in a frequency-dependent way; predators focus on the Central de Venezuela, Apdo. 4579, Maracay 2101, most common form, and the decreased predation on ra- Edo. Aragua, Venezuela. E-mail: demarmjc@hotmail. rer forms allows multiple forms to survive. Frequency- com dependent mate selection has also been proposed to explain the maintenance of several female colour 6663. Dechant, G.; Klaus, S. (2007): Erfolgreiches morphs in damselflies. However, the fact that one of the Brüten des Bienenfressers (Merops apiaster L., 1758) female morphs is coloured like a male (androchrome) im Saale-Holzland-Kreis (Thüringen). Landschaftspfle- and behaves similarly to males suggests the phenome- ge und Naturschutz in Thüringen 44(3): 136-137. (in non of male mimicry in this system as an alternative German). [Current records of M. apiaster (Aves) in Thü- explanation for the polymorphism. We compared ringen, Germany are documented together with a note androchrome frequencies in populations and mating on habitat choice factors as nearby situated water bo- pairs in Ischnura elegans, over a range of androchrome dies as food resource. A picture with an odonate prey is frequencies (8–90%). In 22 of 23 samples androchro- given, and a general note on the importance of Odona- mes mated less often than expected (significantly in 13 ta as food for the eat eater is made.] Address: Klaus, samples). We found no evidence for males switching S., Lindenhöhe 5, D-07749 Jena, Germany. E-mail: their preferences in a frequency-dependent way. A test [email protected]

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 44 6664. Dehghani, R.;Miranzadeh, M.B.; Yosefzadeh, kersteni; Teinobasis malawiensis of T. alluaudi. It was M.; Zaman, S. (2007): Fauna aquatic insects in sewage confirmed that Chlorocnemis rossii is a junior synonym maturation ponds of Kashan University of Medical of C. flavipennis; Aciagrion congoense of A. africanum; Science 2005. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences Agriocnemis aligulae of A. maclachlani; Argiocnemis 10(6): 928-931. (in English). [9 samples in 2005 resul- umbargae of Ceriagrion annulatum; Ischnura hilli of I. ted in 1032 specimens of diverse taxa. Dominance was abyssinica. Africocypha ntaali is definitely a junior syn- as follows: Diptera (52%), Hemiptera (24%), Ciclopodi- onym of A. greyi, but their synonymy with ‘Libellago’ la- dadae (12%), Hydroacarinae (9.5%), Coleoptera cuselephantum must be investigated. Chlorocnemis (0.77%), Aranidae (0.67%), Hymenoptera (0.58%), and montana maccleeryi is nearer C. abbotti than nomino- Odonata (0.48%).] Address: Dehghani, R., Kashan Me- typic C. montana, and is raised to species level. Aci- dical Sciences University, Iran department of Environ- agrion hetero sticta karamoja is nearer A. gracile than mental Health, Kashan Medical Sciences University, nominotypic A. heterosticta, and is raised to species le- Kashan, Iran vel pending further revision. Aciagrion dondoense sp. nov., a species formerly confused with A. zambiense 6665. Dijkstra, K.-D. (2007): Dragonflies and Dam- and A. congoense (see above) is described. Africallag- selflies (Odonata) of Lokutu. RAP Bulletin of Biological ma sinuatum f. fugax pertains to a good species and is Assessment 46: 21-36. (in English). ["68 mostly Gui- described as A. pallidulum sp. nov. The possible speci- neo-Congolian running-water species were found, with fic status of caligata f. lacus requires further remarkable range extensions, as well as new species of study. Trithemis integra sp. nov., a species formerly Platycypha, Elattoneura and Mesocnemis. The results confused with T. basi tincta (see Part 1), is described. indicate a healthy watershed in the Lokutu surroun- The spelling Pseudagrion sjoestedti (versus P. sjosted- dings, with limited degrees of pollution and streambed ti) is advocated." (Author)] Address: Dijkstra, K.D., Gor- erosion. If forest cover and natural stream morphology testraat 11, NL-2311 MS Leiden, The Netherlands. E- are retained, the rich dragonfly fauna will be as well. mail: [email protected] The obtained species list is especially long considering the paucity of stagnant water species and the absence 6667. Dijkstra, K.-D. (2007): Dragonflies and dam- of certain Congolian endemics. This is explained by the selflies (Odonata) of the Atewa Range. In: McCullough, absence of their habitat and possibly by the barrier that J., L.E. Alonso, P. Naskrecki, H.E. Wright & Y. Osei- the extensive forest surrounding Lokutu (still) poses to Owusu (Editors). A rapid biological assessment of the the dispersal of open land species. The observed rich- Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Eastern Ghana. RAP ness is probably typical of the Congo Basin as a whole Bulletin of biological assessment 47: 50-54 (report),- and other areas are expected to be even richer. There- 137-142 (appendix). (in English). [Ghana; "A total of 72 fore the Lokutu area does not require specific conserva- species were found in the streams and rivers that have tion action.Unlike other groups traditionally surveyed in their headwaters within the reserve (and associated RAPs, Odonata are invertebrates, strongly tied to fresh- standing water habitats), although only 31 (43%) were water, that are not actively exploited by humans. This found strictly within the reserve’s boundaries. Eight RAP proved that it is possible to rapidly obtain a clear species were recorded in Ghana for the first time, of picture of Odonate diversity, even allowing a partial which six (75%) were recorded inside the reserve. Of description of their ecology. The rich and apparently these, Atoconeura luxata is the most significant disco- largely natural Odonate fauna found contrasts with the very because: (1) it had not been described at the time impoverished and imperiled status of the other groups and material taken during the RAP was included in its studied. Therefore it is recommended to use Odonata recently published description; (2) it is the only regional- more frequently to supplement biodiversity assess- ly threatened odonate found, being Red-listed as Vulne- ments of traditional groups, especially in the Congo Ba- rable in western Africa; and (3) it confirms the nationally sin, where sampling Odonata may show whether exis- unique ‘montane’ character of the site. The results indi- ting conservation priorities also protect watersheds and cate a healthy watershed in the forest reserve and the freshwater biodiversity." (Author)] Address: Dijkstra, K. surrounding area, with limited pollution and streambed D., Gortestraat 11, NL-2311 MS Leiden, The Nether- erosion. This is confirmed by the presence of forest lands. E-mail: [email protected]. nl species even in more disturbed landscapes. If forest cover and natural stream morphology are retained, the 6666. Dijkstra, K.D. (2007): The name-bearing types present dragonfly fauna is expected to persist. Howe- of Odonata held in the Natural History Museum of Zim- ver, if development activities were to entail the removal babwe, with systematic notes on Afrotropical taxa. Part of vegetation or mineral deposits from the range, its ca- 2: Zygoptera and descriptions of new species. Interna- pacity to store, buffer and filter rainwater would be seri- tional Journal of Odonatology 10(2): 137-170. (in Eng- ously compromised, jeopardizing the reliable discharge lish). ["Orthographic details of 118 name-bearing types of freshwater into the region’s rivers; an essential re- of Odonata and 11 ‘holotypes’ of forms, without nomen- source for millions of Ghanaians and a rich biodiversi- clatural status, are provided in two parts: the second ty." (Author) Appendix 3 provides a checklist of Odona- and present paper deals with Zygoptera. The taxonomy ta recorded from Ghana.] Address: Dijkstra, K.D., Cura- of the gracilis-group of Chlorocypha and the Afrotropical tor of invertebrates, National Zoological Collection of members of Prodasineura and Aciagrion are discussed. Suriname, University of Suriname, P.O. Box 9212, Pa- Chlorocypha fabamacula is removed from synonymy ramaribo, Suriname. E-mail: [email protected] with C. wittei; Pseudagrion superbum from P. serrula- tum. Chlorocypha basilewskyi and possibly C. hasta are 6668. Dijkstra, K.-D. (2007): Rapid survey of dra- junior synonyms of C. tenuis – their treatment as a sub- gonflies and damselflies (Odonata) of North Lorma, Go- species of C. jacksoni and C. molindica respectively is la and Grebo National Forests, Liberia. RAP Bulletin of rejected; Elattoneura tropicalis of E. cellularis; Agrio- Biological Assessment 44: 25-28-79-85. (in English). cnemis dissimilis of A. palaeforma; Pseudagrion qua- ["During a rapid survey of the North Lorma, Gola and drioculatum of P. superbum; Pseudagrion williamsi of P. Grebo National Forests, 93 species of dragonflies and

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 45 damselflies were found. Seven species (Paragomphus reported from Sarawak for the first time. Relationships nigroviridis, Phyllogomphus moundi, Nesciothemis mi- of Chalybeothemis within the Libellulidae are discus- nor, Palpopleura deceptor, Tetrathemis polleni, Tramea sed." (Authors)] Address: Orr, A.G., Cooperative Re- limbata and Trithemis monardi) were recorded in Libe- search Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Ma- ria for the first time. Numbers of species and individuals nagement, Environmental Sciences, Griffith University, seemed low, probably because the survey was at the Nathan, Q 4111, Australia. E-mail: [email protected]. end of the wet season, rather than towards the start. au The results nonetheless indicate a healthy watershed in each forest, with limited pollution and streambed erosi- 6672. Dumont, H.J.; Vierstraete, A.; Vanfleteren, J.R. on. If forest cover and natural stream morphology are (2007): A revised molecular phylogeny of the Calopte- retained, the present dragonfly faunas are expected to rygidae (Zygoptera: ). Odonatologica persist. The most interesting species assemblage was 36(4): 365-372. (in English). ["An updated version of an recorded in Gola National Forest, including two species JTS-based phylogeny of the Calopteryginae, using se- (Sapho fumosa, Trithemis africana) of conservation quences of 31 ingroup taxa, is given. The subfamily concern. Gola National Forest is a major diamond mi- consists of 3 main clades, each with 2 subclades. Only ning area, and the possible beneficial and detrimental clade 1 (Calopteryx s. s.) is not exclusively Asian but impacts of these activities are discussed. Harbouring extends to Europe and North America. In the East- typical examples of a rich Upper Guinea fauna, each fo- Asian clade 2, the genus Matrona is found to be des- rest, and especially Gola National Forest, deserves to cended from an Atrocalopteryx-like ancestor. Several be conserved." (Author)] Address: Dijkstra, K.D., Gorte- so-called South-East Asian Calopteryx probably either straat 11, NL-2311 MS Leiden, The Netherlands. E- belong to Atrocalopteryx or to as yet unnamed genera mail: [email protected] near Atrocalopteryx. Archineura consists of 2 species, limited to China and Indo-China, and is rather basal to 6669. Dolny, A.; Pavlik, P. (2007): A phenologically clade 3. The subclade Neurobasis-Matronoides is wor- interesting record of Sympetrum striolatum (Charp.) (A- thy of further analysis." (Authors)] Address: Dumont, H. nisoptera: Libellulidae). Notul. odonatol. 6(9): 108. (in J., Univ. Gent, Inst. Animal Ecology, K.L. Ledeganck- English). [6 January 2005, active adult S. striolatum fe- straat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. E-mail: Henri.Dumont male in Stramberk Botanical Garden and Arboretum @rug.ac.be (alt. 353 m), Czech Republic (49°35'20"N, 18°07'29"E)] Address: Dolný, A., Katedra biologie a ekologie, Príro- 6673. Dyatlova, E.S. (2007): On the occurrence of dovedecká fakulta Ostravské univerzity, Bráfova 7, 701 abnormalities in venation of dragonflies (Insecta, Odo- 03, Ostrava 1, Czech Republic. E-mail: Alnes.Dolny@ nata). Vestnik zoologii 41(3): 219-225. (in Russian(?), osu.cz with English summary). [South-western Ukraine; ab- normal wings of Platycnemis pennipes, Ischnura pumi- 6670. Donath, H. (2007): Die Entwicklung der Odo- lio, Orthetrum brunneum, Aeshna mixta, and Croco- natenfauna im Gebiet des früheren Braunkohlentage- themis erythraea are figured and described. Possible baus Schlabendorf-Süd (Land Brandenburg, Niederlau- causes of the wing abnormalities are discussed. The sitz) über drei Jahrzehnte (Odonata). Entomologische frequency of occurrence of aberrant veins in wings of Nachrichten und Berichte 51(1): 7-14. (in German, with males of Calopteryx splendens is described.] Address: English summary). [Germany; "From 1977 to 1991, the Dyatlova, Elena Sergeyevna, Institute of Zoology, Fa- brown coal mine South Schlabendorf covered an area culty of Biology, I.I. Mechnikov University of Odessa, of 3269 hectare in the Lower Lusatica. The dragonfly Odessa, Ukraine. E-mail: [email protected] fauna in the water-rich western part was studied before devastation from 1976 until 1982. Of the 31 species 6674. Eda, S.; Ubukata, H. (2007): Obituary: Imato found 28 were autochthonous, 8 of which are included Sonehara. Odonatologica 36(4): 415-419. (in English). in the Red List of Brandenburg. Recolonisation was ["A brief biography of I. Sonehara (28 January 1921-12 surveyed since 1992. Presently, 22 species reproduce May 2000), a science teacher and the author of "The li- in the area, among which 5 to 7 from the Red List. Be- fe history of Epitheca bimaculata sibirica on Mt. Yatsu- fore mining, summer-cool brooks and moorland were gatake" is followed by his odonatological bibliography important habitats, but today springs and littoral zones (1962-1996; 66 titles)." (Authors)] Address: Ubukata, of lakes in areas of open-cast mining are valuable dra- H., Hokkaido University of Education at Kushiro, Dept gonfly habitats. Compared to the situation before mi- Science Education, Shiroyama 1-15-55, Kushiro, 085, ning, the share of Mediterranean species rose from 2 % Japan. E-mail: [email protected] to 32 %, while the Eurosiberian group decreased from 6675. Ellenrieder, N. von (2007): The larva of Hetae- 54 % to 32 %." (Authors)] Address: Donath, H., Caule rina mendezi Jurzitza, with comments on H. rosea Se- Nr. 1, D-15926 Zieckau, Germany lys (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae). Odonatologica 36(4): 6671. Dow, R.A.; Choong, C.Y.; Orr, A.G. (2007): 405-414. (in English). ["H. mendezì larva is described Two new species of Chalybeothemis from Malaysia, and illustrated for the first time based on specimens with a redefinition of the genus (Odonata: Libellulidae). from Misiones Province, Argentina. Larvae of H. rosea International Journal of Odonatology 10(2): 171-184. (in from NW Argentina are found to partially differ from its English). ["Chalybeothemis chini sp. nov. from Pahang, original larval description, and that species is re- Peninsular Malaysia, and C. pruinosa sp. nov. from Sa- diagnosed. A comparative table for all known larvae of rawak, Malaysian Borneo, are described from the male Hetaerina and related calopterygid genera is provided." sex. The new species necessitate some redefinition of (Author)] Address: Ellenrieder, Natalia von, Museo de the previously monotypic genus, which is provided. The Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Salta, quiescent penis of Chalybeothemis is illustrated for the Mendoza 2, Salta 4400, Argentina. E-mail: odo_nata@ first time. Differences between C. chini, C. fluviatilis and hotmail.com C. pruinosa are discussed and tabulated. C. fluviatilis is

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 46 6676. Ellenrieder, N. von; Garrison, R.W. (2007): cile race? lancea Selys, 1876, Acanthagrion trimacula- Dragonflies of the Yungas (Odonata). A Field Guide to tum Selys, 1876, and Leptagrion flammeum Selys, the Species from Argentina. Libelulas de las Yungas 1876)." (Authors). Address: Ellenrieder, Natalia von, (Odonata) Una guía de campo para las especies de Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Argentina. Pensoft Series Faunistica 67, ISSN Salta, Mendoza 2, Salta 4400, Argentina. E-mail: 13120174, Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow: 168 pp.. [email protected] (bilingual in English and Spanish). [The Yungas are highly biodiverse cloud forests extending from Vene- 6678. Englund, R.; Polhemus, D.A. (2007): Argio- zuela south through NW Argentina, and are considered lestes kula, a new species of damselfly from eastern one of the biodiversity 'hot spots' in South America. New Guinea (Odonata: Megapodagrionidae). Journal of This bilingual (Spanish/English) pocket field guide, the the New York Entomological Society 114(3): 95-107. (in first of its kind for any region in South America, is ac- English). ["Argiolestes kula n. sp. is described from eas- companied by 280 illustrations including detailed di- tern new Guinea and nearby offshore islands (Sariba, agnostic drawings and numerous colour photos of live Basilaki, Fergusson), and a comparison is provided to Odonata. It covers 102 taxa found in the Argentine Y- the closely related species Argiolestes sidonia Martin. ungas (a relative small part of the bioregion Yungas), Figures of the male abdominal appendages, wing ve- representing over a third of all species known from the nation and breeding habitat are provided, accompanied country. The species are treated monographically pro- by a distribution map. A checklist of Argiolestes species viding information on identification (description of the is also included." (Authors)] Address: Englund, R.A., taxa, sometimes with advise to sibling species), distri- Hawaii Biological Survey, Bishop Museum, 1525 Berni- bution and habitat, and behaviour. It is a little bit confu- ce Street, Honolulu, HI, 96817, USA. E-mail: englund sing to find in a book for identification Odonata of a @bishopmuseum.org relative small area five unidentified taxa: Argia sp. (later 6679. Evenhuis, N.L. (2007): The Godeffroy Museum described as A. yungensis), Triacanthagyna sp., Lim- Catalogs in relation to Fiji terrestrial arthropods. Part I: netron sp., Micrathyria sp., and Erythrodiplax sp. Follo- Introduction and review of Myriapoda, Diptera, Odona- wing the illustrations of the book "Dragonfly genera of ta, and smaller Hexapod orders. Fiji Arthropods VII Edi- the New World" by the same authors, Micrathyria sp. ted by Neal L. Evenhuis & Daniel J. Bickel. Bishop Mu- should be M. divergens. It would be very useful to un- seum Occasional Papers 91: 17-28. (in English). ["Ca- tangle these shortcomings by a leaflet added to the talogs of the Godeffroy Museum in Hamburg are revie- book. My personal opinion is that many of the colour wed in relation to their listings of Fijian terrestrial pictures are reproduced in an scale insufficiently for an arthropods. A table of names of Fijian terrestrial arthro- identification book, or the intended didactic information. pods listed in the catalogs available for study is presen- Even using a magnifying glass it is nearly impossible to ted with discussion of the nomenclatural and taxonomic see what you should see indicated by arrows! (e.g. fig. implications. The names of arthropods in the Blattodea, 8, differences in male and female genitalia). In general Dermaptera, Diptera, Neuroptera, Myriapoda, Odonata, the type size of the settings is too small for odonatolo- Phasmida, and Trichoptera are tabulated." (Authors)] gists getting older and older, and whose eyes getting Address: Evenhuis, N.L., Pacific Biological Survey, Bis- more worse and worse. The effectiveness of some of hop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawai‘i the pictures is quite limited (e.g. Rhinoaeschna pallipes, 96817, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Tramea calverti). The numerous black & white drawings are fine. In spite of shortcomings the book is very wel- 6680. Fleck, G.; Costa, J. (2007): Replacement na- come because it will help to enlarge interest in our fa- me for a homonymous dragonfly generic name (Odona- vourite beasts among the people in South America. To ta). Zootaxa 1542: 68. (in English). ["Costa and Santos stimulate dragonfly research, Pensoft offers a free ship- (1992) proposed the genus Santosia with type species ment of the book to any private customer in South Ame- Santosia marshalli by original designation from Brazil in rica. (Martin Schorr)] Address: Pensoft Publishers, Geo the dragonfly family Corduliidae (Odonata: Anisoptera). Milev Str., No 13a, 1111 Sofia, Bulgaria. www.pensoft. The generic name is preoccupied by Santosia Stål net (1858) with type species Reduvius maculatus Fabricius, 1781 by subsequent designation in the heteropteran 6677. Ellenrieder, N. von; Garrison, R.W. (2007): Un- family Reduviidae. Thus Santosia Costa and Santos, tangling some taxonomic riddles on damselfly genera 1992 is invalid under the law of homonymy, being a ju- (Zygoptera) from the neotropical region. IDF-Report 11: nior homonym of Santosia Stål, 1858. In accordance 1-34. (in English) ["Examination of type material deposi- with article 60 of the International Code of Zoological ted in the IRSNB (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Nomenclature, fourth edition (1999), we substitute the Sciences, Brussels, Belgium) and in the BMNH (British junior homonym Santosia Costa and Santos, 1992 with Museum of Natural History, London, Great Britain) al- Cordulisantosia nom. nov." (Authors)] Address: Fleck, lowed us to solve taxonomic riddles regarding several G., Lab. Ent. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat., 45 rue Buffon, F- damselfly (Zygoptera) genera from the neotropical regi- 75005 Paris, France. E-mail: [email protected] on. We provide notes on the status of several types, and introduce the following new synonymies: Argia hu- 6681. Flenner, I. (2007): Forest lakes affected by fo- allaga Fraser, 1946 = A. adamsi Calvert, 1902; Argia restry - how resilient are dragonfly communities to log- makoka Fraser, 1946 = A. kokama Fraser, 1946; Argia ging in Central Sweden? Halmstad University. School mollusca Fraser, 1946 = A. collata Selys, 1865; Argia of Busines and Engineering. Masters project 20p. Su- trifoliata Fraser, 1946 = A. variegata Förster, 1914; Ar- pervisor: Göran Sahlén. 2007-05-30: 16 pp. (in Eng- gia umbriaca Fraser, 1946 = A. indicatrix Calvert, 1902; lish). ["The main cause of environmental disturbance in Amphiagrion amphion Selys, 1876 = Ischnura verticalis the Fennoscandian boreal forests today is forestry. Na- (Say, 1840); a new combination: Oxyagrion cardinalis tural disturbances are important to maintain diversity, Fraser, 1946 to Leptobasis cardinalis (Fraser, 1946); but anthropogenic disturbance, such as forestry, differs and three lectotype designations (for Acanthagrion gra-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 47 in many ways from the natural ones. Forestry is a big 51(2): 224-227. (in Portuguese, with English summary). industry in Sweden and only a small remnant of old- ["This study aimed to record the abundance and rich- growth forest is left. Several studies have shown an ini- ness of Odonata on E. azurea stands, from March 2004 tial decrease in e.g. dragonfly diversity a few years after to March 2005, in the Camargo Lake, lateral to the Pa- logging, followed by an increase up to numbers compa- ranapanema River, São Paulo, Brasil after an extreme rable with the original species number. In this study I flood pulse, and also to investigate the controlling envi- examined whether the new, quite diverse, species ronmental factors on the distribution of Odonata abun- composition is similar to the one present before the dance. The greatest abundance and richness occurred logging or if some species are disappearing and are in the dry period, and Coenagrionidae was the most replaced with other, maybe opportunistic species. Other abundant and with greater genus richness during the factors such as ongoing changes in climate also will be whole study period. This high abundance possibly oc- considered. A resampling of 34 (and an additional 4) la- curred due to its behavior, as endophytic posture and kes that also were sampled in 1996-97 was done during climbing behavior. Aeshnidae and Libellulidae presen- summer of 2006. Analyses of data from the two ted low abundance especially in the dry period. The sampling occasions were done. I found that even if the main environmental factors that affected the distribution diversity is just temporarily affected (or not affected at of Odonata abundance were water surface temperatu- all), it is not always the same species involved. This re, pluviosity, and Eichhornia azurea biomass." (Au- means that the diversity in a single lake can appear to thors)] Address: Fulan, J.A., Departamento de Zoolo- be high, but the total diversity in Sweden, or Scandina- gia, Instituto de Biociências – UNESP - Caixa Postal via, is declining. I also found some interesting new spe- 510 - 18618-000 Botucatu-SP, Brasil. E-mail: joaofu- cies for the area, such as Nehalennia speciosa, [email protected] Sympecma fusca and Aeshna mixta." (Author) For the full paper see: http://dspace.hh.se/dspace/bitstream 6686. Fuselier, L.; Decker, P.; Lunski, J.; Mastel, T.; /2082/ 1152/1/Forest%20lakes. pdf] Address: not stated Skolness, S. (2007): Sex differences and size at emer- gence are not linked to biased sex ratios in the common 6682. Fliedner-Kalies, T.; Fliedner, H. (2007): green darner, Anax junius (Odonata: Aeshnidae). Jour- Schwyzer Moore im Wandel. 10. Libellen. Berichte der nal of Freshwater Ecology 22(1): 107-117. (in English). Schwyzerischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 15: 75- ["Many species of dragonflies exhibit sexual di- 91. (in German). [Kanton Schwyz, Switzerland; the pa- morphism and biased sex ratios in adult populations. It per compiles records of Odonata from 1878 to 2006 is predicted that, in species with territorial adults, males from 22 localities with focus on records between 2001 should be larger than females at emergence. Larger and 2006 in eleven selected fens and bogs. A total of male size should elevate foraging rate and lead to inc- 49 odonate species is documented. The habitats are reased predation risk and higher male mortality during briefly characterized with emphasis on typical or rare the larval stage. We tested these predictions for a terri- species and conservation measures.] Address: Flied- torial dragonfly, A. junius, using laboratory and field ex- ner, Traute, Louis-Seegelken Str., D-28717 Bremen, periments. We measured differences in growth and fo- Germany. E-mail: [email protected] raging activity between the sexes, determined sex rati- os at emergence, and measured size at emergence for 6683. Frank, M. (2007): Erneute Beobachtung der female and male dragonflies. Males gained more mass Feuerlibelle (Crocothemis erythraea, BRULLÉ 1832) in than females and males spent more time in motion and Nordwest-Mecklenburg. Virgo, Mitteilungsblatt des En- moved longer distances than females in foraging trials. tomologischen Vereins Mecklenburg, 10(1): 69-70. (in Males were larger than females at emergence in natural German). [Schönberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ger- populations, but sex ratios at emergence were not many, 08. August 2007] Address: Frank, M., Lion- significantly different from 1:1. Sex-specific growth stra- Feuchtwanger-Str. 25, 55129 Mainz, Germany. E-mail: tegies in the larval stage did not result in biased sex ra- [email protected] tios at emergence but may be important to the repro- ductive success of this territorial dragonfly." (Authors)] 6684. Fuhrmann, K.; Jödicke, R. (2007): Die Libel- Address: Fuselier, Linda, Biosciences Department, lensammlung im Landesmuseum für Natur und Mensch 1104 7th Ave South, Minnesota State University, Moor- (Insecta: Odonata). Museumsjournal für Natur und head, Moorhead, MN, 56563, USA. E-mail: fuselier@ Mensch – Naturkunde – Kulturkunde – Museumskunde, mnstate.edu Oldenburg 2 (2006): 19-33. (in German, with English summary). [The collection contains 2293 specimens, 6687. Gaino, E.; Piersanti, S.; Rebora, M. (2007): which mainly represent species from the Weser-Ems- Ultrastructural organization of the larval spiracles in Li- region, Niedersachsen, Germany. The history of the bellula depressa L. (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Odonato- collection is outlined. An extension of the stock of regi- logica 36(4): 373-379. (in English). ["In the last larval in- onal species is intended for the next years. The paper star (F-0) of L. depressa, 2 paired spiracles, in the form contains some information on Coenagrion pulchellum in of elongated eye-shaped structures, are located in the Portugal, Orthetrum coerulescens anceps from Sardi- anterior region of the mesothorax segment. A fine struc- nia, Italy, Sympetrum vulgatum, and some specimens tural analysis of these spiracles under the scanning and probably from Brasil.] Address: Fuhrmann, K., Landes- electron microscopes reveals that each spiracle con- museum für Natur und Mensch, Damm 38-44, D-26135 sists of a well-developed cuticular peritreme with a dor- Oldenburg, Germany. E-mail: kay.fuhrmann@natur- sal-anterior lip bearing a thin laminar coat and a ventral- undmensch.de posterior lip bearing a filter apparatus. The filter appara- tus derives from a series of folds forming discrete 6685. Fulan, J.A.; Henry, R. (2007): Temporal distri- groups adhering to one another to delimit empty spaces bution of immature Odonata (Insecta) on Eichhornia and producing a honeycomb-like structure. This structu- azurea stands in the Camargo Lake, Paranapanema re is coherent with the need to avoid entry of water River, São Paulo. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia when the larva is submerged. The function of these spi-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 48 racles during the insect development is discussed, no- 6693. Günther, A.; Kipping, J. (2007): Nachweise der ting that in anisopteran larvae the rectal epithelium, Südlichen Heidelibelle Sympetrum meridionale (Sélys, forming the so called branchial basket, is the main re- 1841) in Sachsen und Südostbrandenburg (Odonata: spiratory organ." (Authors)] Address: Gaino, Elda, Di- Libellulidae). Sächsische Entomologische Zeitschrift 2: partimento di Biologia Cellulare e Ambientale, Universi- 9-12. (in German, with English summary). ["During year tà degli Studi di Perugia, Via Elce di Sotto, 1-06123 Pe- 2006 a strong invasion of S. meridionale has been ob- rugia, Italy. E-mail: [email protected] served in parts of Germany. This also led to observati- ons of this species in Saxony and southeastern Bran- 6688. Garrison, R.W.; von Ellenrieder, N. (2007): denburg. Seven records from Saxony and four from The true Argia difficilis Selys, 1865, with the description Brandenburg are presented here. Oviposition has been of Argia yungensis sp. nov. (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). observed at two localities, but so far there is no eviden- Transactions of the American Entomological Society ce for successful development in the region." (Authors)] 133(1/2): 189-204. (in English). ["Argia yungensis sp. Address: Naturschutzinstitut Freiberg, Waisenhausstr. nov., a new species close to Argia difficilis, is descri- 10, 09599 Freiberg, Germany. E-Mail: andre.guenther bed. Both species are illustrated and diagnosed and @ioez.tu-freiberg.de their distributions mapped. They can be distinguished by the morphology of male tori, cerci and paraproct, 6694. Haacks, M.; Peschel, R. (2007): Die rezente and female prothorax. Their distributions are allopatric, Verbreitung von Aeshna viridis und Leucorrhinia pecto- with Argia yungensis distributed along the foothill jungle ralis in Schleswig-Holstein – Ergebnisse einer vierjähri- of the Yungas rain forest from NW Argentina to Peru, gen Untersuchung (Odonata: Aeshnidae, Libellulidae). and A. difficilis from Peru and Brazil to Venezuela ac- Libellula 26(1/2): 41-57. (in German, with English sum- ross the lowland Amazon forest. Argia extranea forficu- mary). ["During 2003 to 2006 the distribution and status la Fraser is synonymyzed with A. difficilis, and the latter of L. pectoralis and A. viridis in Schleswig-Holstein, is redescribed." (Authors)] Address: Ellenrieder, Natalia Germany were surveyed. Within the framework of an von, Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacio- obligatory monitoring protocol that has been set by the nal de Salta,Mendoza 2, Salta 4400, Argentina. E-mail: European Habitat Directive, the research was carried [email protected] out by authority of the Minister for Agriculture, Environ- ment and Rural Areas. As a result, localities of both 6689. Garrison, R.W. (2007): Kalocora, a junior syn- species were found in each natural landscape. Fur- onym of Cora (Odonata: Polythoridae). International thermore, with respect to the two biogeographical regi- Journal of Odonatology 10(2): 185-188. (in English, with ons, the records were almost equally distributed. Spanish summary). ["Supplementary specimens of the Throughout Schleswig-Holstein 27 recent sites were monotypic genus Kalocora show that diagnostic charac- discovered for L. pectoralis and 36 for A. viridis. So far ters employed by Kennedy, based on the original desc- threats for L. pectoralis could not be detected, whereas ription of Cora aurea are too variable, and therefore Ka- the loss of Water-soldier, Stratiotes aloides, poses the locora is here relegated to synonymy under Cora." (Au- main threat for Aeshna viridis. However, the preconditi- thor)] Address: Garrison, R.W., Associate Insect Bio- ons to conserve habitats of A. viridis by the protection systematist, Plant Pest Diagnostics, California Depart- and introduction of S. aloides are promising." (Authors)] ment of Food & Agriculture, 3294 Meadowview Road, Address: Haacks, M., Planungsbüro leguan gmbh, Sacramento, CA 95832-1448, USA. E-mail rgarrison@ Brandstücken 20, D-22549 Hamburg, Germany. E-mail: cdfa.ca.gov [email protected]

6690. Göcking, C.; Menke, N. (2007): Blauhelme 6695. Hadrys, H.; Timm, J.; Streit, B.; Giere, S. zwischen Ems und Emmerbach. Naturzeit im Münster- (2007): A panel of microsatellite markers to study land 4(8): 29. (in German). [Generell report on the pre- sperm precedence patterns in the emperor dragonfly sence of Coenagrion mercuriale in Nordrhein-West- Anax imperator (Odonata: Anisoptera). Molecular Eco- falen, Germany with focus on the Münsterland-region logy Notes 7(2): 296-298. (in English). ["Odonates were and habitat requirements.] Address: Göcking, C., Zum the first group of organisms where sperm competition Hiltruper See 9, D-48161 Münster, Germany. E-mail: and last male sperm precedence have been identified. [email protected] With the development of 10 microsatellites for the em- peror dragonfly Anax imperator, the function and priority 6691. Goodger, D.T. (2007): Book review: The Dra- patterns of the multiple sperm storage organs of fema- gonflies of Europe (revised edition) by R. R. Askew. les can be studied and compared between species in Great Horkesley, Colchester, UK: Harley Books, 2004. natural populations. In addition, two microsatellite loci 308 pp. 513 text figures, 219 colour figures. ISBN-13 developed for the sister species Anax parthenope, are 978 0946589753. Zoological Journal of the Linnean also highly polymorphic in A. imperator. For the presen- Society 151(1): 218. (in English). [review] Address: not ted 12 microsatellite loci, the number of alleles per lo- stated cus ranged from two to 24. Observed heterozygosity 6692. Groll, E.K. (2007): Besprechungen: WILDER- ranged from 0.07 to 0.88." (Authors)] Address: Hadrys, MUTH, H: Die Falkenlibellen Europas - Die Libellen Eu- Heike, ITZ, Ecology and Evolution, TiHo Hannover, ropas Bd. 5... Hohenwarsleben: Westarp Wissenschaf- Bünteweg 17d, D-30559, Hannover, Germany. E-mail: ten, 2007... 540 S., 163 Schwarzweiß. und 11 Farb- [email protected] Abb. (Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei; 653). ISBN: 3-89432- 6696. Hadrys, H.; Wargel, A.; Giere, S.; Kraus, B.; 896-7. Beiträge zur Entomologie 57(1): 176. (in Ger- Streit, B. (2007): A panel of microsatellite markers to man). [Brief review of the book. This is a review of a detect and monitor demographic bottlenecks in the rive- book that until yet not has been published!!] Address: rine dragonfly Orthetrum coerulescens F. Molecular Groll, E.K., ZALF, Eberswalder Str. 84, D-15374 Mün- Ecology Notes 7(2): 287-289. (in English). ["Odonates cheberg, Germany. E-mail: [email protected] are important indicators for monitoring anthropogenic

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 49 impacts on freshwater ecosystems. We developed a RECCO® Transmitter/Receiver and custombuilt tags panel of microsatellite loci for the keeled skimmer made from Schottky diodes and copper wire were used Orthetrum coerulescens, a libellulid dragonfly inhabiting to monitor freshly emerged Anisoptera. The system had small streams. By using two different isolation techni- an average maximum detection distance of ca 85 m. ques, nine microsatellite loci have been isolated. Scree- Ten individuals of Libellula fulva were successfully tra- ning of 209 individuals resulted in an overall number of cked for up to five consecutive days. They almost exc- 88 alleles, ranging from three to 19 alleles per locus. lusively utilized trees or shrubs as perches at heights The observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.37 to 0.83. ranging from 1.8 to ca 31 m. Open meadows or open One locus showed significant deviation from Hardy- river bank vegetation, which were present close to the Weinberg equilibrium" (Authors)] Address: Hadrys, Hei- release site, were never used for perching. Considering ke, ITZ, Ecology and Evolution, TiHo Hannover, Bünte- that human observers can reasonably detect adult ani- weg 17d, D-30559, Hannover, Germany. E-mail: hei- sopteran up to a height of 3 m, 92.5% of all registered [email protected] perch sites were “out of reach”. The maximum distan- ces covered on the first day averaged 37.7 m and 31.1 6697. Hammond, J.I.; Luttbeg, B.; Sih, A. (2007): m for males and females, respectively. Two individuals, Predator and prey space use: dragonflies and tadpoles followed for four and five days respectively, remained in in an interactive game. Ecology 88(6): 1525-1535. (in relatively small areas of 480 m² - 2,500 m² for three and English). ["Predator and prey spatial distributions have four consecutive days. Five tagged individuals of Aesh- important population and community level consequen- na mixta showed a very different behaviour from L. ful- ces. However, little is known either theoretically or em- va. Already in the first hours after release, all flew di- pirically about behavioral mechanisms that underlie the stances of more than 200 m and were lost. The tele- spatial patterns that emerge when predators and prey metry system used was not suitable to study this spe- freely interact. We examined the joint space use and cies immediately after emergence." (Authors)] Address: behavioral rules governing movement of freely interac- Hardersen, S., Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Con- ting groups of odonate (dragonfly) predators and two servazione della Biodiversità Forestale, Corpo Foresta- size classes of anuran (tadpole) prey in arenas contai- le dello Stato, Strada Mantova, 29, I-46045 Marmirolo ning two patches with different levels of the prey's (MN), Italy. E-mail: [email protected] resource. Predator and prey movement and space use was quantified both when they were apart and together. 6699. Hays, J. J.; Clopton, R. E.; Cook, T. J.; Cook, When apart from predators, large tadpoles strongly pre- J. L. (2007): Revision of the genus Nubenocephalus ferred the high resource patch. When apart from prey, and description of Nubenocephalus secundus n. sp. dragonflies weakly preferred the high resource patch. (Apicomplexa: Actinocephalidae) parasitizing adults of When together, large prey shifted to a uniform distribu- Argia sedula [sic] (Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrioni- tion, while predators strongly preferred the high resour- dae) in the primitive Texas Big Thicket, U.S.A. Compa- ce patch. These patterns qualitatively fit the predictions rative parasitology 74(2): 286-293. (in English). ["N. se- of several three trophic level, ideal free distribution mo- cundus n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinida) is descri- dels. In contrast, the space use of small prey and pre- bed from adults of A. sedulum collected from Harmon dators did not deviate from uniform. Three measures of Creek, Sam Houston State University Center for Biolo- joint space use (spatial correlations, overlap, and co- gical Field Studies, Walker County, Texas, U.S.A. This occurrence) concurred in suggesting that prey avoidan- is the second species described in the genus and con- ce of predators was more important than predator firms the generic hypothesis of Nubenocephalus. The attraction to prey in determining overall spatial patterns. generic diagnosis of Nubenocephalus is revised to re- To gain additional insight into behavioral mechanisms, flect common characters of its constituent species and we used a model selection approach to identify behavi- a previously described Asian gregarine, Nubenocepha- oral movement rules that can potentially explain the ob- lus mutabilis n. comb. (=Ancyrophora mutabilis) is re- served, emergent patterns of space use. Prey were mo- cognized as a member of the genus." (Authors)] Ad- re likely to leave patches with more predators and more dress: Hays, Joanna, Department of Biological Scien- conspecific competitors; resources had relatively weak ces, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, effects on prey movements. In contrast, predators were U.S.A. 77341. E-mail: [email protected] more likely to leave patches with low resources (that they do not consume) and more competing predators; 6700. Hilfert-Rüppell, D.; Rüppell, G. (2007): Juwe- prey had relatively little effect on predator movements. lenschwingen / Geheimnisvolle Libellen. Gossamer These results highlight the importance of investigating Wings / Mysterious Dragonflies. Splendens-Verlag. freely interacting predators and prey, the potential for ISBN-13: 9783000203893: 168 pp. (Bilingual in English simple game theory models to predict joint spatial and German). [In the past years, we have seen some distributions, and the utility of using model choice me- brilliant books on Odonata, many of them furnished with thods to identify potential key factors that govern mo- impressing photography. I am tempted to write none of vement." (Authors)] Address: Hammond, J.I., Depart- them is as brilliant and eye catching as this book. 264 ment of Environmental Science and Policy, One Shields detailed digital photos (and a few illustrations) de- Avenue, University of California, Davis, California monstrate the life history of dragonflies with focus on 95616, USA. [email protected] the imaginal stage, and the damselflies (Calopterygi- dae). Hereby the authors use the didactic concept to 6698. Hardersen, S. (2007): Telemetry of Anisopte- comment on each of the pictures with brief but precise raafter emergence – first results (Odonata). Internatio- biological information, remembering a little bit to infor- nal Journal of Odonatology 10(2): 189-202. (in English). mation provided to comment documentation films. The ["The behaviour of Anisoptera during the period bet- chapters are covering the following topics: Appearance, ween emergence and the onset of sexual activity is From Water to Air, Flight, Prey Capture, Threatening poorly known, mainly because freshly emerged adults and Fighting, Courting, Mating Tactics, Danger, Mating, are hard to follow. In the present study the system Oviposition, Larvae, Roosting. The book is written both

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 50 in German and English. Ola Fincke has written the pre- Mugla is situated in Southwest Turkey. 56 species of face, giving some insight into her odonatological vita. dragonfly have been recorded for this area. This book This book is far more than a coffee table book, never- describes the species, their habitats and locations, and theless it would be very useful as gift to persons you includes colour photos, hand-drawn location maps and want to convince that dragonflies are beasts worth to distribution maps." (Publisher)] settle this earth. (Martin Schorr)] Address: Splendens- Verlag, An der Wasserfurche 32, 38162 Cremlingen, 6706. Horvath, G.; Malik, P.; Kriska, G.; Wildermuth, Germany. www.splendens-verlag.de H. (2007): Ecological traps for dragonflies in a cemete- ry: the attraction of Sympetrum species (Odonata: Li- 6701. Hörnschemeyer, T.; Willkommen, J. (2007): bellulidae) by horizontally polarizing black gravestones. The contribution of flight system characters to the re- Freshwater Biology 52: 1700-1709. (in English). ["1. We construction of the phylogeny of the Pterygota. Arthro- observed that the dragonfly species Sympetrum flaveo- pod Systematics & Phylogeny 65(1): 15-23. (in Eng- lum, S. striolatum, S. sanguineum, S. meridionale and lish). ["The ability to fly is an important factor for the e- S. danae were attracted by polished black gravestones volutionary success of insects. Their flight apparatus in a Hungarian cemetery. 2. The insects showed the contains numerous sclerites and muscles, which repre- same behaviour as at water: (i) they perched persistent- sent valuable characters for phylogenetic analysis. We ly in the immediate vicinity of the chosen gravestones present a summary of the current state of knowledge on and defended their perch against other dragonflies; (ii) autapomorphies of the flight system of high-level taxa of flying individuals repeatedly touched the horizontal sur- the Pterygota. To date, no formal phylogenetic analysis face of the shiny black tombstones with the ventral side based on flight system characters with the exception of of their body; (iii) pairs in tandem position frequently wing venation has been presented. Nevertheless, this circled above black gravestones. 3. Tombstones prefer- review shows that the wing base and the flight muscles red by the dragonflies were in the open and had an a- contain valuable characters that can help to resolve rea of at least 0.5 m² with an almost horizontal, polis- current open questions of phylogenetic relationships hed, black surface and with at least one perch in their among the Pterygota. It also becomes apparent that immediate vicinity. 4. Using imaging polarimetry, we there are still many taxa without comprehensive desc- found that the black gravestones, like smooth water riptions of the wing base morphology." (Authors)] Ad- surfaces, reflect highly and horizontally polarized light. dress: Hörnschemeyer, T., Institut für Zoologie und 5. In double-choice field experiments with various test Anthropologie, Abteilung Morphologie & Systematik, surfaces, we showed that the dragonflies attracted to Berliner Str. 28, 37073 Göttingen, Germany. E-mail: shiny black tombstones display positive polarotaxis [email protected] and, under natural conditions, detect water by means of the horizontally polarized reflected light. This, and the 6702. Hoess, R. (2007): War Coenagrion scitulum reflection-polarization characteristics of black gravesto- (Rambur, 1842) (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) einst in der nes, explain why these dragonflies are attracted to Schweiz heimisch? Mitteilungen der Entomologischen black tombstones. 6. If females attracted to the black Gesellschaft Basel 57(1): 2-9. (in German, with English gravestones oviposit on them, the latter constitute eco- summary). ["A male and a female specimen of C. scitu- logical traps for dragonflies that are not close to water." lum were detected in old material of the „Zoologische (Authors)] Address: Wildermuth, H., Haltbergstr. 43, Anstalt der Universität Basel", deposited in the „Natur- CH-8630 Rüti, Switzerland. E-mail: hansruedi@ wil- historisches Museum Basel". They were captured in dermuth.ch Liestal BL in 1919 (probably by A. Portmann) and the identity remained unsolved up to now. As the speci- 6707. Huth, J. (2007): Zur Libellenfauna der Braun- mens were collected in different months and for other kohlen-Bergbaufolgelandschaft Sachsen-Anhalts (Odo- reasons it seems possible that the species was indige- nata). Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte 51(2): nous to Liestal at that time. New records from the can- 111-122, 160. (in German, with English summary). ["Al- tons of Jura, Berne and Obwalden are presented. together 135 stretches of water in 20 areas of brown Morphological details are provided to facilitate recogni- coal post-mining landscape of Sachsen-Anhalt, Germa- tion." (Author)] Address: Hoess, R., Normannenstr. 35, ny were studied for their odonatan fauna from 1996 to 3018 Bern, Switzerland. E-mail: [email protected] 2001. A total of 47 species of dragonflies was found (= 73 % of the recorded species of Sachsen-Anhalt). Typi- 6703. Holdt, E. von (2007): Bemerkenswerte Libel- cal species of different types of post-mining waters, e- lenfunde im Sommer 2006. HVV-info 1/2007 (Hanno- cological preferences of selected species, threat and verscher VogelschutzVerein): 23. (in German). [Nieder- supporting measures of dragonfly-habitats are descri- sachsen, Germany. Aeshna affinis, 20-VII-2007, Han- bed. Occurrence and forecast of population develop- nover, Lahe; Erythromma lindenii, 26-VI., 11-VII-2006, ment for selected species are shown."(Author)] Ad- Hannover, Herrenhäuser Gärten; Crocothemis ery- dress: Huth, J., Bürogemeinschaft MILAN, Georg- thraea, several localities Hannover, Ricklinger Teiche; Cantor-Str. 31, D-06108 Halle (Saale). E-mail: info@ Orthetrum brunneum, 2006, Hannover-Badenstedt.] Ad- milan-halle.de dress: not stated 6708. Ishizawa, N. (2007): Energy expenditure in 6704. Holt, C. (2007): Two female Emporar Anax patrolling males of Cordulia aenea amurensis Selys (A- imperator "Facing-Off". Atropos 32: 52. (in English). nisoptera: Corduliidae). Odonatologica 36(4): 381-397. [UK; picture of two ovipositing A. imperator.] Address: ["The males hover frequently during patrolling flight, and Holt, C., 21 Aspen Gardens, Ashord, Middesex, TW15 fiercely chase rival males. Their patrolling flight was vi- 1ED, UK deotaped and analyzed. The average net-patrol flight speed (except hovering) was 161.6±30.6 cm/s faster in 6705. Hope, P. (2007): The Dragonflies of Eastern the morning and the evening than during the day. Also, Mugla Province, Southwest Turkey. ISBN-13: hovering frequency was more frequent and the duration 9789750196317: 232 pp. (in English). ["The province of

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 51 of hovering bouts was longer in the morning and the tory phenotype could be induced. The compensatory evening than during the day. and was synchronized phenotype is induced in response to not only the asso- with patrolling flight speed. However, chasing flight was ciated hypoxic conditions resulting from the induced de- not related to patrolling or hovering and the duration of fense but also the most primary but indirect cause, pre- chasing bout was about 4-5 seconds with an average sence of the predator." (Authors)] Address: Iwami, T., flight speed of 274.6±64.7cm/s. The body temperatures Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Otsu, of patrolling flight and chasing flight were significantly Shiga, Japan. E-mail: [email protected] different; the former, 39.8+1.4°C, the latter was 40.4±1.0°C. The time budget of patrolling males based 6711. Jödicke, R. (2007): Die Verbreitung von Ceri- upon video pictures was calculated and the relative e- agrion tenellum in Deutschland, mit Hinweisen auf sein nergy expenditure of patrolling males was estimated by aktuelles Vorkommen in Westniedersachsen (Odonata: standardizing the average net-patrolling flight speed as Coenagrionidae). Libellula 26(3/4): 161-188. (in Ger- 1. Energy expenditure of the males was greater in the man, with English summary). ["A compilation of all morning and the evening than during the day. It is as- known records of C. tenellum from Germany up to 1997 sumed that energy expenditure was affected by am- demonstrated a main area of distribution in the north- bient temperatures, with males changing the flight western part of the country. In the Weser-Ems region of speed and duration of hovering. The males are inferior western Lower Saxony the species currently proved to in their sex recognition and it is assumed that their fre- be widely distributed and very abundant. NW Germany quent hovering with concurrent large energy expenditu- is, in connection with the adjacent Netherlands and N re is to enable males to distinguish females.] Address: Belgium, the main centre of distribution under the Atlan- Ishizawa, N., 1644-15, Yamaguchi, Tokorozavva City, tic climate. Here C. tenellum prefers peatland bogs and Saitama Pref., Japan. E-mail: [email protected]. heathy lakes, which are common habitats in this region. net With the tendency towards milder winter temperatures, population density and abundance increased. New co- 6709. Ishizawa, N. (2007): Morphological variations lonizations and the presence at waters unsuitable for in relation to maturation in Pantala flavesens (Fabricius) the species' reproduction demonstrated a high potential in central Japan (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Odonatolo- of expansion. There was a record of individuals disper- gica 36(2): 147-157. (in English). ["P. flavescens was sing as far as 780 m away from the nearest reproducti- investigated in open fields in a deciduous forest in an ve site. The flying season in 2007 began in the last third inland part of the Kanto region for 3 months from late of May and lasted until mid October. In western Lower June 2003. The sp. was estimated to be bivoltine from Saxony, the most frequent female colour morph was f. summer to late autumn. The size of the adults was un- erythrogastrum at frequencies between 70.0% and changed throughout the season. The sex ratio of the 97.5%. It is argued that the species is not endangered population skewed towards females. Maturity degree in the northwestern parts of Germany and should there- (MD), shown as the value of body weight divided by the fore be removed from the Red Lists of Lower Saxony, cube of wing length, shifted upwards until the second North Rhine-Westphalia and BRD." (Author)] Address: half of August, after which it decreased sharply. Similar- Jödicke, R., Am Liebfrauenbusch 3, D-26655 Westers- ly the wing loading (WL) (calculated by dividing body tede, Germany. E-mail: [email protected] weight by wing area) increased until the second half of August, and decreased from September, and in early 6712. Jonsson, M.; Johansson, F.; Karlsson, C.; October it was not significantly different between males Brodin, T. (2007): Intermediate predator impact on and females. As the relationship of body temperature to consumers weakens with increasing predator diversity ambient temperature showed no difference between in the presence of a top-predator. Acta Oecologica 31 mature and immature individuals, or between sexes, (1): 79-85. (in English). ["Adding or removing a top- with both correlation coefficients and regression coeffi- predator is known to affect lower trophic levels with cients being large for a flyer type species, they seemed potentially large, indirect effects on primary production. to be easily affected by the ambient temperature." However, little is known about how predator diversity (Author)] Address: Ishizawa, N., 1644-15, Yamaguchi, may affect lower trophic levels, or how adding or remo- Tokorozavva City, Saitama Pref., Japan. E-mail: isiza- ving a top-predator influences the effects of predator [email protected] diversity. Using aquatic mesocosms containing three and four trophic levels, we tested whether intermediate 6710. Iwami, T.; Kishida, O.; Nishimura, K - (2007): predator diversity affected predation on consumers and Direct and indirect induction of a compensatory pheno- if top-predator presence influenced such effects. We type that alleviates the costs of an inducible defense. found that the presence of intermediate predators PLoS ONE 2(10): e1084. doi:10.1371 / journal.pone. suppressed the consumer population and that this 0001084: (in English). ["Organisms often exhibit pheno- suppression tended to increase with increased typic plasticity in multiple traits in response to impen- intermediate predator diversity when the top-predator ding environmental change. Multiple traits phenotypic was absent. However, with the top-predator present, plasticity is complex syndrome brought on by causal re- increased intermediate predator diversity showed the lations in ecological and physiological context. Larvae opposite effect on the consumers compared to without of the salamander Hynobius retardatus exhibit inducible a top-predator, i.e. decreased suppression of phenotypic plasticity of two traits, when at risk of preda- consumers with increased diversity. Hence, in our tion by dragonfly larvae (Aeshna nigroflava). One indu- study, the loss of intermediate predator species ced phenotype is an adaptive defense behaviour, i.e., weakened or strengthened predator–prey interactions stasis at the bottom of water column, directly triggered depending on if the top-predator was present or not, by the predation risk. Another one is a compensatory while loss of the top-predator only strengthened the phenotype, i.e., enlarged external gills, for an unavoi- predator–prey interactions. Therefore, the loss of a dable cost (hypoxia) associated with the induced de- predator species may render different, but perhaps fense. We identified two ways by which this compensa- predictable effects on the functioning of a system depending on from which trophic level it is lost and on

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 52 on the initial number of species in that trophic level." nata of Korea is completely written in Korean language. (Authors)] Address: Johansson, F., Department of Eco- Thus, for those uninitiated to the Korean language, the- logy and Environmental Science, Animal Ecology re is rarely more to use than the brilliant colour photos Group, Umea University, 90187 Umea, Sweden. E- of species and habitats, and the excellent pictures of mail: [email protected] freshly killed specimens for identification. Significant morphological characters are shown by arrows, and the 6713. Jordan, S.; Barruet, E.; Olaf, M.; Parsons, B.; Korean names of the species are accompanied by the Simon, C. (2007): Blue hawaiiense and beyond: con- Latin ones. I suppose, this part of the book is conside- servation genetics and comparative phylogeography of ring exclusively the species from South-Korea, while four Hawai’ian Megalagrion damselfly species (Odona- the monographic chapter covers all Korean species, but ta: Coenagrionidae). Proceedings of the Symposium on providing no pictures from those North-Korean species the Biology of Hawaiian Streams and Estuaries: Bishop not available for photographing and not occurring in Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies South-Korea (e.g. Leucorrhinia dubia). The book is 3: 247-260. (in English). ["Hawaii’s endemic Megalagri- completed by chapters on morphology with brilliant figu- on damselflies are rivaled in their beauty and diversity res, fascinating histological sections, biology, and stun- only by the degree of threat posed to them by anthro- ning flight studies. The monographic part of the books pogenic disturbance. In this preliminary study of phylo- covers 125 species on approximately 300 pages. The geography and conservation genetics, we have se- photography is a kind of art work, with some really great quenced about 660 base pairs (bp) of the mitochondrial photographs. It is a pity that I can't read this book. De- COII gene from 191 damselflies from four species, inc- finitely, and in spite of this: I am really happy to have it luding 31 populations that span a gradient of endan- in my library. (Martin Schorr) Copies can be purchased germent. We applied phylogeographic analyses in order from the author.] Address: Jung, Kwangsu, 102-601., to understand their biogeographic history. Unlike Mega- Dalvitmaul apt., Hwajung-dong, Koyangsi, 412-270, lagrion xanthomelas and M. pacificum, M. calliphya and Gyunggido, Korea. E-mail: [email protected] M. hawaiiense rarely share haplotypes between popula- tions and between islands, even within the larger Maui 6716. Kalcounis-Rueppell, M.C.; Payne, V.H.; Huff, Nui superisland, suggesting that these latter two spe- S.R.; Boyko, A.L. (2007): Effects of wastewater treat- cies do not disperse as well across land or water. Their ment plant effluent on bat foraging ecology in an urban phylogenies also better reflect the geological history of stream system. Biological Conservation 138(1-2): 120- the islands. We applied conservation genetic analyses 130. (in English). ["Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in order to understand their genetic health. Under a effluent in the Cape Fear River Basin headwaters in conservation genetic paradigm, populations with low North Carolina, USA, has influenced stream water qua- genetic diversity are generally considered to be at grea- lity and aquatic components of the stream food web. To ter risk of decline and extinction than populations with examine effects of WWTP effluent on terrestrial preda- high genetic diversity. Applying this principle to Mega- tors in this system we determined prey availability, bat lagrion populations gave both expected and surprising community structure, and bat foraging and commuting results. Expected results included measurements of behavior at sites above and below WWTPs. We predic- high diversity in most populations of M. calliphya, M. ted an effect of effluent in the riparian habitat specialist hawaiiense, and Hawai‘i Island populations of M. xan- Perimyotis subflavus but not the habitat generalists Ep- thomelas. Low diversity was observed in populations tesicus fuscus, Lasiurus borealis, or Nycticeius humera- known to be bottlenecked or relictual, including O‘ahu lis. Nocturnal insect abundance was higher upstream of and Maui M. xanthomelas, and M. pacificum. Surprising the WWTPs. There were more Diptera, Coleoptera, and results included low genetic diversity in O‘ahu Ko‘olau Lepidoptera upstream of the WWTPs whereas there and Hawai‘i Onomea M. hawaiiense, Moloka‘i M. pacifi- were more Odonata downstream of the WWTPs. There cum, and West Maui M. calliphya.We propose that the- were more E. fuscus upstream of the WWTPs and mo- se latter three populations be monitored and managed re P. subflavus downstream of the WWTPs. Despite the to maximize their long-term genetic health." (Authors)] difference in bat community structure up-and down- Address: Jordan, S.D., Department of Biology, Bucknell stream of the WWTPs, bat commuting and foraging ac- University, Lewisburg, PA 17837 USA. E-mail: sdjor- tivity levels were the same; there was no difference in [email protected] the total number of echolocation sequences we recor- ded per night up. and downstream of the WWTPs nor 6714. Juillerat, L. (2007): Neoneura angelensis sp. was there a difference in the proportion of those se- nov. from French Guyana (Odonata: Protoneuridae). In- quences that contained a feeding buzz. Our results ternational Journal of Odonatology 10(2): 203-208. (in suggest the effect of anthropogenic nutrients in the English). ["Neoneura angelensis sp. nov. is described stream persists through higher food web trophic levels and illustrated from two males collected in French Gu- as we found impacts on nocturnal flying insects as well yana. The holotype was collected by the author on 29 as two common species of insectivorous bats. Perimyo- December 2003 on Crique Angèle near Saut Athanase, tis subflavus and E. fuscus may serve as easily trac- an affluent of Approuague River and is deposited in table terrestrial bioindicators of water quality as influen- Muséum d'Histoire naturelle in Neuchâtel (MHNN). On ced by WWTP effluent in this, and other, urban waters- the basis of the structure of the cercus, this species be- heds." (Authors)] Address: Kalcounis-Rueppell, M.C., longs to the rubriventris-group and is close to N. ethela, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at N. kiautai and N. sylvatica, from which it is diagnosed." Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA. E-mail: (Author)] Address: Juillerat, L., Suchiez 50, 2000 Neu- [email protected] châtel, Switzerland. E-mail: [email protected] 6717. Kaller, M.D.; Kelso, W.E. (2007): Association 6715. Jung, K.-S. (2007): Odonata of Korea. Dra- of macroinvertebrate assemblages with dissolved oxy- gonflies. ISBN: 978-89-958060-3-6: 512 pp. (in Ko- gen concentration and wood surface area in selected rean). [Regrettably, this opulent handbook on the Odo- subtropical streams of the southeastern USA. Aquatic

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 53 Ecology 41: 95-110. (in English). ["Woody debris tomol., Tamil Nadu Agricultural Uni., Coimbatore. (CWD) is an important habitat component in northern 641003, Tamil Nadu, India Gulf of Mexico coastal plain streams, where low gra- dients and low flows allow accumulation of CWD and 6719. Keats, R.A.; Osher, L.J. (2007): The macroin- promote low dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations. We vertebrates of Ruppia (Widgeon Grass) beds in a small tested the influences of CWD and DO on stream mac- Maine estuary. Northeastern Naturalist 14(3): 481-491. roinvertebrates experimentally by placing two surface (in English). ["Little information exists on macroinver- area CWD treatments each in three concentrations of tebrate community composition in small, micro-tidal, ambient DO in two streams in Louisiana, USA, with Ruppia maritima (widgeon grass)-dominated Maine macroinvertebrates collected from ambient woody estuaries. Qualitative and quantitative assessments of debris used as a control. We also sampled macroinver- the macroinvertebrate fauna of widgeon grass beds in tebrates in benthic and woody debris habitats in three Northeast Creek estuary (Acadia National Park, ME) streams twice yearly over 2 years to examine the appli- are presented here. The community was dominated by cability of the experimental results. Total abundance, euryhaline freshwater invertebrates including midge lar- richness (generic), and Shannon–Wiener diversity were vae (Chironomidae: Dicrotendipes, Cricotopus, Chiro- all higher in lower DO conditions during the experiment, nomus), oligochaetes, damselfly larvae (Coenagrioni- and total abundance was higher in the larger CWD dae: Enallagma), amphipods (Gammaridae: Gamma- treatment. Stream sampling corroborated the relations- rus), gastropods (Hydrobiidae: Hydrobia), ostracods hip between higher diversity and low DO in both benthic (Cytheridae: Cyprideis), and water boatmen (Corixidae: and woody debris habitats, but the relationship between Trichocorixa). Macroinvertebrate abundances at the richness and low DO only was supported in benthic ha- sampled sites were 35,100 individuals/m² in both Au- bitats. Few taxa correlated with DO or CWD in the ex- gust and September, and 22,200 individuals/m² in Oc- periment (5 of 21 taxa) or stream survey (2 of 54 taxa). tober. This study provides baseline faunal-community Whereas most taxa were uncorrelated with experimen- data that can be used in future monitoring studies." tally manipulated and in-stream measured variables, we (Authors)] Address: Osher, Laurie, Department of Plant, suggest these taxa respond as generalists to stream Soil and Environmental Sciences, 5722 Deering Hall, habitat and physicochemistry. Based on this experiment University of Maine, Orono ME 04469-5722, USA. E- and stream sampling, we believe the majority of mac- mail: [email protected] roinvertebrates in these streams are tolerant of seaso- 6720. Kishida, O.; Trussell, G.C.; Nishimura, K. nally low DO conditions." (Authors) The taxa list inclu- (2007): Geographic variation in a predator-indused de- des Argia spp. and Dromogomophus spp.] Address: fense and its genetic basis. Ecology 88(8): 1948-1954. Kaller, M.D., School of Renewable Natural Resources, (in English). ["Predator-induced morphological defenses Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, LSU Agricul- are a well-known form of phenotypic plasticity, but we tural Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, continue to have a limited understanding of geographic LA 70803, USA. E-mail: [email protected] variation in these responses and its genetic basis. Here 6718. Kandibane, M.; Raguraman, S.; Mahadevan, we examine genetic variation and geographic differenti- N.R. (2007): Diversity and community structure of aqua- ation in the inducible defenses of tadpoles (Rana pirica) tic arthropods in an irrigated rice ecosystem of Tamil in response to predatory salamander larvae (Hynobius Nadu, India. Asian Journal of Plant Sciences 6(5): 741- retardatus). To do so, we crossed male and female 748. (in English). [" Inventory, diversity and community frogs from a ‘‘mainland’’ Japanese island having preda- structure of aquatic arthropods between weeded and ceous salamanders and a more isolated island not ha- partially weeded rice ecosystems were studied in a field ving predaceous salamanders and raised resulting off- experiment under irrigated condition during Rabi, 2000. spring in the presence and absence of H. retardatus. The research revealed that a total of 12, 2, 6 and 3 Mainland tadpoles exhibited a higher capacity to ex- species of Odonata, Ephemeroptera, Hemiptera and press the inducible morphology (a more bulgy body) Coleoptera aquatic insects were recorded, respectively. than those from the predator-free island, and expressi- Agriocnemis femina femina, Pantala flavescens, Cro- on of the bulgy morph in mainland–island hybrids pro- cothemis servilia, and Diplocodes trivialis were the do- duced phenotypes that were intermediate to those minant species in both the ecosystems, but were signi- produced by pure crosses. In addition, parental sex had ficantly more dominant in partially weeded rice ecosys- no effect on expression of the bulgy morph. Our results tem. Trithemis sp., Rhyothemis variegata, Anax gutta- support the hypothesis that geographic variation in in- tus and Lethocerus indicus (Heteroptera) were absent ducible defenses is linked to the additive effects of au- in weeded rice ecosystem and rest of the species oc- tosomal alleles that are shaped by differences in histo- curred in both the ecosystems. Aquatic beetles, water rical exposure to the inducing predator." (Authors) Odo- strider and water scorpion evinced perfect similarity nata are referred on several times in introduction.] through out the season. But, damselfly, backswimmer Address: Kishida, O., Graduate School of Fisheries and mayfly expressed more than 0.80 similarity and Sciences, Hokkaido University, Hakodate 041-8611, perfect similarity (1.00) during early and maturity stages Hokkaido, Japan. E-mail: [email protected] of crop and showed less stability during the 2nd, 3rd 6721. Kohl, S. (2007): Cordulegaster boltonii als and 4th week. The guild of aquatic arthropods revealed Beute der Gerandeten Jagdspinne Dolomedes fimbria- the dominance of predatory groups in partially weeded tus (Odonata: Cordulegastridae; Araneae: Pisauridae). rice ecosystem through out the season. Same group of Libellula 26(3/4): 203-206. (in German, with English aquatic arthropods had not dominated in all the weeks summary). ["In an overgrown ditch of a fen in north- of crop growth, but the group of aquatic arthropods eastern Switzerland a female C. boltonii was found that changed during various stages of crop. A total of 18 was exsanguinated by a female D. fimbriatus. The ani- weed species were recorded in partially weeded plots." sopteran female constitutes by far the largest dragonfly (Authors)] Address: Kandibane, M., Dept Agricult. En- prey of this hunting spider species hitherto documen-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 54 ted." (Authors)] Address: Kohl, S., Seestr. 107, CH- 6725. Larison, B. (2007): Environmental heteroge- 8610 Uster, Switzerland. E-mail: stefan.kohl@bluewin. neity and alternative mating tactics in the damselfly Pro- ch toneura amatoria. Behavioral Ecology 18: 1021-1028. (in English). ["Conditional male mating strategies have 6722. Kosterin, O.E. (2007): The first record of Anax been studied extensively in relation to male attributes, on the West Siberian Plain: A.p.parthenope Selys in such as size and resource-holding potential, but few Omsk (Anisoptera: Aeshnidae). Notul. odonatol. 6(10): studies have considered the effects of environmental 112-115. (in English). ["A freshly emerged female was heterogeneity on the use of alternative mating tactics. collected in the city of Omsk (55°57'N, 73°22'E) on 8- In some systems, environmental heterogeneity may be VI-2007 at an oxbow of the Irtish River, Russia influen- the key to understanding the evolution and maintenan- ced by sinks of a deep ground mineral water. This is the ce of such polyphenisms. I examined the influence of northernmost A. parthenope record in Siberia and the the physical environment on the use of alternative tac- first record in the West Siberian Plain. Perhaps present- tics by the damselfly Protoneura amatoria. Male P. a- ly the species is colonizing Siberia from the South. At matoria reversibly use 2 tactics to gain matings: 1) sit the same locality, Cordulia aenea was also recorded, and wait in the canopy for passing females or 2) hover which was previously reported for Omsk by S.D. Lavrov over the water and attempt to grab females that are o- (1927, Proc. sib. Inst. Agric. Forestry 8/3: 51-100), but it vipositing in floating debris. Observations in 3 streams was not found there in the 1970-80s by O.E. Kosterin indicated that the use of the hovering tactic was greater (1996, Acta hydroent. latvicai: 10-21)." (Author)] Ad- under high-light than low-light conditions and at higher dress: Kosterin, O.E., Institute of Cytology and Gene- densities of ovipositing females. The density of oviposi- tics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, ting females was correlated with both the light conditi- Lavrentiev Ave 10, RUS-630090 Novosibirsk, Russia. ons and the availability of oviposition substrate, indica- E-mail: [email protected] ting that physical factors exert indirect as well as direct influences on tactic use. Experimental manipulations 6723. Kunz, B. (2007): Coenagrion hastulatum in showed that both males and females responded directly Hohenlohe: Fallbeispiel für das regionale Verschwinden to light conditions and suggested that males responded einer Libellenart (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Libellula directly to the density of ovipositing females. These re- 26(1/2): 93-106. (in German, with English summary). sults can be explained largely in terms of the cues and ["Since the beginning of faunistic work on Odonata in constraints inherent in different light environments. the Hohenlohe region (northeastern Württemberg, Thus, the conditional mating strategy of P. amatoria ap- Germany) in the year 1984, C. hastulatum was on the pears to have evolved in response to, and been main- species list. From the 1990s onwards, it became scar- tained by, fine-scale variation in the physical environ- ce. The hitherto last individual was found in 2005. In ment. These findings are discussed in relation to flight 2004, the two main habitats were included in a species dynamics and predation risk." (Author)] Address: Lari- protection programme of the Government of Baden- son, Brenda, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Württemberg. Activities for the local retrieval of C. Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, 621 hastulatum started in autumn 2006. Habitat changes Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, during the last 20 years are documented and variable USA. E-mail: [email protected]. reasons for the decrease of the populations of C. hastu- latum in the region are discussed." (Author)] Address: 6726. Lin, R.-S.; Yao, C.-T.; Lee, P.-F. (2007): The Kunz, B., Hauptstr. 111, D-74595 Langenburg, Germa- diet of Fairy Pitta Pitta nympha nestlings in Taiwan as ny. E-mail: [email protected] revealed by videotaping. Zoological Studies 46(3): 355- 361. (in English). [The nestling diet of the Fairy Pitta (A- 6724. Laister, G. (2007): Die Libellenfauna der Lin- ves) in west-central Taiwan was studied by videotaping zer Donauauen. Entwicklung und aktuelle Situation. Be- 8 broods from 2000 to 2002. Prey items also include richte f. Ökologie u. Naturschutz der Stadt Linz 1: 65- Odonata.] Address: lee, P.-F., Institute of Ecology and 123. (in German, with English summary). ["The dragon- Evolutionary Biology, and Department of Life Science, fly fauna of the Danube floodplains of Linz, Austria was National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan. E- investigated in the first half of the 1990s (Laister 1994, mail:[email protected] 1996a, 1998). This study was repeated in 2002/2003 to ascertain the current status of the populations and to 6727. Lingenfelder, U.; Ott, J.; Schorr, M.; Trockur, detect any changes. Although the floodplains of Linz B. (2007): Die Libellenfauna (Odonata) der Our zwi- are "old" and now only manifest weak hydrodynamics, schen Dasburg und Wallendorf (Rheinland-Pfalz / Lu- their dragonfly fauna must be regarded as very valu- xemburg). Mainzer naturwissenschaftliches Archiv 45: able. In a current mapping 39 dragonfly species could 283-311. (in German, with English summary). [In the be shown to occur there, of which 32 are considered course of a species protection programme for the O- long-established. In relationship to the first mapping range-spotted emerald (Oxygastra curtisii) ordered by clear improvements could be demonstrated in regard to the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, the dragonfly the species that inhabit the stretches of running water fauna of the river Our, which forms the border between as well as in respect to those which are bound to silted. Germany and Luxembourg, was investigated in the up areas covered by reeds. The metapopulation con- years 2005 and 2006 between the villages of Dasburg cept as expanded by Sternberg (1995, 1999) for dra- and Wallendorf. Altogether 26 species were found, inc- gonflies might enable us to enhance our understanding luding O. curtisii which currently is known in Germany of the high turnover rates which were registered." (Au- and Luxembourg only at this river section of the Our. thor)] Address: Laister, G., Botanischer Garten und Na- Out of these 26 dragonflies in total 12 were autochtho- turkundliche Station, Stadtgärten Linz, Roseggerstr. 20- nous in the river, for seven other species it is very likely. 22, 4020 Linz, Austria. E-mail: Gerold.Laister@mag. As one more dragonfly species was found along the linz.at Our in the 1980ies, in total 27 species have been re- corded in this river section until today.] Address: Lin-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 55 genfelder, U., Seebergstr. 1, D-67716 Heltersberg, water quality. Along the Mühlengraben, a tributary of Germany. E-mail: [email protected] the river Bode, a large population was found with abun- dances of up to 45 males per 100 m shore line.] Ad- 6728. Liria, J. (2007): Fitotelmata fauna on the bro- dress: Lotzing, K., Am Hollschen Bruch 4c, D-39435 meleans Aechmea fendleri André y Hohenbergia stella- Unseburg, Germany ta Schult of the San Esteban Nacional Park, Venezuela. Rev. peru. biol. número especial 14(1): 33-38. (in Spa- 6732. Lowe, C.D.; Kemp, S.J.; Harvey, I.F., Thomp- nish, with English summary). ["In the present work, we son, D.J.; Watts, P.C (2007): Variable microsatellite loci characterize the associations of mosquitoes species isolated from the azure damselfly, Coenagrion puella and other invertebrates on bromeliads from San Este- (L.) (Zygoptera; Coenagrionidae). Molecular Ecology ban National Park in Carabobo State, Venezuela. Eigh- Notes 7(5): 880-882. (in English). ["We isolated and teen plants of Aechmea fendleri (11) and Hohenbergia characterized 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci from C. stellata (7) were sampled in rainy (September 2004) puella as part of a study assessing reproductive suc- and dry (March 2005) seasons. A total of 2020 mac- cess and genetic structure in an isolated population of roinvertebrates were collected. The most important was this species. Levels of genetic diversity were assessed the Diptera Order, with the Families Chironomidae in 50 individuals collected from Queen Elizabeth (43%), Chaoboridae (25%) and Culicidae (6%), and the Country Park, Hampshire, UK. The number of alleles Coleoptera, Scyrtidae (5%). In Culicidae the most a- per microsatellite loci ranged from three to 22 and the bundant species were Culex consolator (31%), C. neg- observed and expected heterozygosities varied bet- lectus (27%) and Wyeomyia celaenocephala (17%). ween 0.26 and 0.84 and between 0.23 and 0.91, re- The highest abundance and richness was in dry sea- spectively. Two loci showed significant (P < 0.05) hete- son, when Culicidae diversity increases. The diversity rozygote deficits, likely because of null (non-amplifying) and evenness was similar among season and it was alleles; one pair of loci was in linkage disequilibrium." highest in H. stellata." (Author) "Coenagrionidae" coun- (Authors)] Address: Lowe, C., Population and Evolutio- ted for 1% of total athropod abundance.] Address: Liria, nary Biology Group, The Biosciences Building, School J., Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias y of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Crown Tecnología, Universidad de Carabobo. Campus Barbu- Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZB UK. E-mail: [email protected] la, Valencia, Estado Carabobo, Venezuela. E-mail: jli- [email protected] 6733. Machado, A.B.M. (2007): Leptagrion afonsoi sp.n. from the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil (Odonata: 6729. Lockwood, M. (2007): Rediscovery of Sym- Coenagrionidae). Lundiana 7(2) (2006): 125-126. (in petrum pedemontanum (Müller in Allioni) and S. vulga- English). ["Leptagrion afonsoi sp.n. is described and il- tum (L.) in Catalonia, NE Spain (Anisoptera: Libelluli- lustrated from a single male (holotype; Caraça, Belo dae). Notul. odonatol. 6(10): 115-118. (in English). Horizonte, Santa Barbara). It is close to L. dispar Selys, ["The 2 species were rediscovered in an area of irriga- 1876 and L. elongatum Selys but differs from them by ted hay meadows in La Cerdanya (Catalonia, NE Iberi- having bifid cercus." (Author)] Address: Machado, an Peninsula) in August 2005, the first confirmed record A.B.M., Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciênci- for the former species from the Iberian Peninsula since as Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 1959 and the first ever record for the latter for Catalo- MG, Brazil, Caixa Postal 31270-901. E-mail: angelo@ nia. In 2006, a much fuller survey of the whole potential icb.ufrng.br breeding area of the 2 species was carried out and in the whole area only one small breeding colony (of both 6734. Marinov, M.; Seidenbusch, R. (2007): Corduli- species) was located. This is thought to be the only ochlora gen. nov. from the Balkans (Odonata: Cordulii- known population of S. pedemontanum in the Iberian dae). IDF-Report 10: 1-13. (in English). ["The adult Peninsula. Details of the habitat and threats to the spe- morphology of the recently established species Soma- cies are given." (Author)] Address: Lockwood, M., La tochlora borisiMarinov, 2001 is outlined. The species Devesa, 3, 1", E-17850 Besalu, Spain. E-mail: mike@ has a unique combination of features, especially when walkingcatalonia.net compared to representatives of the two closest Europe- an genera, Cordulia Leach, 1815 and Somatochlora 6730. Lohr, M.; Weihrauch, F.; Wildermuth, H. Selys, 1871 but also compared to other Holarctic gene- (2007): Buchbesprechung: Grand & Boudot (2006): Les ra and species within the Corduliinae (sensu Garrison libellules de France, Belgique et Luxembourg. ISBN 2- et al. 2006). The extent of these morphological differen- 914817-05-3. Libellula 26(3/4): 273-277. (in German). ces suggests that the species can not be assigned to [expanded, self-important book review] Address: Lohr, any of the extant genera, and therefore the new genus M., FH Lippe und Höxter, Fachgebiet Tierökologie und Corduliochlora is being established." (Authors)] Ad- Landschaftsökologie, An der Wilhelmshöhe 44, D- dress: Marinov, M., 80 Brookside Tce, Bryndwr, Christ- 37671 Höxter, Germany. E-mail: [email protected] church, New Zealand. E-mail: [email protected]

6731. Lotzing, K. (2007): Massenvorkommen der 6735. Marinov, M. (2007): Odonata of the Western Gebänderten Prachtlibelle (Calopteryx splendens Har- Rhodopes, with special reference to the wetlands North ris, 1782) (Insecta: Odonata) im Bereich des Mühlen- of the town of Smolyan, South Bulgaria. Notul. odona- grabens zwischen Tarthun und der Mündung in die Bo- tol. 6(9): 97-108. (in English). ["A revised list is presen- de bei Unseburg innerhalb des Landkreises Aschersle- ted of 52 species from 90 localities in Bulgaria and ben - Staßfurt (Sachsen-Anhalt). Entomol. Mitt. Sach- Greece. Lestes barbarus, L. macrostigma, Erythromma sen-Anhalt 15(1): 33-36. (in German, with English najas, Cordulegaster bidentata, Sympetrum flaveolum summary). [In 1996, C. splendens was a rare species in and S. vulgatum are new for the region. Taxonomic no- the catchment of the river Bode, Sachsen-Anhalt, Ger- tes are provided on Calopteryx splendens and on the many. 10 years later, it belongs to the typical fauna of status of the Somatochlora metallica-S. merionalis running waters perhaps because of the improvement of complex." (Author)] Address: Marinov, M., 80 Brookside

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 56 Tce, Bryndwr, Christchurch, New Zealand. E-mail: egg-laying behaviour in Odonata, are provided." (Au- [email protected] thor)] Address: Matushkina, Nataly, Department of Zoo- logy, Biological Faculty, Kiev National University, 6736. Mathew, G.; Shamsudeen, R.S.M.; Brijesh, Glushkov Avenue, 2, Building 12, Kiev K680, Ukraine C.M. (2007): Fauna of Protected Areas - 32: Insect fau- na of Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala, India. Zoos' 6740. Matushkina, N.A. (2007): Selysiothemis nigra Print Journal 22(12): 2930-2933. (in English). [236 taxa (Vander L.) new for the fauna of the Ukraine (Anisopte- of insects were recorded, of which 215 species have ra: Libellulidae). Notul. odonatol. 6(10): 118-119. (in been identified. The list includes 6 anisopteran taxa.] English). [15 and 22-VII-2006, Karadag Nature Reser- Address: Mathew, G., Div. Entomol., Kerala Forest Res. ve, Crimea province, Feodosiya district, 45°00' N, Inst., Peechi, Kerala, 680653, India. E-mail: mathew@ 35°15'E. In fact, Tytar (2007) found the species on 20- kfri.org VII-2002 already new for Ukraine (see OAS 6795).] Address: Matushkina, N.A., Dept Zool., Fac. Biol., Kyiv 6737. Matthews, J.H.; Boles, S.; Parmesan, C.; National Taras Shevchenko University, Volodymir'ska Juenger, T. (2007): Isolation and characterization of 64, UKR-01033, Kyiv, Ukraine nuclear microsatellite loci for the common green darner dragonfly Anax junius (Odonata: Aeshnidae) to con- 6741. Mauersberger, R. (2007): Erstnachweis von strain patterns of phenotypic and spatial diversity. Mo- Ceriagrion tenellum in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (O- lecular Ecology Notes 7(5): 845-847. (in English). donata: Coenagrionidae). Libellula 26(3/4): 151-156. (in ["Fourteen polymorphic microsatellite loci were develo- German, with English summary). [In 2007, a large ped from an enriched genomic library of the widely population of C. tenellum was found near Mirow in the distributed migratory North American [...] Anax junius. lakeland of northeastern Germany. The distance to the For a group of 22 larvae, these loci averaged 16 alleles, nearest known breeding habitat in Saxony-Anhalt and with individual loci ranging from nine to 29 alleles. Ob- Lower Saxony was more than 100 km. The particular served heterozygosity averaged 0.784 per locus." (Au- zoogeographic and ecological significance of this north- thors)] Address: Matthews, J.H., Postdoctoral Research easternmost record of C. tenellum in Central Europe is Associate, USGS/Oregon State University, 541/738- discussed.] Address: Mauersberger, R., Bahnhofstr. 24, 0386 , USA. E-mail: [email protected] D-17268 Templin, Germany. E-mail: FoerdervereinUe- [email protected] 6738. Matushkina, N.; Gorb, S. (2007): Mechanical properties of the endophytic ovipositor in damselflies 6742. Mauersberger, R.; Schneider, T. (2007): (Zygoptera, Odonata) and their oviposition substrates. Schlupfbereite Larven von Epitheca bimaculata als Op- Zoology 110(3): 167-175. (in English). ["Damselfly fe- fer des Straßenverkehrs (Odonata: Corduliidae). Libel- males use their ovipositor valves to saw aquatic plants lula 26(3/4): 193-202. (in German, with English summa- in order to insert their eggs into the plant tissues. Stiff- ry). ["We report on 31 larvae of E. bimaculata that had ness of the plant substrata is therefore an important pa- been run over by cars on a road close to a forest lake in rameter for oviposition substrate choice by females. U- the Uckermark, northeastern Brandenburg, Germany. sing a force transducer combined with a motorised mic- Almost exclusively larvae of E. bimaculata were affec- romanipulator, the bending stiffness of the ovipositor at ted among all Odonata species breeding in this lake, the axial compressional load was studied in seven Eu- because their emergence sites were frequently situated ropean damselfly species and compared to the local at long distances from the water's edge, up to 22 m in stiffness of seven preferred plant substrates. The punc- our study. The mortality of larvae on their way to sui- ture force of tested plant samples ranged from 105 to table emergence supports reached 30 % in the shore 1500 mN, and their local stiffness ranged from 208 section running parallel to the road. However, under to1776 N/m. The bending stiffness of the ovipositor was consideration of the total emergence of E. bimaculata in estimated as 173–409 N/m depending on the damselfly this region, we assume that the metapopulation is not species. Using original and literature data, a significant currently endangered by road traffic." (Authors)] Ad- positive correlation between mechanical properties of dress: Mauersberger, R., Bahnhofstr. 24, D-17268 the ovipositor and preferred oviposition substrates was Templin, Germany. E-mail: FoerdervereinUeckermark. demonstrated. Possible behavioural adaptations to o- [email protected] vercome high stiffness of plant tissues during ovipositi- on are discussed." (Authors)] Address: Gorb, S., Evolu- 6743. Müller, J.; Steglich, R. (2007): Zum aktuellen tionary Biomaterials Group, Department Arzt, Max Vorkommen der Hauben-Azurjungfer Coenagrion arma- Planck Institute for Metals Research, Heisenbergstr. 3, tum westlich Vilhelmina/Asele Lappmark in Schwedisch D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany. E-mail: stas.gorb@tuebin- Lappland (Odonata). Entomologische Nachrichten und gen.mpg.de Berichte 51(2): 128-130. (in German). [16.06.1999 and 07.06.2002, Malgoviken near Malgovik, approximately 6739. Matushkina, N. (2007): Regular egg-positio- 10 km west of Vilhelmina, Sweden. Some diagnostic ning by an aeshnid species (Odonata, Aeshnidae) with key factors are outlined.] Address: Müller, J., Frankefel- comments on its phylogenetic value. Vestnik Zoologii de 3, 39116 Magdeburg, Germany. E-mail: FaunOek. 41(5): 457-462. (in English, with Ukrainian summary). [email protected] ["Prolarvae and first-instar larvae of an aeshnid anisop- teran, probably Aeshna sp. or Anaciaeschna isoceles, 6744. Müller, J.; Steglich, R. (2007): Gehören Coe- were reared from an endophytic egg-clutch with eggs nagrion armatum und Onychogomphus forcipatus (O- positioned in line and zigzag orders in stems and flo- donata) zur Libellenfauna Sachsen-Anhalts? Entomol. werstems of Myriophyllum spicatum in central Ukraine. Mitt. Sachsen-Anhalt 15(1): 28-30. (in German). [The Descriptions of the prolarva and the first-instar larva, paper stresses the historical development of the Fede- the distance between neighbouring eggs in the clutch, ral State Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany as prerequisite of as well as discussion on evolution of the entophytic proper localisation of ancient odonate records, some of which may be hidden in the files of adjacend Federal

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 57 States and resulting from collections prior the correcti- parative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, ons of the frontiers between the states. A focus ist set and Behavioral Physiology 193: 685-693. (in English). on the long lasting wrong interpretation of a "record" of ["The capture of flying insects by foraging dragonflies is Coenagrion armatum in Sachsen-Anhalt and the a highly accurate, visually guided behavior. Rather than unknown status of Onychogomphus forcipatus. A few simply aiming at the prey’s position, the dragonfly aims notes on records of O. forcipatus along the river Jagst, at a point in front of the prey, so that the prey is inter- Baden-Württemberg are added.] Address: Müller, J., cepted with a relatively straight flight trajectory. To bet- Frankefelde 3, 39116 Magdeburg, Germany. E-mail: ter understand the neural mechanisms underlying this [email protected] behavior, we used high-speed video to quantify the head and body orientation of dragonflies (female Ery- 6745. Nakahara, M.; Tsubaki, Y. (2007): Function of themis simplicicollis flying in an outdoor flight cage) re- multiple sperm-storage organs in female damselflies lative to an artificial prey object before and during pur- (Ischnura senegalensis): Difference in amount of ejacu- suit. The results of our frame-by-frame analysis showed late stored, sperm loss, and priority in fertilization. Jour- that during prey pursuit, the dragonfly adjusts its head nal of Insect Physiology 53(10): 1046-1054. (in Eng- orientation to maintain the image of the prey centered lish). ["We studied changes in the number of sperm on the “crosshairs” formed by the visual midline and the within two kinds of female sperm-storage organ in the dorsal fovea, a high acuity streak that crosses midline damselfly Ischnura senegalensis (Odonata: Coenagrio- at right angles about 60° above the horizon. The visual nidae): the bursa copulatrix and the spermatheca. We response latencies to drifting of the prey image are re- counted the number of sperm within each storage or- markably short, ca. 25 ms for the head and 30 ms for gan and tested their viability after a single copulation in the wing responses. Our results imply that the control of female damselflies kept for seven days with and without the prey-interception flight must include a neural oviposition. We also counted sperm and tested their vi- pathway that takes head position into account." ability in females that underwent an interrupted second (Authors)] Address: Olberg, R.M., Department of Biolo- copulation after the sperm-removal stage, and after gical Sciences, Union College, Schenectady, NY subsequent oviposition. Our results showed that the 12308, USA. E-mail: [email protected] bursa copulatrix and spermatheca have different sperm storage roles. Immediately after copulation, most eggs 6749. Olias, M.; Weihrauch, F.; Bedjanic, M.; Hacet, appear to have been fertilized with bursal sperm, which N.; Marinov, M.; (2007): Lestes parvidens and L. viridis were positioned near the fertilization point. By seven in southeastern Europe: a chorological analysis (Odo- days after copulation, a greater proportion of sperma- nata: Lestidae). Libellula 26(3/4): 243-272. (in German, thecal sperm were used for fertilization, as the number with English summary). ["In order to clarify the actual of bursal sperm had decreased. We hypothesize that distribution and the overlap of ranges of Lestes parvi- female damselflies use the spermatheca for long-term dens and L. viridis in Europe, all available and credible storage and the bursa copulatrix for short-term storage: information from records of the two species in southern bursal sperm are more likely to be used for fertilization and southeastern Europe was compiled. This compila- but may have a higher risk of mortality due to sperm tion includes all literature references that clearly distin- removal by a competing male and/or sperm expelling guish between the two species, which usually was not by the female, whereas spermathecal sperm are safer the case prior to the mid-1990s, records taken perso- but will be used for fertilization only after their release nally by the authors, and the review of museum speci- from the spermatheca." (Authors)] Address: Tsubaki, mens. The hitherto researched distributional range of L. Y., Biodiversity Conservation Research Group, National parvidens in Europe extends from Asia minor to Corsica Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba 305-0053, and Sicily in the west, and to Austria, Slovakia and the Japan. E-mail: [email protected] Ukraine in the north. On the other hand, the range of L. viridis extends from western, central and southern Eu- 6746. Nel, A.; Huang, D.-Y.; Lin, Q.-B. (2007): A new rope, where it is common, to the southeast as far as the genus of isophlebioid damsel-dragonflies (Odonata: I- southern Greek mainland and the Black Sea coast. The sophlebioptera: Campterophlebiidae) from the Middle first records of L viridis from Turkey are documented Jurassic of China. Zootaxa 1642: 13-22. (in English). from Turkish Thrace. In the area of overlapping ranges, ["Sinokaratawia prokopi gen. nov., sp. nov. is the fifth which from north to south extends over more than representative of the Campterophlebiidae from the Chi- 1,000 km in Italy as well as the Pannonian lowlands nese Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation, which and the Balkans, numerous cases of syntopic occur- corresponds to one of the most diverse fauna of isoph- rences were recorded. Although in these hybridization lebioid damsel-dragonflies. The synapomorphies for the is not uncommon, the reproductive isolation between L. Campterophlebiidae and Isophlebiidae are discussed." parvidens and L. viridis has reached an extent that (Authors)] Address: Huang, D.-Y., Nanjing Institute of does not allow a complete amalgamation of the two ta- Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of xa any more. In conclusion, the results of our chorologi- Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, P.R. China. E-mail: huang- cal analysis substantiate the status of L. parvidens and [email protected] L. viridis as clearly separated, good species." (Authors)] Address: Olias, M., Humboldtstr. 29, D-09599 Freiberg, 6747. Niemann, U. (2007): Große Künstler der Ver- Germany. E-mail: [email protected] wandlung. Libellen bringen Farbe in Sommer. Wormser Zeitung vom 26.6.2007: (in German). [General account 6750. Osterwalder, R. (2007): Gomphiden-Exuvien- on dragonflies in regional, German newspaper.] Ad- funde an renaturierten Uferabschnitten und neu ange- dress: not stated legten Seitenarmen zweier Schweizer Flüsse (Odonata: Gomphidae). Libellula 26(1/2): 77-92. (in German, with 6748. Olberg, R.M.; Seaman, R.C.; Coats, M.I.; Hen- English summary). ["Along the rivers Reuss and Aare ry, A.F. (2007): Eye movements and target fixation du- the colonization of recently revitalized sections and ring dragonfly prey-interception flights. Journal of Com- newly created side branches by dragonflies, was in-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 58 vestigated in the first years after the completion of the breed. Autumn emergents were later noted at over a construction works. The study focussed on the eviden- dozen sites, some as far north as Lancashire and East ce of development by exuviae findings of gomphids on Yorkshire. Anax parthenope also had a record-breaking eight stretches between 140 and 900 m in length where year, with some 90 individuals being observed and ovi- the bank reinforcements were removed or new water- position being noted from five different areas. E- courses were built in the period from 1998 to 2005 and rythromma viridulum similarly had an eventful season, on corresponding unchanged river sections for compa- showing a very major expansion of range, at least some rison. Exuviae of Onychogomphus forcipatus, Ophio- of which seemed to involve fresh immigration. Other no- gomphus cecilia and Gomphus vulgatissimus were table events included a major influx of S. flaveolum and found in varying numbers and distribution on the diffe- the discovery of a female Lestes barbarus at an inland rent sections. From these findings it is concluded that site on the Somerset/ Gloucestershire border. No less the revitalized and regenerated areas were rapidly co- than four Aeshna affinis were also reported from sou- lonized by gomphid larvae that drifted or moved actively thern England, there having only ever been one previ- into these habitats." (Author)] Address: Rudolf, R., De- ous confirmed British record of this species." (Authors)] partement Bau, Verkehr und Umwelt des Kantons Aar- Address: Parr, A.J., 10 Orchard Way, Barrow, Bury St. gau, Abt. Landschaft und Gewässer, Sektion Natur und Edmunds, Suffolk IP29 5BX, UK. E-mail: Adrian.parr@ Landschaft, Allmendstrasse 3, CH-8919 Rottenschwil, bbsrc.ac.uk Switzerland. E-mail: [email protected] 6754. Peters, G.; Theischinger, G. (2007): Die 6751. Ott. J. (2007): The expansion of Mediterra- gondwanischen Aeshniden Australiens (Odonata: Te- nean dragonflies in Europe as an indicator of climatic lephlebiidae und Brachytronidae). Denisia 20: 517-574. changes — Effects on protected species and possible (in German, with English summary). ["Studying the rela- consdquences for the NATURA 2000 web. In: Secreta- tionships of the genus Dendroaeschna Tillyard led to a riat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (2007). phylogenetic analysis of the genus Austroaeschna Se- Emergins issues for biodiversity conservation in a chan- lys, the family Cockerell and the clade ging climate. Abstracts of Poster Presentations at the Euaeshnida Bechly. Autapomorphies and synapo- 12th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientifc, morphies are listed sequentially for each taxa involved, Technical and Technological Advice of the Convention details are discussed and illustrated in three phy- on Biological Diversity. Montreal, Technical Series no. lograms. The taxa Pulchaeschna subgen. nov. (type 29, i - viii + 112pp: 32-34. (in English). ["The invasion of species: Austroaeschna unicornis pulchra Tillyard) and southern and eurytopic species becomes obviously a Notoaeschnini trib. nov. (type genus: Notoaeschna Till- general process in Germany and Middle and Northern yard) are formally established. Australian „brachytroni- European countries indicating the disturbance of the ne aeshnids" (Panbrachytronoda tax. nov.: Telephlebii- waters, as well as the lack of water in many countries dae s. nov. and Dendroaeschna Tillyard) are characte- and regions (Italy, Spain – Germany: e.g. the federal rized in terms of their chorology and ecology. Nume- state of Brandenburg). Consequently strong changes rous photographs of live dragonflies and prepared spe- within the European dragonfy fauna could be expected. cimens document the diversity of morphology and colo- Especially the species of moorland biotopes, springs, ration found among these insects." (Authors)] Address: small brooks and alpine regions will face a strong dec- Peters, G., Museum für Naturkunde, Institut für Syste- rease and in some regions also extinction. In the longer matische Zoologie, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, term this process will lead more to a decrease of biodi- Germany. E-mail: [email protected] versity then to an increase and to a devaluation of the web NATURA 2000." (Author)] Address: Ott, J., Fried- 6755. Petrovicová, K.; David, S. (2007): Dragonflies hofstr. 28, D-67705 Trippstadt, Germany. E-mail: (Odonata) of the upper reaches of the Kysuca river [email protected] (NW Slovakia). 8. vedecká konferencia doktorandov a mladých vedeckých pracovníkov, 18.-19. 4. 2007, FPV 6752. Parkes, K. (2007): Dragonfly Conservation UKF Nitra: 391-403. (in Slovakian, with English summa- from the BDS. Online surveys - A success story Ban- ry). ["The dragonfly fauna of the typical water habitats of ded Demoiselle Survey 2006. Atropos 32: 62. (in Eng- the Kysuca River was characterised based on a three- lish). [1300 records of Calopteryx splendens were re- year field study (2003-2005). We collected 873 dra- ceived by internet in 2006. These data are mapped. gonfly specimens (703 imagoes, 65 larvae and 5 exuvi- 200 records, those accompanied by photographs were ae and so confirmed the presence of 39 species at 16 added to the National Dragonfly Database.] Address: sample sites in the study area. We distinguished 3 ty- Parkers, Katharine, BDS Conservation Officier, c/o Na- pes of water habitats inside the Kysuca inundation a- tural England (West Mids), Attingham Park, Shrewsbury rea: epipothamal, hyporithral and temporary small lakes SY4 4TW, UK. E-mail: katharine.parkes@naturaleng- in inundated area. Taxon richness and Shannon land.org.uk diversity (H´) did not differ between localities different part of stretches of the Kysuca River. There was an 6753. Parr, A.J. (2007): Migrant and dispersive dra- average of 4 dragonfly species per locality. The value of gonflies in Britain during 2006. J. Br. Dragonfly Society diversity was low H´= ±1.4, but the upper limit of Hmax= 23(2): 40-51. (in English). ["The 2006 season saw some ±1.9. Upper limits of evenness of samples were e = of the most spectacular movements of migrant dra- ±0.9. Total abundance, taxon richness and H´ of the gonflies ever recorded in Britain, perhaps even excee- small lakes in flood plane of the dragonflies were sig- ding those of the famous summer of 1995. In terms of nificantly higher. Taxon diversity of the dragonflies was sheer numbers, the highlight of the year was the profu- significantly higher from the habitats with vegetation. sion of Sympetrum fonscolombii that were reported. Ordination of the species composition revealed that the Approaching a thousand individuals — the highest an- fauna of the River Kysuca is clearly separated from the nual total for Britain by some long way — were obser- temporary small lakes water bodies. The lotic species ved during the summer months, with many staying to assemblages from the Kysuca River Calopteryx splendens, C. virgo, Onychogomphus forcipatus and

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 59 virgo, Onychogomphus forcipatus and Platycnemis se, a higher percentage left the pool after the formation pennipes can be regarded as streams dragonfly com- of puddles. The ability of the dragonfly larvae to move munities Gomphus - Calopteryx splendens (virgo) towards a nearby pond was investigated by placing although the cenobiotic species Gomphus vulgatissi- them 5 m away from a natural pond, with the freedom mus was not recorded by the authors." (Authors)] Ad- to walk on the ground. More of the larvae released nea- dress: Petrovièová, Kornélia, Hlavná 83; 95195 Obyce, rest the low edge of the pond, where a humidity gra- Slovakia. E-mail: [email protected] dient was present, were able to reach water than of those released nearest the high edge, where no humidi- 6756. Petrulevicius, J.F.; Nel, A. (2007): Enigmatic ty gradient was present. The ecological significance of and little known Odonata (Insecta) from the Paleogene the behaviour of the larvae of L. depressa is discussed of Patagonia and Northwest Argentina. Ann. Soc. En- in relation to the typical habitat of this species, repre- tomol. fr. (N.S.) 43(3): 341-347. (in English, with French sented by small, shallow ponds, and to the presence of summary). ["The findings of new specimens of Latiba- hygroreceptors in dragonfly larvae." (Authors)] Address: saliidae and Frengueliidae in Northwest and Patagonia Rebora, Manuela, Dipartimento di Biologia Cellulare e Argentina are noteworthy for the knowledge of these Ambientale, Università di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy. little know families and the explanation of their systema- E-mail: [email protected] tic position. The new findings confirm the phylogenetic position of these families. The morphology of the dis- 6759. Pilgrim, E.M.; Dohlen, C.D., von (2007): Mole- coidal cell in both fore and hind wings of Frenguelia cor- cular and morphological study of species-level questi- responds to the most basal epiproctophoran damsel- ons within the dragonfly genus Sympetrum (Odonata: dragonfl ies, implying a Triassic age for the particular li- Libellulidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of neage of this family. The absence of any fossil record America 100(5): 688-702. (in English). ["This study between Triassic and Eocene could be related to a combines morphological and molecular data to address highly specialized biology for these animals, maybe re- several questions of species validity within the dra- lated to mountain rainforests as for Epiophlebia, unique gonfly genus Sympetrum. We compared morphological surviving damsel-dragonfly. Lastly, the middle Eocene characters (genitalia and other putatively diagnostic Italian dragonfly family Bolcathemidae Gentilini 2002 is characters) and DNA sequences from mitochondrial cy- considered as a junior synonym of the Paleocene Ar- tochrome oxidase I (COI) and nuclear internal transcri- gentinean family Palaeomacromiidae Petrulevicius et bed spacer (ITS) regions between these disputed taxa al. 1999 supporting faunistic contact between Europe and their close relatives. Specimens of Sympetrum and South America during the late Cretaceous." (Au- nigrescens Lucas shared COI haplotypes with Sym- thors).] Address: Nel, A., Lab. Ent. Mus. Natn. Hist. petrum striolatum (Charpentier), and no morphological Nat., 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France. E-mail: a- characters consistently diagnosed S. nigrescens, which [email protected] therefore becomes a junior synonym of S. striolatum. Similarly, Sympetrum occidentale Bartenev shared i- 6757. Petrulevicius, J.F.; Nel, A., Rust, J.; Bechly, dentical COI and ITS sequences with Sympetrum semi- G.; Kohls, D. (2007): New Paleogene Epallagidae (In- cinctum (Say), and the supposed diagnostic morpholo- secta: Odonata) recorded in North America and Euro- gical characters overlapped with the intraspecifc varia- pe. Biogeographic implications. ALAVESIA 1: 15-25. (in tion within S. semicinctum. Sympetrum occidentale be- English). ["Three new fossil Epallagidae: Eodichromi- comes a junior synonym of S. semicinctum. In a third nae are described, viz. Labandeiraia n. gen. with the case, the genetic distance between Sympetrum signife- two species L. americaborealis n. sp. (Eocene of USA), rum Cannings & Garrison and Sympetrum vicinum (Ha- and L. europae n. sp. (Paleocene/Eocene of Denmark), gen) was lower than that found between most undispu- and Litheuphaea coloradensis n. sp. (Eocene of USA). ted species. However, the morphological characters The pattern of distribution of this damselfly group in the that distinguish S. signiferum from S. vicinum were Paleogene of North America and Europe is the same as distinct and consistent, and they supported the retenti- for the damselfly subfamily Thaumatoneuridae: Dy- on of S. signiferum as a valid species. In the fourth ca- sagrioninae and the neuropteran Polystoechotidae. se, neither morphological nor genetic data were able to This pattern could correspond to Paleocene/Eocene distinguish Sympetrum janeae Carle consistently from land bridges between these continents via Greenland or Sympetrum internum Montgomery, or Sympetrum rubi- Bering or to ancient Late Cretaceous groups." (Au- cundulum (Say); in addition, genetic distances between thors)] Address: Petrulevicius, J.F., Div. Cient. Paleo- individuals of S. internum and S. rubicundulum were zoología Invertebrados, Museo de La Plata, Fac. Cs. small or nonexistent. Further studies are necessary to Nat., UNLP and CONICET Argentina. E-mail: levici- test the species status of S. janeae and its close relati- [email protected] ves." (Authors)] Address: Pilgrim, E., NERL Student Services Contractor, Molecular Ecology Research 6758. Piersanti , S.; Rebora, M.; Salerno, G.; Gaino, Branch, US EPA, 26 Martin Luther King Drive Cincinna- E. (2007): Behaviour of the larval dragonfly Libellula ti, OH 45268, USA. E-mail: [email protected]. depressa (Odonata Libellulidae) in drying pools. Etho- gov logy Ecology & Evolution 19: 127-136. (in English). ["Numerous papers report that dragonfly larvae are able 6760. Rebora, M.; Piersanti, S.; Salerno, G.; Gaino, to survive dry periods in temperate areas. In this study, E. (2007): Water deprivation tolerance and humidity we investigated, in experimental field conditions in response in a larval dragonfly: a possible adaptation for woodland, the behaviour of the larvae of L. depressa, survival in drying ponds. Physiological Entomology 32: belonging to the penultimate stadium (F-1), in a drying 121-126. (in English). ["Water deprivation tolerance is pond and the ability of these larvae to seek for water in investigated in the last larval stadium of Libellula de- dry conditions. Larval behaviour in a drying pond was pressa under various conditions of relative humidity (60 studied using a small artificial pond that enabled water – 100% relative humidity; RH). Most of the larvae main- to flow out. Most of the larvae left the pond and, of the- tained at 100% RH emerge and, at lower RH levels

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 60 show some resistance to dehydration because they die endangered damselfly. A total of 8708 individuals was after a mean period ranging from 1.4 days at 60% RH marked. 3. The species was found to be extremely se- up to 6.7 days at 90% RH. In dual-choice chambers dentary, with dispersal limited to an area of contiguous with humidity gradients from 63 –74% RH and from 68 habitat. The median net lifetime movement was 31·9 m – 84% RH, larvae spend most of the time in the moist and 66% of individuals moved less than 50 m in their li- side of the chamber. In a Y-tube olfactometer, the lar- fetime. Movements of greater than 500 m were rare and vae reveal a positive hygrotaxis to two airstreams carry- the longest recorded movement was 1·79 km. This ma- ing different amounts of water vapour (98% vs. 50%) kes it the most sedentary odonate that has been stu- and spend most of their time in the ‘humid’ arm. The died in the UK. 4. The highest recapture rates and the ecological significance of desiccation tolerance and lowest movement distances were recorded at the most hygropositive response in the last larval stadium of L. isolated site. Time between capture and recapture, and depressa is discussed in relation to the presence of day in season had an effect on movement, and indivi- hygroreceptors in dragonfly larvae." (Authors)] Address: duals travelled further on their first than on subsequent Rebora, Manuela, Dipartimento di Biologia Cellulare e moves. There was no consistent effect of age or sex on Ambientale, Università di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy. distance moved. 5. There was strong evidence for in- E-mail: [email protected] verse density-dependent movement, with individuals moving further in low-density than high-density popula- 6761. Rebora, M.; Piersanti, S.; Almaas, T.J. ; Gai- tions. This is the first time that inverse density-depen- no, E. (2007): Hygroreceptors in the larva of Libellula dent movement has, to our knowledge, been observed depressa (Odonata: Libellulidae). Journal of Insect in a natural population of odonates. 6. Synthesis and Physiology 53: 550-558. (in English). ["Ultrastructural applications. Coenagrion mercuriale, along with many and electrophysiological (single-cell recordings) investi- other invertebrate species of conservation concern, li- gations were carried out on the coeloconic sensilla bor- ves in a management-dependent mid-successional ha- ne by the apical antenna of the larvae of L. depressa. bitat. However, the species is highly sedentary. Fur- These sensilla appear as pegs located in pits. One of thermore, patterns of movement and dispersal are them is a compound sensillum constituted of two fused strongly affected by landscape structure and population pegs in a common pit and the other two are single pegs density. This means that it is unable to recolonize isola- located in separated pits close to each other. Coeloco- ted sites and requires ‘stepping stone’ habitats to im- nic sensilla show position and ultrastructural details ve- prove its chances of survival in the medium to long ry similar to those described in insect hygroreceptors. term. Suitable habitat management between sites that The electrophysiological recordings on the apical an- are beyond the dispersal distance of individuals can be tennae of the last larval instar of L. depressa clearly used to connect or reconnect populations. Within e- show the presence of moist and dry cells responding xisting sites only small sections of habitat should be antagonistically to humidity changes. This study gives managed in any one year and new areas should be the first evidence of hygroreceptors in dragonfly larvae created close to existing populations. The long-term and represents the first electrophysiological approach persistence of C. mercuriale and other invertebrate spe- to larval sensilla of aquatic insects. The presence of cies requires a landscape approach to management, hygroreceptors in L. depressa larvae is in agreement with connectivity an important part of management with the hygropositive response shown by these insects planning. It is clear that carefully conducted studies of in laboratory and field behavioural experiments." (Au- movement and dispersal are key components in guiding thors)] Address: Rebora, Manuela, Dipartimento di Bio- invertebrate conservation strategies." (Authors)] Ad- logia Cellulare e Ambientale, Università di Perugia, dress: Thompson, D.J., Population Biology Research 06123 Perugia, Italy. E-mail: [email protected] Group, School of Biological Sciences (Nicholson Buil- ding), University of Liverpool, P.O. Box 147, Liverpool, 6762. Roddis, S. (2007): Southern Hawker Aeshna L69 3BX, UK. E-mail: [email protected] cyanea attracted to light. Atropos 32: 59. (in English). [The same (?) female was catched by a moth-trap on 7 6764. Salur, A.; Kiyak, S. (2007): Additional records and 15-VIII-2006.] Address: Roddis, S., The Hollies, for the Odonata fauna of South-Western Anatolia - Part Station Road, Darley Dale, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 II: Zygoptera. Munis Entomology & Zoology 2 (2): 499- 2EQ, UK 510. (in English). [ Records of 20 zygopteran Odonata collected between April-September in 2000. 2002 are 6763. Rouquette, J.R.; Thompson, D.J. (2007): Pat- documented in detail. The records originate from the terns of movement and dispersal in an endangered Turkish provinces Antalya, Aydin, Burdur, Denizli, Ispar- damselfly and the consequences for its management. ta, and Mugla.] Address: Salur, A., Hitit Üniversitesi, Journal of applied ecology 44(3): 692-701. (in English). Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Biyoloji Bölümü, 19030 Çorum, ["1. Coenagrion mercuriale is one of Europe's rarest Turkey. E-email: [email protected] and most threatened damselflies. It is listed in the Eu- ropean Community (EC) Habitats and Species Directive 6765. Samways, M.J.; Grant, P.B.C. (2007): Honing and is the only odonate currently given priority status in Red List assessments of lesser-known taxa in biodiver- the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. Information regarding sity hotspots. Biodiversity and Conservation 16(9): patterns of movement and dispersal in this species is 2575-2586. (in English). ["Red Listing organisms is an required to guide conservation and management pro- iterative process involving two variables. First, the con- grammes. Management is currently geared towards servation status of a taxon becomes clearer as more in- habitat restoration of isolated subpopulations, with little formation becomes available, and secondly, the actual attention paid to the metapopulation and landscape status changes as the taxon becomes more threatened context. 2. A multisite mark–release–recapture project or less threatened. Using a 20-year database of South was carried out in the valley of the River Itchen in sou- African dragonflies has enabled us to hone conservati- thern England to determine the extent of movement and on assessments and to arrive at a realistic appraisal of the factors affecting movement of mature adults of this their true conservation status. Changes in the evaluati-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 61 on of taxa came about through improved knowledge of Schilder, R.J., School of Biological Sciences, 348 Man- habitat and particularly from information on the exact ter Hall, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588, flight period. This background improved the apparency USA. E-mail: [email protected] of the taxa so enabling accurate conservation assess- ments. The temporal shortcoming was addressed in de- 6767. Schirrmacher, K.; Schiel, F.-J.; Martens, A. tail by focusing on the core of the Cape Floristic Region (2007): Einjährige Entwicklung von Gomphus pulchellus global biodiversity hotspot, and recording the phenology und Leucorrhinia caudalis in einem neu angelegten of species. We found that there were large differences Gewässer (Odonata: Gomphidae, Libellulidae). Libellu- in emergence times. While flight times may not be a la 26(3/4): 189-192. (in German, with English summa- source of error in the temperate northern hemisphere, ry). ["In April and May 2007, three exuviae of G. they can be a major issue in low and southern latitudes. pulchellus and five exuviae of L. caudalis were re- Indeed, the error can be so great that species thought corded at a big pond that had been created in Novem- to be extinct were effectively resurrected. Temporal ber/December 2005 in the former floodplain of the River shortcomings can only be overcome by first undertaking Rhine near Karlsruhe, Germany. This is the first proof a presence/absence survey over time to determine the of univoltine development of both species in central Eu- appropriate time of year for making rigorous Red List rope." (Authors)] Address: Schirrmacher Kristin, Karp- assessments. This is not a criticism of the Red Listing fenweg 12, D-76189 Karlsruhe, Germany. E-mail: Kris- process per se, which, for this taxon, we found to be [email protected] largely sound. However, the results do emphasize that 6768. Schmitz, M. (2007): Beobachtung der Keil- a critical approach to methodology is a necessary foun- flecklibelle (Aeshna isosceles) in der Heisinger Ruhraue dation when searching for trend indicators from the Red (Essen) - Erstnachweis im Ballungsraum Ruhrgebiet. List with regards to lesser-known taxa." (Authors)] Ad- Natur und Heimat 67(2): 59-63. (in German). [Nord- dress: Samways, M.J., Dept Entomol. & Nematol., Univ. rhein-Westfalen, Germany; 6 and 27-VI-2004 and 9-VI- Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, ZA-7602, Matieland, 2006] Address: Schmitz, M., Birkenhang 37, 42555 South Africa. E-mail: [email protected] Velbert-Langenberg, Germany. E-mail: mich.schmitz@ 6766. Schilder, R.J.; Marden, J.H. (2007): Parasites, gmx.de proteomics and performance: effects of gregarine gut 6769. Schneider, B.; Wildermuth, H. (2007): Erst- parasites on dragonfly flight muscle composition and nachweis von Sympecma fusca als Wirt parasitischer function. Journal of Experimental Biology 210(24): Wassermilben (Odonata: Lestidae; Hydrachnidia). 4298-4306. (in English). ["In previous work, we found Libellula 26(1/2): 113-117. (in German, with English that dragonflies infected with gregarine gut parasites summary). ["Five larvae of an unidentified water mite have reduced muscle power output, loss of lipid oxida- attached to the thorax of a mature male S. fusca were tion in their flight muscles, and a suite of symptoms si- photographed on 2-vi-2006 at a pond near Winterthur, milar to mammalian metabolic syndrome. Here, we test Switzerland. The observation is described in detail and the hypothesis that changes in muscle protein composi- we discuss the possibility that this lestid, because it hi- tion underlie the observed changes in contractile per- bernates in the imaginal stage, has to be regarded as formance. We found that gregarine infection was asso- an unsuitable host." (Authors)] Address: Schneider, B.; ciated with a 10-fold average reduction in abundance of Wolfbühlstrasse 34a, CH-8408 Winterthur, Switzerland. a 155 kDa fragment of muscle myosin heavy chain E-mail: [email protected] (MHC; 206 kDa intact size). Insect MHC gene sequen- ces contain evolutionarily conserved amino acid motifs 6770. Schwarz, M.; Schwarz-Waubke, M.; Laister, G. predicted for calpain cleavage, and we found that cal- (2007): Die Grüne Keiljungfer [Ophiogomphus cecilia pain digestion of purified dragonfly MHC produced a (FOURCROY 1785)] (Odonata, Gomphidae) in den Eu- peptide of 155 kDa. Thus, gut parasites in dragonflies ropaschutzgebieten Waldaist. Naarn, Maltsch, Tal der are associated with what appears to be a reduction in Kleinen Gusen, Böhmerwald und Mühltäler (Österreich, proteolytic degradation of MHC. MHC155 abundance Oberösterreich). Beiträge zur Naturkunde Oberöster- showed a strong negative relationship to muscle power reichs 17: 257-279. (in German, with English summary). output in healthy dragonflies but either no relationship ["O. cecilia has been found in all of the investigated Na- or a weakly positive relationship in infected dragonflies. tura 2000 areas (Waldaist-Naarn, Maltsch, Tal der Klei- Troponin T (TnT) protein isoform profiles were not signi- nen Gusen, Böhmerwald und Mühltäler, Austria). At the ficantly different between healthy and infected dra- river Große Mühl only one specimen was found in gonflies but whereas TnT isoform profile was correlated 2006, and it is uncertain if O. cecilia breeds there. Whe- with power output in healthy dragonflies, there was no reas the rivers Kleine Mühl, Kleine Gusen, Maltsch, such correlation in infected dragonflies. Multivariate a- Waldaist, Kleine Naarn and Naarn proved to be impor- nalyses of power output based on MHC155 abundance tant habitats for this species. In some sections of the ri- and a principal component of TnT protein isoform a- vers Maltsch, Waldaist, Kleine Naarn and Naarn O. ce- bundances explained 98% of the variation in muscle cilia occurs in high densities. In the investigated areas power output in healthy dragonflies but only 29% when no threatening could be found. Steps for protecting O. data from healthy and infected dragonflies were pooled. cecilia are listed." (Authors)] Address: Schwarz, M., E- These results indicate that important, yet largely u- ben 21, A-4202 Kirchschlag, Austria. E-Mail: schwarz- nexplored, functional relationships exist between [email protected] (pathways regulating) myofibrillar protein expression and (post-translational) protein processing. Moreover, 6771. Schwarz, M. (2007): Wiederfund von Soma- infection by protozoan parasites of the midgut is asso- tochlora arctica (ZETTERSTEDT 1840) (Odonata, Cor- ciated with changes in muscle protein composition (i.e. duliidae) in Oberösterreich (Österreich). Beiträge zur across body compartments) that, either alone or in Naturkunde Oberösterreichs 17: 303-307. (in German, combination with other unmeasured changes, alter with English summary). [5-VII-2006, S. arctica was muscle contractile performance." (Authors)] Address: found in the nature reserve "Rote Auen", Austria, and

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 62 for the first time in Upper Austria north of the Danube animals during development. Here we investigate how ("Mühlviertel"). Additional species of Odonata found at sexual size dimorphism (SSD) develops in seven spe- the same site are listed.] Address: Schwarz, M., Eben cies of Odonata: Anax imperator, Cordulegaster bolto- 21, A-4202 Kirchschlag, Austria. E-Mail: schwarz- nii, Onychogomphus uncatus, Oxygastra curtisii (Ani- [email protected] soptera), Cercion lindeni, Ischnura graellsii and Platyc- nemis acutipennis (Zygoptera). SSD of both the last 6772. Scoggins, M.; McClintock, N.L.; Gosselink, L. larval and adult stages of the same individuals, which (2007): Occurrence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were reared under laboratory conditions, was measu- below coal-tar-sealed parking lots and effects on red. The aims were to investigate (i) whether SSD de- stream benthic macroinvertebrate communities. J. N. velops during the larval stage, (ii) the direction of larval Am. Benthol. Soc. 26(4): 694-707. (in English). ["Par- and adult SSD, and (iii) whether the direction of adult king-lot pavement sealants recently have been recogni- SSD can be predicted by the mating system of a given zed as a major source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocar- species (e.g. males of territorial species being larger bons (PAHs) in urban stream sediments in Austin, Te- than females and the opposite for non-territorial spe- xas. Laboratory and field studies have shown that cies). We found that although larval differences in size PAHs in sediments can be toxic to aquatic organisms may be present between the sexes, these are not ne- and can degrade aquatic communities. After identifying cessarily shown in the adult stage (they may change or increases in concentrations of PAHs in sediments be- disappear). Also, the mating system was not related to low seal-coated parking lots, we investigated whether patterns of adult SSD. Differences in SSD in larvae may the increases had significant effects on stream biota in be caused by differential use of resources via dif- 5 Austin streams. We sampled sediment chemistry and ferential niche-utilisation or sex-specific growth pat- biological communities above and below the point at terns. We highlight the fact that sexual selection favou- which stormwater runoff from the parking lots dischar- ring large male size and fecundity selection, which se- ged into the streams, thus providing 5 upstream refe- lects for large females may be acting on the observed rence sites and 5 downstream treatment sites. Differen- patterns in SSD in adults." (Authors)] Address: Serrano- ces between upstream and downstream concentrations Meneses, M.A., Department of Biology and Biochemis- of total PAH ranged from 3.9 to 32 mg/kg. Analysis of try, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, the species occurrence data from pool and riffle habi- UK. E-mail: [email protected] tats indicated a significant decrease in community health at the downstream sites, including decreases in 6775. Serrano-Meneses, M.A.;Córdoba-Aguilar, A.; richness, intolerant taxa, Diptera taxa, and density. In Méndez, V.; Layen, S. (2007): Sexual size dimorphism pool sediments, Chironomidae density was negatively in the American rubyspot: male body size predicts male correlated with PAH concentrations, whereas Oligo- competition and mating success. Animal Behaviour 73 chaeta density responded positively to PAH concentra- (6): 987-997. (in English). ["Sexual differences in body tions. In general, pool taxa responded more strongly size are widespread among animals, and various than riffle taxa to PAHs, but riffle taxa responded more explanations for the evolution and maintenance of se- broadly than pool taxa. Increases in PAH sediment- xual size dimorphism have been proposed. We investi- toxicity units between upstream and downstream sites gated the effects of sexual selection and fecundity se- explained decreases in taxon richness and density in lection on the sizes of males and females, respectively, pools between upstream and downstream sites." in American rubyspots, Hetaerina americana. Males are (Authors)] Address: Scoggins, M., Watershed Protecti- larger than females and have large red spots at the ba- on and Development Review Department, City of Aus- se of each wing that are sexually selected via male– tin, 505 Barton Springs Road, 11th Floor, Austin, Texas male contests. Mating success is determined by the 78767 USA. E-mail: [email protected] ownership of a territory. Large males held territories for longer and sustained longer territorial fights than small 6773. Seidenbusch, R.; Heidemann, H. (2007): Ein males. Territorial males obtained more copulations than neues Merkmal zur Identifikation der Larven von Dipla- nonterritorial ones. Large males also had more wing codes lefebvrii unter den paläarktischen Libellulidae pigmentation and mated with large females. Large terri- (Odonata). Libellula 26(1/2): 107-112. (in German, with torial males had high energy reserves, whereas nonter- English summary). ["We present a hitherto ignored ritorial males appeared to have depleted reserves. Se- distinctive feature to separate larvae and exuviae of D. lection analyses of body size showed disruptive selecti- lefebvrii from other palaearctic Libellulidae. This feature on acting on male body size, suggesting that both small concerns a long, strong seta on the mediobasal surface and large males may be favoured in terms of mating of each of the two pronotal lobes, close to the median success. We also tested whether fecundity selection ecdysial line. We hypothesize that this seta may pro- acts on female size. However, female body size was bably be a genus-specific characteristic for larval Dipla- unrelated to the number of eggs carried. Taken to- codes. In addition, we present a new, additional distinc- gether, our results suggest that in this territorial dam- tive feature to separate Crocothemis species and S. selfly species male-biased size dimorphism is driven by fonscolombii by the number of mesosternal setae." large male size in male–male competition being selecti- (Authors)] Address: Seidenbusch, R., Klenze Str. 5, D- vely advantageous in territory acquisition and/or main- 92237 Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Germany. E-mail: seiden- tenance. We also suggest that small size is advantage- [email protected] ous in nonterritorial males to improve their agility in courting (or subduing) females." (Authors)] Address: 6774. Serrano-Meneses, M.A.; Azpilicueta-Amorin, Serrano-Meneses, M.A., Department of Biology and Bi- M.; Szekely, T.; Cord (2007): The development of se- ochemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath xual differences in body size in Odonata in relation to BA2 7AY, UK. E-mail: [email protected]. mating systems. Eur. J. Entomol. 104(3): 453-458. (in unam.mx English). ["Adult body size is the result of important en- vironmental, maternal and/or genetic effects acting on

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 63 6776. Sethy, P.G.S.; Siddiqi, S.Z. (2007): Fauna of re highly sensitive to riparian vegetation, and much mo- Protected Areas - 31: Observations on odonates in Si- re so than macroinvertebrate higher taxa. Odonate spe- milipal Biosphere Reserve, Mayurbhanj, northern Oris- cies were more sensitive to vegetation structure than sa. Zoos' Print Journal 22(11): 2893-2894. (in English). they were to vegetation composition. Landscape con- [India; 16 species of Odonata from 39 sampling sites text is also important, with the odonate assemblages at are brought on record.] Address: Sethy, P.G.S., S/o- point localities being affected by the neighbouring do- Gandharba Sethy, At-Kadei, Po-Uchapada, Via- minant habitat type. Overall, benthic macroinvertebra- Kotsahi, Dist.-Cuttack, Orissa 754022, India. E-mail: tes and adult Odonata species provide a highly comple- [email protected] mentary pair of metrics which together provide large spatial scale (river system) and small spatial scale 6777. Shieh, S.-H.; Hsu, C.-B.; Wang, C.-P.; Yang, (point localities) information on the impact of stressors P.-S. (2007): Leaf breakdown in a subtropical stream such as riparian invasive alien trees. As adult Odonata riffle and its association with macroinvertebrates. Zoo- are easy to sample and are sensitive to disturbance at logical Studies 46(5): 609-621. (in English). [" The rela- both small and large spatial scales, they are valuable tionships between the quality of leaves of 3 trees (Ma- indicators for rapid assessment of river condition and chilus thunbergii, Schefflera octophylla, and Ficus erec- riparian quality." (Authors)] Address: Samways, M.J., ta) and the assemblages of macroinvertebrates were Dept Entomol. & Nematol., Univ. Stellenbosch, Private studied at a riffle section of a 3rd-order subtropical fo- Bag X1, ZA-7602, Matieland, South Africa. E-mail: rest stream in northern Taiwan. Macroinvertebrate ta- [email protected] xon richness and density that colonized bags of leaves of the 3 tree species did not significantly differ. Mac- 6779. Sniegula, S. (2007): New records of protected roinvertebrate assemblages were dominated by collec- dragonflies (Odonata) – Aeshna viridis EVERSM. and tors, such as non-Tanypondinae Chironomidae, Prosi- Leucorrhinia pectoralis (CHARP.), in the Drawsko Lake mulium spp., and Baetis spp., which constituted > 79% District. Wiad. entomol. 26(1): 57-58. (in Polish). [Po- of the total fauna. Results of a principal component land; brief documention of records of Aeshna viridis and analysis (PCA) showed that the macroinvertebrate as- leucorrhinia pectoralis recorded in 2005.] Address: not semblages were associated with the incubation time of stated the litter bags in the stream and the fine particulate or- ganic matter (FPOM) trapped by the leaf bags, but not 6780. Song, D.; Wang, H.; Zeng, L.; Yin, C. (2007): with the variables of leaf litter quality. Shredders, pre- Microstructure and nanomechanical properties of the dominantly small nemourids, accounted for only 5.7%, wing membrane of dragonfly. Materials Science and 7.1% and 10.8% of the total macroinvertebrate assem- Engineering A 457: 254-260. (in English). ["Detailed in- blages on M. thunbergii, S. octophylla, and F. erecta, vestigations on the microstructure and the mechanical respectively, suggesting that macroinvertebrates played properties of the wing membrane of the dragonfly were only a minor role in leaf litter breakdown in this subtro- carried out. It was found that in the direction of the pical 3rd-order stream. However, the density of shred- thickness the membrane was divided into three layers ders on F. erecta, as a function of the weight of the leaf rather than as traditionally considered as a single entity, litter remaining, was significantly higher than that of M. and on the surfaces the membrane displayed a random thunbergii, possibly because of the preference of distribution rough microstructure that was composed of shredders for high-quality food resources. In a compari- numerous nanometer scale columns coated by the cu- son with the temperate zone systems, the dominant ta- ticle wax secreted. The characteristics of the surfaces xa of shredders that colonized the leaf litter were simi- were accurately measured and a statistical radial distri- lar, but their relative abundances were much less in this bution function of the columns was presented to descri- subtropical forest stream riffle." (Authors) Calopteryx be the structural properties of the surfaces. Based on sp. and Mnais sp. are very rarely present.] Address: the surface microstructure, the mechanical properties of Yang, P.-S., Department of Ecology, Providence Uni- the membranes taken separately from the wings of li- versity, 200 Chung-Chi Rd., Shalu, Taichung 433, Tai- ving and dead dragonflies were investigated by the na- wan. E-mail: [email protected] noindentation technique. The Young’s moduli obtained here are approximately two times greater than the pre- 6778. Smith, J.; Samways, M.J.; Taylor, S. (2007): vious result, and the reasons that yield the difference Assessing riparian quality using two complementary are discussed." (Authors)] Address: Song, F., State Key sets of bioindicators. Biodivers. Conserv. 16: 2695- Laboratory of Nonlinear Mechanics (LNM), Institute of 2713. (in English). ["Biological indicators are being inc- Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing reasingly used to rapidly monitor changing river quality. 100080, People’s Republic of China. E-mail: songf@ Among these bioindicators are macroinvertebrates. A lnm.imech.ac.cn shortcoming of macroinvertebrate rapid assessments is that they use higher taxa, and therefore lack taxonomic 6781. Strange, A.M.; Griffiths, G.H.; Hine, S.; Young, resolution and species-specific responses. One subset K.; Holloway, (2007): Habitat associations of the Small of invertebrate taxa is the Odonata, which as adults, are Red Damselfly (Ceriagrion tenellum) (De Villiers) in sensitive indicators of both riparian and river conditions. heathland in southern England (Zygoptera: Coenagrio- Yet adult Odonata are not necessarily an umbrella ta- nidae). Journal of Insect Conservation 11(3): 241-249. xon for all other taxa. Therefore, we investigated (in English). ["C. tenellum) is classed as vulnerable whether the two metrics of aquatic macroinvertebrate (Shirt, British Red Data Book, Nature Conservancy higher taxa and adult odonate species might comple- Council, Peterborough, UK, 1987) throughout the UK, ment each other, and whether together they provide and is included in certain Local Biodiversity Action better clarity on river health and integrity than one sub- Plans (LBAPs) in the south. A large proportion of any set alone. Results indicated that both metrics provide a Biodiversity Action Plan is concerned with the require- similar portrait of large-scale, overall river conditions. At ment of conservation and management programmes. In the smaller spatial scale of parts of rivers, Odonata we- order to guide them, information about the habitat pre-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 64 ferences of the species concerned is vital. Detailed ha- scientific name, distribution, ecology and behaviour, bitat information was collected to include a variety of threats and conservation. A general, concise introducti- physical parameters particularly vegetation, both in- on on 66 pages provides information on morphology, channel and bankside. The species was found to be physiology, ecology and behaviour, biogeography, regi- primarily associated with in-channel emergent broad- onal dragonfly habitats and typical species of these ha- leaved plants, bankside grasses and rushes, and shal- bitats, and surveying of dragonflies. Closing sections of low, narrow channels with dark organic substrate. The the book are a short key of dragonfly larvae, checklists consequences of these findings are discussed in relati- of Odonata from Namibia, Botswana,and Angola, and on to the conservation and management of C. tenel- selected bibliography, and a species index. Of course, lum." (Authors)] Address: Strange, Alison M., The Land- this book is indispensable for everyone travelling trough scape & Landform Research Group Department of Ge- south-western Africa for odonatological reasons. (Mar- ography, The University of Reading, PO Box 227, Whi- tin Schorr)] Address: Suhling, F., Inst. Geoökologie, TU teknights, Reading RG6 6AB, UK. E-mail: a.m.strange Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19c, D-38102 Braun- @reading.ac.uk schweig, Germany. E-mail: [email protected]; Publi- sher: Gamsberg Macmillan Publishers. P.O. Box 6782. Strobl, P. (2007): Interessante Insektenfünde 22830, Windhoek, Namibia in der Altmark. (Hetroptera, Odonata, Lepidoptera, Co- leoptera). Entomologische Mitteilungen Sachsen-Anhalt 6786. Svensson, E.I.; Friberg, M. (2007): Selective 15(2): 54-56. (in German) [Mahlpfuhler Fenn, MTB- predation on wing morphology in sympatric damselflies. 3536/4, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; a male Cordule- The American Naturalist 170: 101-112. (in English). gaster boltonii was recorded at 23-VI-2005.] Address: ["Although predation is thought to affect species diver- Strobl, P., Schulstr. 34, 39576 Stendal, Germany, E- gence, the effects of predator-mediated natural selecti- mail: [email protected] on on species divergence and in nonadaptive radiations have seldom been studied. Wing melanization in Calop- 6783. Stübing, S.; Stübing, N. (2007): Flussuferläufer teryx damselflies has important functions in sexual se- erbeuten Großlibellen. Der Falke 54: 272. (in German). lection and interspecific interactions and in species re- [Los Llanos de Aridane, La Palma, Canary Islands, cognition. The genus Calopteryx and other damselfly Spain; on 21.11.2004, Common sandpipers, Actitis hy- genera have also been put forward as examples of ra- poleucos (Aves) were preying on emerging Anax impe- diations driven by sexual selection. We show that avian rator and Sympetrum fonscolombii. Odonata as prey of predation strongly affects natural selection on wing the genus Actitis are discussed.] Address: Stübing, S., morphology and male wing melanization in two conge- Eckhardtstr. 33a, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany. E-mail. neric and sympatric species of this genus (Calopteryx [email protected] splendens and Calopteryx virgo). Predation risk was almost three times higher for C. virgo, which has an e- 6784. Stübing, S.; Stübing, N. (2007): Notizen zur xaggerated degree of wing melanization, than it was for Entwicklung von Anax imperator und Sympetrum fons- the less exaggerated, sympatric congener C. splen- colombii auf La Palma, Kanarische Inseln (Odonata: dens. Selective predation on the exaggerated species Aeshnidae, Libellulidae). Libellula 26(3/4): 233-241. (in C. virgo favored a reduction and redistribution of the German, with English summary). ["During late 2004, we wing melanin patch. There was evidence for nonlinear checked altogether 19 of approximately 250 artificial ir- selection involving wing patch size, wing patch dark- rigation reservoirs in the western part of La Palma for ness, and wing length and width in C. splendens but the occurrence of Odonata. In only two adjacent reser- weaker nonlinear selection on the same trait combinati- voirs were noteworthy numbers of S. fonscolombii and ons in C. virgo. Selective predation could interfere with A. imperator recorded. The emergence of both species species divergence by sexual selection and may thus occurred on the completely homogeneous surface of indirectly affect male interspecific interactions, repro- the reservoir wall. About half of all S. fonscolombii e- ductive isolation, and species coexistence in this genus. merged at heights of 70 to 115 cm above water level. In " (Authors) Motacilla flava Motacilla alba Motacilla cine- A. imperator the majority emerged at heights of 80 to rea as predators] Address: Friberg, M., Department of 120 cm, six individuals emerging at heights of more Zoology, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, than 400 cm to at most 520 cm above water level. Pre- Sweden E-mail: [email protected] dation of Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos on emerging dragonflies was observed repeatedly." (Au- 6787. Switzer, P.V. (2007): Using dragonflies as thors)] Address: Stübing, S., Im Feldchen 1a, D-61209 common, flexible and charismatic subjects for teaching Echzell, Germany. E-mail: [email protected] the scientific process. American Biology Teacher 69(3): 158-164. (in English). ["Biology laboratories are usually 6785. Suhling, F.; Martens, A. (2007): Dragonflies designed around convenient and available subjects. For and damselflies of Namibia. Gamsberg Macmillan. example, for animal laboratories "Daphnia magna," ISBN 978-99916-0-764-1: 280 pp. (in English). [The "Drosophila melanogaster," frogs, rats, and mice are book describes the 127 species recorded in Namibia common animals that are relatively easy to obtain, rela- providing information on their distribution range, habitat, tively cheap, and consequently lend themselves well to ecology and behaviour. The identification keys not only laboratory experimentation. On many campuses, howe- cover the Namibian species, but also those of neigh- ver, a body of water exists - either in the form of a creek bouring Botswana and southern Angola, so that 149 or small pond - and this water attracts numerous ani- species are covered.The general overview of dragonfly mals that have tremendous potential as subjects for biology and the species descriptions are extensively il- teaching and learning. Chief among these animals are lustrated with 174 photographs, 27 plates with line dra- the dragonflies and damselflies. In this paper, focusing wings and 125 distribution maps. Each species is trea- primarily on dragonflies, the author explains why dra- ted in a monographic way, providing information on i- gonflies make great subjects, gives some practical ad- dentification characters and sibling species, meaning of vice for using them in teaching, and provides a few

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 65 specific examples of how he has used them in his intro- genera, and species in South America. – Springer, ductory zoology, upper-division animal behaviour, and Dordrecht. viii + 725 pp., 793 figures. ISBN 978-1-4020- non-majors environmental life science classes." (Au- 4801-2. Price USD 299.00. Rosser W. Garrison, Natalia thor)] Address: Switzer, P.V., Eastern Illinois Univ., von Ellenrieder & Jerry A. Louton, 2006. Dragonfly ge- Dept Biol, Sci., Charleston IL 61920; USA. E-mail: nera of the New World. An illustrated and annotated [email protected] key to the Anisoptera. – Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. xiv + 368 pp., 1626 figures, 124 6788. Tol, J. van (2007): The Platystictidae of the maps, 8 colour plates. ISBN 0801884462. Price GBP Moluccas and Misool (Odonata). Deutsche Entomologi- 66.00] Address: Tol, J. van, National Museum of Natu- sche Zeitschrift 54(1): 3-26. (in English). ["The Platystic- ral History, P.O. Box 9517, NL-2300 RA Leiden, The tidae of the Moluccas and Misool (Indonesia) are revi- Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected] sed. All species are assigned to Drepanosticta Laidlaw. Representatives of this genus are known from the lar- 6791. Tonczyk, G.; Jaskula, R.; Socha, G. (2007): ger islands in the region, viz. Halmahera, Bacan, Obi, Platycnemis pennipes (Pall.) as a prey of Neoitamus Ambon, Buru, Seram, and from the Kai island group. cyanurus (Loew) (Zygoptera: Platycnemididae; Diptera: Aru is poorly studied for odonates, and no platystictids ). Notul. odonatol. 6(10): 119. (in English). [do- are known. Nine new species are described, viz. Dre- cumentation of a first known asilid predation on Odona- panosticta halmahera sp. n., D. rudicula sp. n., D. sem- ta in Poland.] Address: Tonczyk, G., Zaklad Limnologii i bilanensis sp. n. and D. siu sp. n., all from Halmahera; Ekologii Bezkregowców, Katedra Zoologii Bezkre- D. bifida sp. n. and D. psygma sp. n. from Bacan; D. gowców i hydrobiologii, Uniwersytetu Lódzkiego, ul. misoolensis sp. n. from Misool; D. amboinensis sp. n. Banacha 12716, PL-90-237 Lódz, Poland from Ambon and D. obiensis sp. n. from Obi. Two pre- viously described species, D. robusta Fraser (Kai) and 6792. Trigal, C.; García-Criado, F.; Alaez , C.-F. D. moluccana Lieftinck (Buru), are redescribed and il- (2007): Macroinvertebrate communities of mediterra- lustrated. A key to all species is provided, as well as nean ponds (North Iberian Plateau): importance of na- preliminary notes on phylogenetic relationships and bi- tural and human-induced variability. Freshwater Biology ogeography. Halmahera platystictids show sister-group 52(10): 2042-2055. (in English). ["1. The effects of natu- relationships with species from Bacan or, remarkably, ral and human-induced variability on the composition of Misool. The Moluccan Drepanosticta species are as- macroinvertebrate communities of 28 ponds located in signed to the D. lymetta and D. megametta species the North Iberian Plateau (Spain) were studied to de- groups, which are also known from the Philippines and termine the best predictors of community structure. 2. the Papuan region, and the D. moluccana group, pre- Constrained ordination was used to identify the main sumably confined to the southern Moluccas. The role of factors explaining the among-pond variance in abun- the middle Eocene South Caroline Arc in the distributi- dance (as catch per unit effort) of total macroinvertebra- onal history of the Drepanosticta species is discussed. te and Chironomidae assemblages and trophic structu- (Author)] Address: Tol, J. van, National Museum of Na- re (functional feeding groups). 3. Variance partitioning tural History, P.O. Box 9517, NL-2300 RA Leiden, The showed that human disturbance (represented by a Netherlands pond condition index, total phosphorus concentration and pesticides) was the best predictor of macroinver- 6789. Tol, J. van (2007): The Odonata of Sulawesi tebrate community structure, whereas factors, such as and adjacent islands. Part 7. Libellago and Sclerocypha habitat and biotic variables were of secondary impor- (). International Journal of Odonatology tance. Factors controlling the chironomid community 10(2): 209-248. (in English). ["The Sulawesi species of were broadly similar to those acting on the whole com- the genera Libellago and Sclerocypha are revised. L. munity of macroinvertebrates. In contrast, trophic struc- asclepiades, L. rufescens, L. xanthocyana and S. bi- ture was mainly determined by habitat and biotic variab- signata are redescribed, and three species of Libellago les. 4. Our results show that macroinvertebrates may – one with four subspecies – are described as new to be used as effective indicators of the ecological status science, viz. the closely allied L. daviesi sp. nov. from of Mediterranean ponds. The Chironomidae deserve the northern arm of Sulawesi and L. manganitu sp. nov. special attention because they were the dominant from Sangihe Island, north of Sulawesi, and a complex group in the study ponds and the strongest explanatory of four mainly parapatric subspecies allied to L. rufes- variable for their distribution was degradation." (Au- cens, viz., L. celebensis sp. nov. from W part of Central thors) Coenagrionidae and Libellulinae are considered.] Sulawesi, and nominotypical subspecies, L. celebensis Address: Trigal, Cristina, Inst. för miljöanalys/ Dept. of anoa ssp. nov. from NE part of South Sulawesi, L. ce- Environmental Assessment, SLU/ Swedish University of lebensis dorsonigra ssp. nov. from NE part of South Su- Agricultural Sciences, Box 70 50, 750 07 Uppsala, lawesi, and L.celebensis orientalis ssp. nov. from ex- Sweden. Email: [email protected] treme E part of South Sulawesi, E part of Central Sula- wesi and Southeast Sulawesi. The status of the genus 6793. Turner, A.M.; Chislock, M.F. (2007): Dragonfly Sclerocypha is discussed. A key to the species of Chlo- predators influence biomass and density of pond snails. rocyphidae (except Rhinocypha) known from Sulawesi, Oecologia 153: 407-415. (in English). ["Studies in lakes is provided." (Author)] Address: Tol, J. van, National show that fish and crayfish predators play an important Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 9517, NL-2300 role in determining the abundance of freshwater snails. RA Leiden, The Netherlands In contrast, there are few studies of snails and their predators in shallow ponds and marshes. Ponds often 6790. Tol, J. van (2007): Book reviews. Tijdschrift lack fish and crayfish but have abundant insect popula- voor Entomologie 150: 30, 38. (in English). [Reviews of tions. Here we present the results of field surveys, labo- the following two books: Charles W. Heckman, 2006. ratory foraging trials, and an outdoor mesocosm expe- Encyclopedia of South American aquatic insects: Odo- riment, testing the hypothesis that insects are important nata – Anisoptera. Illustrated keys to known families, predators of pulmonate snails. In laboratory foraging

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 66 trials, conducted with ten species of insects, most in- 6796. Uboni, C.; Bessi, N.; Colla, A. (2007): Una po- sect taxa consumed snails, and larval dragonflies were polazione urbana di Cordulegaster heros Theischinger, especially effective predators. The field surveys showed 1979 in Italia (Odonata, Cordulegastrdae). Atti Mus. that dragonflies constitute the majority of the insect Civ. Stor. Nat. Trieste 53 (2006): 207-211. (in Italian, biomass fishless ponds. More focused foraging trials with English summary). ["An urban population of C. he- evaluated the ability of the dragonflies Anax junius and ros in Italy - We underline the importance of a populati- Pantala hymenaea to prey upon different sizes and on of C. heros near the city of Trieste (NE Italy). This species of pulmonate snails (Helisoma trivolvis, Physa population of C. heros is: (i) up to now, one of the few in acuta, and Stagnicola elodes). Anax junius consumed Italy; (ii) locally valuable since C. heros in listed in the all three species up to the maximum size tested. Panta- annex II and IV of the Habitat Directive; (iii) situated in a la hymenaea consumed snails with a shell height of 3 very peculiar relict and urbanized habitat where C. he- mm and smaller, but did not kill larger snails. P. acuta ros co-occur with C. bidentata and Calopteryx virgo." were more vulnerable to predators than were H. trivol- (Authors)] Address: Uboni, Costanza, Museo Civico di vis or S. elodes. In the mesocosm experiment, conduc- Storia Naturale - Piazza Hortis, 4 - 34123 Trieste, Italy. ted with predator treatments of A. junius, P. hymenaea, E-mail: [email protected] and the hemipteran Belostoma flumineum, insect pre- dators had a pronounced negative effect on snail bio- 6797. van der Poorten, N. (2007): A note on the e- mass and density. A. junius and B. flumineum reduced xistence of androchrome females in Crocothemis servi- biomass and density to a similar degree, and both re- lia (Dru.) (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Notul. odonatol. duced biomass more than did P. hymenaea. Predators 6(10): 120. (in English). [20-X-2006; Hammaliya Estate, did not have a strong effect on species composition. A Bandarakoswatte near Kurunegala, Sri Lanka.] Ad- model suggested that A. junius and P. hymenaea have dress: van der Poorten, N., Hammaliya Estate, Band- the largest effects on snail biomass in the field. Given arakoswatte-60424, Sri Lanka. E-mail: infor@srilanka- that both pulmonate snails and dragonfly nymphs are insects.net widespread and abundant in marshes and ponds, snail 6798. Van Gossum, H.; Beatty, C.D.; Charlat, S.; assemblages in these water bodies are likely regulated Waqa, H.; Markwell, (2007): Male rarity and putative in large part by odonate predation." (Authors)] Address: sex-role reversal in a Fijian Islands community of dam- Turner, A.M., Department of Biology, Clarion University, selflies (Odonata). Journal of Tropical Ecology 23: 591- Clarion, PA 16214, USA. E-mail: [email protected] 598. (in English). ["Behavioural sex-role reversal occurs 6794. Tyrrell, M. (2007): Maintenance of the female when males and females exchange their standard roles androchrome colour polymorph in the Blue-tailed Dam- in territorial defence or parental care. One circumstance selfly Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden). J. Br. Dra- under which sex-role reversal may occur is when males gonfly Society 23(2): 33-39. (in English). ["In order to are a limiting resource, so that females have to compe- explain the maintenance of the male-like androchrome te for access to mates. Here we report on male rarity colour form in female Zygoptera, a form that would o- and male and female behaviour of species within the therwise suffer severe disadvantages through lack of damselfly genus Nesobasis, endemic to Fiji. Earlier re- recognition by males, a number of theories have been ports suggested that, in some members of this genus, developed. Cordero & Andres (1996) reviewed these males were seldom observed and that females of these theories and concluded that a "Density Dependence" species were consequentially territorial, a phenomenon theory offered the most likely explanation. This paper described as ‘sex-role reversal’. Quantitative estimation reports on research into the implications for female of the ratio of adult males to females at 15 localities in androchrome colour forms in both low and high density 13 Nesobasis species (1489 individuals) indicated that populations as a test of the Density Dependence theo- males were extremely rare in some species, yet com- ry, and was applied to the Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnu- mon in others. This interspecific variability in male rarity ra elegans (Vander Linden) in Northamptonshire. For cannot be explained by elevation or habitat. Formal ob- the low and high density populations studied, mating servations of three species with abundant males revea- success was found to be directly related to the proporti- led that males of these species were highly territorial: on of each colour form in the population as a whole, they physically challenged intruders while remaining with no one colour form exhibiting preferential advanta- within a confined area. By contrast, in three species ges or disadvantages. Similarly there was found to be where males were consistently rare or absent, females no significant difference between the mating frequen- were not territorial: instead, they moved widely and we- cies in the two populations. These observations sug- re primarily engaged in oviposition. While we do not gest that the female androchrome in Ischnura elegans know the underlying reason for the unusual rarity of ma- is not a perfect male mimic and that the male is readily les at oviposition sites in some species, it is clear that able to recognize this colour form as female." (Author)] this rarity has not provided sufficient selection pressure Address: Tyrrell, M., 8 Warwick Close, Raunds, Wel- to generate genuine sex-role reversal." (Authors)] Ad- lingborough, Northamptonshire NN9 6JH, UK dress: Gossum, H. van, Evolutionary Biology Group, University of Antwerp (RUCA), Groenenborgerlaan 171, 6795. Tytar, V.M. (2007): Selysiothemis nigra - a B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium. E-mail: [email protected]. new species of dragonflies for the fauna of Ukraine. ac.be Vestnik Zoologii 41(2) : 122. (in Ukrainian, with English summary). [20.VII.2002, a female of S. nigra was dis- 6799. Van Gossum, H.; Beirinckx, K.; Forbes, M.R.; covered on the western part of Pokrovka (Kovalevka) Sherratt, T.N. (2007): Do current hypotheses explain village, Ochakov district, Mykolayivs'ka Oblast' (Provin- continental and seasonal variation in female morph fre- ce) (46.28.36N 31.39.33E) on the bank of Chirnino la- quencies of the damselfly, Nehalennia irene? Biological ke.] Address: Tytar, V.M., Schmalhausen Institute, Uni- Journal of the Linnean Society 90(3): 501-508. (in versity of Kiev, Ukraine English). ["Female-limited colour polymorphism occurs in many damselfly species, where one morph re-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 67 sembles the male (andromorph) and the other is dissi- Evolutionary Biology Group, University of Antwerp milar (gynomorph). Explanations for this phenomenon (RUCA), Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp, vary, but most assume that andromorphism has arisen Belgium. E-mail: [email protected] in odonates, as a response to excessive male harass- ment. Here, we quantify the extent of continental and 6801. Van Gossum, H.; Beirinckx, K.; Forbes, M.R.; seasonal variation in female morph frequencies in a wi- Sherratt, T.N. (2007): Reproductive interference bet- dely-distributed damselfly and ask whether the spatio- ween Nehalennia damselfly species. Ecoscience 14: 1- temporal patterns in andromorph frequency can be un- 7. (in English, with French summary). ["We tested the derstood on the basis of sexual harassment theory. We hypotheses that reproductive interference between 2 sampled the damselfly, Nehalennia irene (Hagen) a- congeneric damselfly species influences their local po- mong regions across Canada, and at several sites, over pulation densities and the female morph ratios in one of the reproductive season, within Central Canada. the species. Nehalennia irene has 2 female types Andromorph frequencies ranged from 0 to > 90% ac- (andromorph and gynomorph), whereas N. gracilis ex- ross Canada. In particular, sites in Western Canada hibits only one female type. Andromorphic N. irene fe- had consistently high andromorph frequencies, whe- males not only resemble conspecific males in body co- reas andromorph frequencies among Central sites were loration, but also resemble heterospecific females of N. lower and variable and, among Eastern sites, were lo- gracilis. We predicted male N. irene to be most attrac- wer still (except one site) and relatively invariant. For ted to gynomorphs of N. irene and male N. gracilis to be populations in Central Canada, both andromorph fre- least attracted to them. Further, if N. gracilis males ha- quencies and population densities varied significantly rass andromorphic N. irene females excessively, then over time, reaching a peak mid-season. As expected, they may reduce andromorph frequencies of N. irene morph frequency covaried significantly with estimates of locally. Our results indicate hybridization to be preven- male harassment in some cases, but estimates of male ted by a “lock-and-key” mechanism, but male N. irene harassment did not consistently account for variation in often attempt mating with female N. gracilis. Contrary to morph frequencies within all regions. Additional factors prediction, andromorph frequency in N. irene did not such as genetic drift may influence morph frequency at depend on whether N. irene populations were in sym- the edge of a species' range. Future work also should patry or allopatry with N.gracilis. As predicted, N. irene test, and attempt to explain causation, for seasonal va- males attempted tandem formation most frequently with riation in morph frequency." (Author)] Address: Gos- conspecific gynomorphs, while N. gracilis males made sum, H. van, Evolutionary Biology Group, University of most heterospecific tandem attempts on N. irene andro- Antwerp (RUCA), Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 morphs. Collectively, our results suggest that N. gracilis Antwerp, Belgium. E-mail: [email protected] females may be frequently harassed by N. irene males, and that this may help explain the relative rarity of N. 6800. Van Gossum, H.; Beirinckx, K.; Forbes, M.R.; gracilis." (Authors)] Address: Gossum, H. van, Evolutio- Sherratt, T.N. (2007): Continental and seasonal variati- nary Biology Group, University of Antwerp (RUCA), on in female morph frequencies of the damselfly, Neha- Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium. E- lennia irene. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society mail: [email protected] 90: 501-508. (in English). ["Female-limited colour poly- morphism occurs in many damselfly species, where 6802. Van Gossum, H., Beirincks, K.; Forbes, M.R., one morph resembles the male (andromorph) and the Sherratt, T.N. (2007): Do current hypotheses explain other is dissimilar (gynomorph). Explanations for this continental and seasonal variation in female morph fre- phenomenon vary, but most assume that andromor- quencies of the damselfly, Nehalennia irene?. Biologi- phism has arisen in odonates, as a response to exces- cal Journal of the Linnean Society 90: 501-508. (in sive male harassment. Here, we quantify the extent of English). ["Female-limited colour polymorphism occurs continental and seasonal variation in female morph fre- in many damselfly species, where one morph re- quencies in a widely-distributed damselfly and ask sembles the male (andromorph) and the other is dissi- whether the spatiotemporal patterns in andromorph fre- milar (gynomorph). Explanations for this phenomenon quency can be understood on the basis of sexual ha- vary, but most assume that andromorphism has arisen rassment theory. We sampled the damselfly, Nehalen- in odonates, as a response to excessive male harass- nia irene (Hagen) among regions across Canada, and ment. Here, we quantify the extent of continental and at several sites, over the reproductive season, within seasonal variation in female morph frequencies in a wi- Central Canada. Andromorph frequencies ranged from dely-distributed damselfly and ask whether the spatio- 0 to > 90% across Canada. In particular, sites in Wes- temporal patterns in andromorph frequency can be un- tern Canada had consistently high andromorph fre- derstood on the basis of sexual harassment theory. We quencies, whereas andromorph frequencies among sampled the damselfly, Nehalennia irene (Hagen) a- Central sites were lower and variable and, among Eas- mong regions across Canada, and at several sites, over tern sites, were lower still (except one site) and relative- the reproductive season, within Central Canada. Andro- ly invariant. For populations in Central Canada, both morph frequencies ranged from 0 to > 90% across Ca- andromorph frequencies and population densities va- nada. In particular, sites in Western Canada had con- ried significantly over time, reaching a peak mid- sistently high andromorph frequencies, whereas andro- season. As expected, morph frequency covaried signifi- morph frequencies among Central sites were lower and cantly with estimates of male harassment in some ca- variable and, among Eastern sites, were lower still (ex- ses, but estimates of male harassment did not con- cept one site) and relatively invariant. For populations in sistently account for variation in morph frequencies Central Canada, both andromorph frequencies and po- within all regions. Additional factors such as genetic pulation densities varied significantly over time, rea- drift may influence morph frequency at the edge of a ching a peak mid-season. As expected, morph frequen- species' range. Future work also should test, and at- cy covaried significantly with estimates of male ha- tempt to explain causation, for seasonal variation in rassment in some cases, but estimates of male ha- morph frequency." (Authors)] Address: Gossum, H. van, rassment did not consistently account for variation in

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 68 morph frequencies within all regions. Additional factors hip of these two genera." (Authors)] Address: Wappler, such as genetic drift may influence morph frequency at T., Institut für Paläontologie, Nussalle 8, 53115, Bonn, the edge of a species' range. Future work also should Germany. E-mail: [email protected] test, and attempt to explain causation, for seasonal va- riation in morph frequency." (Authors)] Address: Gos- 6806. Ward, L.; Mill, P.J. (2007): Spacing behaviour sum, H. van, Evolutionary Biology Group, University of in larval Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens Antwerp (RUCA), Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 (Harris). J. Br. Dragonfly Society 23(2): 58-62. (in Antwerp, Belgium. E-mail: [email protected] English). ["The widely held view is that C. splendens larvae tend to inhabit aquatic vegetation growing on a 6803. Walia, G.K. (2007): Cytomorphological studies silt substrate where they use the roots and stems for on Gynacantha milliardi Fraser of the family Aeschni- shelter and as emergence supports. However, conside- dae (Anisoptera: Odonata). Cytologia 72: 57-62. (in ring the patchy distribution of aquatic vegetation in a ri- English). ["Male germ cell complement of Gynacantha ver and the semivoltine nature of the larval life cycle milliardi belonging to family Aeschnidae has been in- this could potentially result in serious overcrowding of vestigated. Specimens were collected from Karnataka larvae at oviposition sites. In the current study the spa- (Mangalore) state of South India. Chromosome analysis cing behaviour of C. splendens larvae was investigated, shows 2 types of spermatogenetic cycles viz., 2n ma- under experimental conditions, with regard to the densi- le=27m; n male=14m and 2n male=25; n male=13 with ty of an emergent support. ... A shift in C. splendens XO sex determining mechanism. Karyotypic evolution from a random, approaching contagious, distribution of m chromosomes has been observed in the species. towards a more regular pattern with increased density Meiotic behaviour of autosomes and sex chromosome of dowels was observed in the current study." (Authors)] has also been studied. Gynacantha milliardi is descri- Address: Ward, Louise, Askham Bryan College, bed for the first time in odonate cytotaxonomy." Askham Bryan, York, Y023 3FR, UK (Author)] Address: Walia, G.K., Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala–147 002 (Punjab), India. E- 6807. Ware, J.; May, M.; Kjer, K. (2007): Phylogeny mail: [email protected] of the higher Libelluloidea (Anisoptera: Odonata): An exploration of the most speciose superfamily of dragon- 6804. Wang, Z.J.; Russell, D. (2007): Effect of fore- flies. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 45(1): 289- wing and hindwing interactions on aerodynamic forces 310. (in English). ["Although libelluloid dragonflies are and power in hovering dragonfly flight. Physical Review diverse, numerous, and commonly observed and stu- Letters 99(148101): 1-4. (in English). ["Dragonflies are died, their phylogenetic history is uncertain. Over 150 four-winged insects that have the ability to control aero- years of taxonomic study of Libelluloidea Rambur, dynamic performance by modulating the phase lag () 1842, beginning with Hagen (1840), [Rambur, M.P., between forewings and hindwings. We film the wing 1842. Neuropteres. Histoire naturelle des Insectes, Pa- motion of a tethered dragonfly and compute the aero- ris, pp. 534; Hagen, H., 1840. Synonymia Libellularum dynamic force and power as a function of the phase. Europaearum. Dissertation inaugularis quam consensu We find that the out-of-phase motion as seen in steady et auctoritate gratiosi medicorum ordinis in academia hovering uses nearly minimal power to generate the re- albertina ad summos in medicina et chirurgia honores.] quired force to balance the weight, and the in-phase and Selys (1850), [de Selys Longchamps, E., 1850. motion seen in takeoffs provides an additional force to Revue des Odonates ou Libellules d'Europe [avec la accelerate. We explain the main hydrodynamic interac- collaboration de H.A. Hagen]. Muquardt, Bruxelles; tion that causes this phase dependence." (Authors)] Ad- Leipzig, 1-408.], has failed to produce a consensus a- dress: Wang, Jane, Itasca Consulting Group, Inc., Min- bout family and subfamily relationships. The present neapolis, MN 55401, USA. E-mail: [email protected] study provides a well-substantiated phylogeny of the Libelluloidea generated from gene fragments of two in- 6805. Wappler, T.; Petrulevicius, J.F. (2007): Prisca- dependent genes, the 16S and 28S ribosomal RNA lestidae, a new damselfly family (Odonata: Lestinoidea) (rRNA), and using models that take into account non- from the Middle Eocene Eckfeld maar of Germany. A- independence of correlated rRNA sites. Ninety-three LAVESIA 1: 69-73. (in English). ["We describe Prisca- ingroup taxa and six outgroup taxa were amplified for lestes germanica Petrulevicius & Wappler, a new genus the 28S fragment; 78 ingroup taxa and five outgroup ta- and species of Lestinoidea Calvert (1901) (sensu Bech- xa were amplified for the 16S fragment. Bayesian, like- ly 1996) from the Eocene of Germany. The new genus lihood and parsimony analyses of the combined data represents a new family, Priscalestidae Petrulevicius & produce well-resolved phylogenetic hypotheses and Wappler fam. nov., with close relationship to Megalesti- several previously suggested monophyletic groups we- dae, Lestidae and the genus Promegalestes Petrulevi- re supported by each analysis. Macromiinae, Cordulii- cius & Nel 2004 from the late Paleocene of Argentina. dae s. s., and Libellulidae are each monophyletic. The The new family seems to be in a basal position with corduliid (s.l.) subfamilies Synthemistinae, Gompho- respect to the Lestidae because of the lack of their sy- macromiinae, and Idionychinae form a monophyletic napomorphies, i. e. MA strongly zigzagged and the a- group, separate from the Corduliinae. Libellulidae com- rea between IR2 and RP3/4 distally strongly widened prises three previously accepted subfamilies (Uro- with three rows of cells between these two veins themistinae, a very restricted Tetrathemistinae, and a instead of only one. The new family differs also from modified Libellulinae) and five additional consistently Lestidae and Megalestidae in the presence of two au- recovered groups. None of the other previously propo- tapomorphies, i.e. (1) all secondary longitudinal veins sed subfamilies are supported. Bayesian analyses run (except IR1 and IR2) suppressed, resulting in presence with an additional 71 sequences obtained from Gen- of unicellular rows between IR1 and RP2, RP2 and IR2, Bank did not alter our conclusions. The evolution of a- RP3 and MA; and (2) the midfork closer to the subno- dult and larval morphological characters is discussed dus than to the arculus. The sharing of last character here to suggest areas for future focus. This study with Promegalestes let us thinking in a close relations- shows the inherent problems in using poorly defined

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 69 and sometimes inaccurately scored characters, basing Findings: Using comprehensive data for 1291 species groups on symplesiomorphies, and failure to recognize of birds across 30 families, we find strong support for the widespread effects of character correlation and con- Rensch's rule in families where males are typically lar- vergence, especially in aspects of wing venation." ger than females, but no overall support for the rule in (Authors)] Address: Ware, Jessica, Department of En- families with female-biased SSD. Reviewing previous tomology, Rutgers University, 93 Lipman Drive, New studies of a broad range of taxa (arthropods, reptiles, Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA. E-mail: jware42@rci. rut- fish and birds) showing predominantly female-biased gers. edu SSD, we conclude that Rensch's conjecture is the ex- ception rather than the rule in such species. Conclusi- 6808. Watts, P.C.; Saccheri, I.J.; Kemp, S.J.; ons/Significance: The absence of consistent scaling of Thompson, D.J. (2007): Effective population sizes and SSD in taxa with female-biased SSD, the most preva- migration rates in fragmented populations of an endan- lent direction of dimorphism, calls into question previ- gered insect (Coenagrion mercuriale: Odonata). Journal ous general evolutionary explanations for Rensch's ru- of Animal Ecology 76: 790-800. (in English). ["1. Effecti- le. We propose that, unlike several other ecological ve population sizes ( N e ) and migration rates ( m ) are scaling relationships, Rensch's rule does not exist as an critical evolutionary parameters that impact on populati- independent scaling phenomenon." (Authors) The study on survival and determine the relative influence of se- olso includes "dragonflies and damselflies".] Address: lection and genetic drift. While the parameter m is well- Webb, T.J., Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, studied in animal populations, N e remains challenging University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom. E- to measure and consequently is only rarely estimated, mail: [email protected] particularly in insect taxa. 2. We used demographic and genetic methods to estimate N e and m in a fragmented 6810. Wildermuth, H. (2007): Leucorrhinia pectoralis population of the endangered damselfly C. mercuriale in der Schweiz – aktuelle Situation, Rückblick und Aus- to better understand the contrast between genetic and blick (Odonata: Libellulidae). Libellula 26(1/2): 59-76. field estimates of these parameters and also to identify (in German, with English summary). ["The species was the spatial scale over which populations may become recorded from 1835 to 2006 at 64 localities of which 61 locally adapted. 3. We found a contrast between de- are situated in the Central Plateau, mainly between 400 mographic. and genetic-based estimates of these pa- and 600 m a.s.l., and three in the Jura mountains. It rameters, with the former apparently providing ove- does not occur in the Alpine region. From 2000 to 2006 restimates of N e , owing to substantial underestimation L. pectoralis was still found at twelve localities, but only of the variance in reproductive success, and the latter four vigorous populations existed in this period: three in overestimating m , because spatial genetic structure is the canton Zürich and one in the canton Fribourg. Pri- weak. 4. The overall N e of sites within the population mary cause for the decline was the destruction of bogs network at Beaulieu Heath, the largest C. mercuriale si- by peat extraction and reclamation of agricultural land. te in the UK, was estimated to vary between ap- From ca 1950 onwards the species disappeared suc- proximately 60 and 2700. 5. While N e was not correla- cessively in many remaining and currently protected mi- ted with either the total numbers of adults ( N ) or the res because the peat cuttings became increasingly o- area of habitat, this parameter was always less than N , vergrown. The future existence of L. pectoralis in Swit- because of substantial variance in reproductive suc- zerland depends on the management of small water cess. The ratio N e / N varied between 0·006 and 0·42 bodies in partly exploited mires. It is necessary to rege- and was generally larger in smaller populations, pos- nerate overgrown peat cuttings and to maintain them at sibly representing some ‘genetic compensation’. 6. early and medium succession stages. Regeneration of From a simple genetic model and these data on N e partly destroyed bogs by raising the water table can al- and m , it seems that populations of C. mercuriale have so be helpful." (Author)] Address: Wildermuth, H., Halt- the potential to respond to localized spatial variation in bergstr. 43, CH-8630 Rüti, Switzerland. E-mail: hans- selection and this would need to be considered for futu- [email protected] re genetic management of this endangered species." (Authors)] Address: Thompson, D.J., Population Biolo- 6811. Wildermuth, H. (2007): Anheftung der parasiti- gy Research Group, School of Biological Sciences (Ni- schen Landmilbe Leptus sp. an Orthetrum coerules- cholson Building), University of Liverpool, P.O. Box cens (Parasitengona: Erythraeidae; Odonata: Libelluli- 147, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK. E-mail: d.j.thompson@ dae). Libellula 26(3/4): 207-212. (in German, with liv.ac.uk English summary). ["In north-eastern Switzerland a po- pulation of 0. coerulescens was found in which four in- 6809. Webb, T.J.; Freckleton, R.P. (2007): Only half dividuals were infested with terrestrial mite larvae. One right: Species with female-biased sexual size di- freshly emerged dragonfly bore 15 mites. Their attach- morphism consistently break Rensch's Rule. PLoS ment and behaviour was studied in the laboratory. So- ONE 2(9): e897. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000897. (in me mites were attached on peripheral body parts that English). ["Background: Most animal species display are hardly supplied with hemolymph, and no growth Sexual Size Dimorphism (SSD): males and females could be noted in any individual during three days of consistently attain different sizes, most frequently with observation. It is discussed to what extent the mite's ob- females being larger than males. However the selective ject of attachment is alimentary or possibly mainly pho- mechanisms driving patterns of SSD remain controver- retic." (Author)] Address: Wildermuth, H., Haltbergstr. sial. ‘Rensch's rule’ proposes a general scaling pheno- 43, CH-8630 Rüti, Switzerland. E-mail: hansruedi@ menon for all taxa, whereby SSD increases with avera- wildermuth.ch ge body size when males are larger than females, and decreases with body size when females are larger than 6812. Wildermuth, H. (2007): Polarotaktische Reak- males. Rensch's rule appears to be general in the for- tionen von Coenagrion puella und Libellula quadrimacu- mer case, but there is little evidence for the rule when lata auf Erdbeerkulturen als ökologische Falle (Odona- females are larger then males. Methodology/Principal ta: Coenagrionidae, Libellulidae). Libellula 26(3/4): 143-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 70 150. (in German, with English summary). ["In north- typical of lotic waters were observed, e. g. Gomphus eastern Switzerland, C. puella and L. quadrimaculata vulgatissimus, Gomphus flavipes and Onychogomphus were found in numbers in July 2006 away from water forcipatus. The increased number of species found in bodies on a large strawberry field that was covered with 2006 was probably caused by the improved quality of shiny black plastic sheets between the plant rows. Both the river Rhine in terms of structure and water che- sexes exhibited typical elements of the species-specific mistry, climatic change and increased intensity of data reproduction behaviour including oviposition attempts. collection." (Author)] Address: Willigalla, C., Willigalla - Obviously, they took the plastic sheets for ponds be- Ökologische Gutachten, Am großen Sand 22, D-55124 cause such surfaces attract dragonflies like the similarly Mainz, Germany. E-mail: [email protected] polarized light reflected from water surfaces. As the dragonflies lost time, energy and possibly also genetic 6815. Wojtal, A.; Frankiewicz, P.; Andziak, M.; Zale- material by their maladaptive habitat choices, they got wski, M. (2007): The influence of invertebrate predators caught in an ecological trap. In 2007 only few individu- on Daphnia spatial distribution and survival in laborato- als of C. puella and no L quadrimaculata were found on ry experiments: Support for Daphnia horizontal mMigra- the same strawberry field. During sporadic checks of tion in shallow lakes - Internat. Rev. Hydrobiol. 92(1): other fields with plastic sheets in the region no dra- 23-32. (in English). ["The behavioural response of gonflies were observed. Hence, such surfaces obvious- Daphnia cucullata to the presence of the pelagic inver- ly attract reproductively active individuals in numbers tebrate predator Leptodora kindtii, and the predation ra- only under special conditions, perhaps at high populati- te of littoral dragonfly nymphs on this species were in- on densities. It is assumed that the negative effects of vestigated under laboratory conditions. Results of this black shiny surfaces on dragonfly populations in a man- study revealed a strong hiding response of Daphnia cu- modified landscape is probably negligible." (Author)] cullata in the presence of the predatory cladoceran, L. Address: Wildermuth, H., Haltbergstr. 43, CH-8630 Rü- kindtii, which was similar to the response of Daphnia in ti, Switzerland. E-mail: [email protected] the presence of juvenile perch. This suggests that pela- gic invertebrate predators may cause Daphnia to hide 6813. Wildermuth, H.; Martens, A. (2007): The fee- in the littoral zone which could result in increased expo- ding action of Forcipomyia paludis (Diptera: Ceratopo- sure to predation by littoral invertebrates. A strong in- gonidae), a parasite of Odonata imagines. International fluence of dragonfly nymphs on D. cucullata, both in the Journal of Odonatology 10(2): 249-255. (in English). presence and absence of macrophytes, was found. The ["Females of Forcipomyia paludis were studied micros- average predation rate of Odonata larvae was about 5 copically during their feeding action on Odonata wings prey ind–1h–1 and did not differ significantly between where they were mostly attached to main veins in the treatments. Quantification of dragonfly pressure on basal half of the wings. In some individuals rhythmic Daphnia populations will require cross-verification with nodding of the head was noted. Conspicuously many field experiments since in the natural conditions Daph- midges lifted the abdominal tip every one or two minu- nia seeks a shelter in the vegetation stands against tes and from the anus fast growing gas bubbles appea- predation by Leptodora, despite the occurrence of odo- red that burst after about half a second. We suppose nates." (Authors)] Address: Wojtal, Adrianna, Dept of that the insects, having punctured the host's veins with Applied Ecology, University of Łódź, 90-237 Łódź, Ba- their stout proboscis, sucked much air (as well as hae- nacha 12/16 Str. Poland. E-mail: [email protected] molymph) from the tracheae which they had to get rid of afterwards. From these observations, combined with 6816. Worthen, W.B. ; Jones, C.M. (2007): The ef- further indications, it is inferred that F. paludis acts as a fects of wind speed, competition, and body size on true parasite of Odonata and that the association is not perch height selection in a guild of Libellulidae species only phoretic as previously assumed." (Authors)] Ad- (Odonata). International Journal of Odonatology 10(2): dress: Wildermuth, H., Haltbergstr. 43, CH-8630 Rüti, 257-272. (in English). ["For eleven species of sympatric Switzerland. E-mail: [email protected] libellulids, male mean mass was positively correlated with wing aspect ratio, wing loading, and mean perch 6814. Willigalla, C. (2007): Zusammensetzung der height. We tested the hypotheses that perch height se- Libellenfauna der Stadt Mainz im Zeitraum der letzten lection was governed by interspecific competition or bi- 30 Jahre (Insecta: Odonata). Fauna Flora Rheinland- omechanical responses to increased wind speed at Pfalz 11(1): 175-190. (in German, with English summa- higher perches. Although larger odonates might prefer ry). [Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; "In 2006 the NABU- higher perches to offset their increased wing loading, project “Biomonitoring’’ researched the dragonfly spe- species’ mean perch height did not correlate with chan- cies of the lentic and lotic waters in the city of Mainz. ges in mean or maximum wind speeds. Rather, perch The 18 waters studied served as habitats for 36 dra- height selection is best explained by competitive inte- gonfly species. Until now, 23 species had been found in ractions. Mean mass (log10 transformed) of these spe- Mainz. Most of the newly detected species can be clas- cies are distributed in a significantly non-random man- sified as mediterranean. As representatives of this ner, consistent with community-wide character displa- group Aeshna affinis, Crocothemis erythrea, Orthetrum cement. Also, observations of aggressive interactions brunneum, Sympetrum fonscolombii and Sympetrum and the response to decoys of three abundant species meridionale were found in 2006. Whereas there are revealed a competitive hierarchy based on body size. known populations of the first four species from other Libellula luctuosa, the largest species, avoided stations regions in Rhineland-Palatinate the record of the Sou- with conspecific decoys but was attracted to stations thern Darter is the first rediscovery of this species in with the decoys of two smaller species. L. incesta avoi- Rhineland-Palatinate since 1993. Mediterranean spe- ded stations with larger L. luctuosa decoys, but was cies contribute the main proportion to the dragonfly coe- attracted to stations with smaller Pachydiplax longipen- nosis (60%). Aeshna affinis and Crocothemis erythraea nis decoys. P. longipennis avoided stations with also showed the highest abundance at some waters conspecific and L. incesta decoys. L. luctuosa was also studied. In addition to the mediterranean group, species more successful in displacing perchers (82.4%) than L.

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 71 incesta (68.9%) and P. longipennis (46.6%). In pair- lungsblatt des Entomologischen Vereins Mecklenburg, wise contrasts, the larger species was always more 10(1): 5-16. (in German). [extensiv report of the sympo- successful at displacing the smaller species. Finally, P. sium including a documentation of the lectures] longipennis was attacked at significantly higher rates Address: Zessin, W., Lange Str. 9, D-19230 Jasnitz, when it perched on high perches than when it perched Germany. E-mail: [email protected] at lower perches. We conclude that interspecific competition causes niche partitioning of perch height in 6822. Zhou, X.; Zhou, W.-b. (2007): A new species this community." (Authors)] Address: Worthen, of Protoneuridae and a new species of Coenagrionidae W.B.,Dept of Biology, Furman University, Greenville, (Odonata) from China. Entomotaxonomia 29(1): 1-5. (in SC29613 USA. E-mail: [email protected] Chinese, with English summary). ["The type specimens are deposited in the Zhejiang Museum of Natural Histo- 6817. Yalçin-Özdilek, S.; Solak, K. (2007): The fee- ry. 1. Prodasineura huai, sp. nov.: Measurements (mm): ding of European eel, Anguilla anguilla L. in the river Male: Abdomen+app length 29, hindwing length 18. ASI, Turkey. Electronic Journal of Ichthyology 1: 26-34. This species is similar to Prodasineura theebawi Fra- (in English). ["The feeding behaviour of European eel in ser, but differs from the latter as follows: 1) labrum blue; the eastern limit of the distribution attained in the river 2) abdomen segments 2-7 with complete basodorsal Asi was investigated. Fish were dominant food orga- annules; 3) abdomen segments 2~5 with longitudinal nisms of eels especially if they are larger than 40 cm in yellow stripes on each side.The species is closely allied total length. Trichoptera and Odonata larvae were also to Prodasineura hanzhongensis Yang, from which it dif- consumed by eels in the River Asi. It was observed that fers by the labrum, base of mandible and genae blue, summer and also spring days are important feeding pe- and antehumeral stripe narrow, not extending to the an- riod for eels in the River Asi. Fish were consumed tealar sinus,and penile tips with pair of long horms, and mostly in rainy seasons when river discharge is remar- the side of the penile with pair short horns. Holotype: kably high. However, aquatic invertebrates were con- male, Dapu, Cuangdong Province, 08-VII-2004, coll. By sumed mostly in summer days." (Authors)] Address: Y- ZHOU Wenbao. Etymology: The new species named to alçin-Özdilek, S., Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, honor Prof. Dr. HUA Li-zhong. 2. Pseudagrion dapons- Education Faculty, Anafartalar Campus, 17100 Çanak- hanensis, sp. nov.: Measurements (mm): Male: Abdo- kale, Turkey. Email: [email protected] men+app length 30, hindwing length 20.Female: Ab- domen+app length 31, hindwing length 23. This species 6818. Yeh, W.-C.; Chiou, H.-i.; Tang, H.-C.; Wu, J.- is similar to Pseudagrion microcephalum (Rambur), and H.; Chen, S.-L. (2007): Three species of dragonflies can be distinguished from the latter by: thorax black on newly recorded to Taiwan. Endemic species research dorsum, with blue a narrow antehumeral stripe; superior 9(2): 53-62. (in Chinese, with English summary). [The anal appendages shorter than inferiors. Holotype: male, paper reports Sympetrum cordulegaster, S. depressi- Dapanmount, Zhejiang Province, 08-VII-2005, 1 100 m; usculum, and Rhyothemis fuliginosa, new to Taiwan. Paratypes: 3 males, 1female, same data as holotype." Morphological characters, behaviour, and habitats are (Authors)] Address: Zhou, W.-b., Zhejiang Museum of briefly described. In addition, colour photographs and Natural History, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310012, China identification keys to the species of the genera Sym- petrum and Rhyothemis in Taiwan are provided.] Ad- 6823. Zhu, H.-q.; Yang, G.-h.; Wu, T. (2007): A new dress: Tang, H.-C., Education Division, Taipei Zoo, Tai- species of the genus Perissogomphus Laidlaw (Odona- pei, Taiwan ta: Gomphidae) from Yunnan, China. Entomotaxonomia 29(2): 81-84. (in Chinese, with English summary). [Type 6819. Yu, W.-Y.; Li, Z.-H.; Huang, C.; et al. (2007): specimens are deposited in the Dali College, Dali, Yun- The species diversity of Odonata in Lushan, Jiangxi. nan, 671000, China. Perissogomphus asahinai, sp. Chinese bulletin of entomology 44(1): 110-115. (in Chi- nov.: "The new species is allied to P. stevensi, but dif- nese, with English summary). [China, Lusban and fers in the following characters: 1) occiput black and Jiangzi provinces; 52 species were recorded in 2004 with a middle yellow spot; 2) prothorax with the middle and 2005.] Address: Yu, W.-Y., Department of Life lobe black and the yellow spots at middle and side; 3) Science, Nanjing, Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing, synthorax grass-green on dorsum and with a black Jiangsu 210017, China. E-mail: ywy138519@1261com middle stripe, but without a broad M-shaped marking; 4) abdominal segment 10 yellow and with the basal half 6820. Yu, X.; Bu, W. (2007): Two new species of black on dorsum; 5) superior anal appendages terminal Coenagrion Kirby, 1890, from China (Odonata: Zygop- armed with 7-8 small black spines. Length of abdomen: tera: Coenagrionidae). Zootaxa 1664: 55-59. (in Eng- male: 43.0 mm, female: 42.0 mm; length of hind wing: lish). ["Two new species of Coenagrion Kirby (Coe- male: 36.5 mm, female: 40.0 mm. Holotype: male, Y- nagrion aculeatum, sp. nov., holotype male, China, ang-bi river, Dali City, Yunnan Province, 07-VIII-1999, Chongqing, Jiangjin, 23-V-2001, deposited in Life leg. Yang, Zi-zhong; Paratype: 1 female: Cangshan Sciences College of Hebei University, Baoding, China; Mountain, Dali City, Yunnan Province, 03-VI-1998, leg. and C. tengchongensis, sp. nov., holotype male, China, No. 6. Etymology. The new species is named asahinai Yunnan, Tengchong, Zhengding, 1800m, 15-VIII-2006, in honour of Dr. Syoziro Asahina." (Authors)] Address: deposited in Institute of Entomology, Nankai University, Zhu, H.-q., Shanxi University, 42-38, Taiyuan, Shanxi Tianjin, China) are described, and diagnostic figures of 030006, China caudal appendages and genital ligulae are provided." (Authors)] Address: Bu, W., Institute of Entomology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071 China. E-mail: [email protected]

6821. Zessin, W. (2007): Bericht über das 17. Inter- nationale Symposium der Odonatologie in Hongkong, China, vom 31. Juli bis 9. August 2006. Virgo, Mittei-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 72 2008 global conservation concern (Enallagma laterale and E. pictum). We conclude that the protection of littoral and shoreline habitat integrity, with special emphasis on emergent and floating macrophytes, is critical to the 6824. Braune, E.; Richter, O.; Sönderath, D.; Suh- conservation of lacustrine biodiversity." (Authors)] Ad- ling; F (2008): Voltinism flexibility of a riverine dragonfly dress: Butler, R.G., Department of Natural Sciences, along thermal gradients. Global Change Biology 14: 1- University of Maine at Farmington, 173 High Street, 13. (in English). ["Potential effects of future warming Farmington, Maine 04938, USA. E-mail: butler@maine. should be reflected in life history patterns of aquatic or- edu ganisms observed in warmer climates or in habitats that are different in ambient temperature. In the special case 6826. Campero, M.; De Block, M.; Ollevier, F.; Stoks, of the dragonfly Gomphus vulgatissimus (L.) (Odonata: R. (2008): Correcting the short-term effect of food de- Gomphidae) previous research suggests that voltinism privation in a damselfly: mechanisms and costs. Journal decreases from south to north. We analysed data on of Animal Ecology 77(1): 66-73. (in English). ["1. Mass voltinism from 11 sample sites along a latitudinal gra- at emergence is a life-history trait strongly linked to a- dient from about 441N to 531N, comprising small dult fitness. Therefore, when faced with transient food streams to medium-sized rivers. Furthermore, to simu- shortage in the larval stage, mass-correcting mecha- late different conditions and to allow projections for futu- nisms are common. 2. These correcting mechanisms re climate change scenarios, we developed a populati- may carry costs with them. On one hand, these costs on dynamic model based on a projection matrix appro- may be overestimated because they can be confoun- ach. The parameters of the model are dependent on ded with the direct effects of the transient food shortage temperature and day length. Our field results indicate a itself. On the other hand, costs may be underestimated decrease in voltinism along the latitudinal gradient from by ignoring physiological costs. Another largely neglec- southern to northern Europe and a corresponding inc- ted topic is that correcting mechanisms and costs may rease of voltinism with higher temperatures. An increa- critically depend upon other stressors that often co- se in voltinism with width of the running water implies occur. 3. Here, we identify the mass-correcting mecha- an effect of varying habitat temperature. Under the im- nisms and their associated costs at emergence in the pact of global warming, our model predicts an increa- damselfly Coenagrion puella, after being stressed by a sed development speed, particularly in the northern part transient period of starvation and a subsequent exposu- of the latitudinal gradient, an extension of the northern re to pesticide stress during the larval stage. We intro- range limit and changes in phenology of G. vulgatissi- duce path analysis to disentangle direct costs of starva- mus, leading to an extension of the flight season in cer- tion and the mass-correcting mechanisms in terms of tain regions along the gradient." (Authors)] Address: immune response. 4. As predicted, we found no diffe- Suhling F., Inst. Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig, Lan- rences in mass at emergence. Starvation directly resul- ger Kamp 19c, D-38102 Braunschweig, Germany. E- ted in a costly delayed emergence and a decreased mail: [email protected] immune response at emergence. Mass-correcting me- chanisms included a prolonged post-starvation period, 6825. Butler, R.G.; deMaynadier, P. (2008): The reduced mass loss at emergence and compensatory significance of littoral and shoreline habitat integrity to growth, although the latter only in females under pesti- the conservation of lacustrine damselflies (Odonata). J. cide stress. 5. The mass-correcting mechanisms were Insect Conserv. 12(1): 23-36 (in English) ["Human de- associated with beneficial effects on investment in im- velopment of pond and lake shorelines may significantly mune response, but only in the absence of pesticide impact native lacustrine biota including a variety of a- stress. Under pesticide stress, these beneficial effects quatic macroinvertebrate groups. In an effort to better were mostly undone or overruled, resulting in negative understand the habitat associations and sensitivities of effects of the mass-correcting mechanisms in terms of lacustrine damselflies, we sampled adults in littoral immune response. 6. Our results stress the importance macrophyte habitat during two flight periods at 35 ran- of and introduce a statistical way of disentangling direct domly selected pond and lake sites in southern Maine costs of starvation and the mass-correcting mecha- during 2000 and 2001. Data were also collected to help nisms themselves, and the importance of including phy- characterize water body, shoreline disturbance, and siological endpoints in this kind of studies." (Authors)] aquatic vegetation at each study site. Nonmetric multi- Address: Campero, Melina, Laboratory of Aquatic Eco- dimensional scaling was used for ordination of damsel- logy, University of Leuven, Ch. Debériotstraat 32, B- fly assemblages, and coordinates from the most stable 3000 Leuven, Belgium. E-mail: melina.campero@ solution were related to site variables using forward gmail.com stepwise multiple regression. Our results suggest that the diversity and composition of damselfly assemblages 6827. Chaves, M.L.; Rieradevall, M.; Chainho, P.; is related to the abundance and richness of littoral zone Costa, J.L.; Costa, M.J.; Prat, N. (2008): Macroinver- macrophytes, extent of riparian disturbance, benthic tebrate communities of non-glacial high altitude substrate granularity, and lake productivity; all variables intermittent streams. Freshwater Biology 53(1): 55-76 subject to anthropogenic degradation on excessively (in English) ["1. Macroinvertebrate assemblages of five developed waterbodies. Additionally, we developed a non-glacial intermittent high altitude headwater streams Habitat Tolerance Index useful for distinguishing bet- (above 1400m - Serra da Estrela, Portugal), with dry ween relative habitat specialists and generalists from periods of different lengths (0-3?months), were investi- among a diverse assemblage of 19 lacustrine species. gated in nearly undisturbed conditions to (i) examine Finally, species-specific damselfly associations with spatial differences and identify environmental variables multiple genera of floating and emergent macrophytes responsible for the observed invertebrate patterns, (ii) were assessed using both nonparametric correlation assess the association of dry period length with inver- and multiplicative regression yielding significant relati- tebrate community structure and (iii) determine the in- onships for 17 species, including two damselflies of fluence of using different taxonomic identification levels

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 73 (order, family and genus) to assess invertebrate com- rassic, suggesting a great antiquity for the Cavilabiata." munity patterns. 2. More than 100 macroinvertebrate (Authors)] Address: Nel, A., Lab. Ent.. Mus. Natn. Hist. genera were identified. Insects clearly dominated these Nat., 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France. E-mail: a- communities with more than 95% of total captures and [email protected] around 95% of the total richness. Diptera were the most rich and abundant group with chironomid occurrences 6830. Kadoya, T.; Suda, S.; Tsubaki, Y.; Washitan, I. comprising over 70% of macroinvertebrate captures. 3. (2008): Thesensitivity of dragonflies to landscape struc- The highest taxon richness, diversity, EPT (Ephemero- ture differs between life-history groups. Landscape Eco- ptera+Plecoptera+Trichoptera) and OCH (Odonata+Co- logy 23(2): 149-158 (in English) ["Contrasting life-his- leoptera+Heteroptera) genus richness, the greatest tory strategies of long versus short pre-reproductive number of exclusive and characteristic taxa identified phases are known in adult dragonflies of temperate re- by the Indicator Value (IndVal), and a distinct communi- gions. Because the long-phase species spend a longer ty structure shown by Canonical Correspondence Ana- time in terrestrial habitats such as grasslands or wood- lyses (CCA), were found in the only stream that was lands during their pre-reproductive phase, we hypothe- never totally dry, with pools lasting over summer. Envi- sized that long-phase species would be more sensitive ronmental gradients that spatially structured the mac- to landscape structure than short-phase species. To roinvertebrate communities were always related to flow test this hypothesis, we conducted periodic censuses of variations. 4. Over time, the highest abundances found adult dragonflies at small man-made ponds. We com- in these systems were also related to flow variations pared the two above functional groups in terms of the and maximum genus richness occurred in the connec- degree to which species occurrence depended on land- ted pools or in isolated pools. Streams with longer dry scape structure. The difference among the two groups periods presented a distinct recolonization phase, with was not significant, but occurrence of long-phase spe- higher abundance of the stonefly larvae Nemoura sp. cies tended to depend on landscape structure. Long- and the presence of the chironomid larvae Krenosmittia phase species responded to landscape structure at lar- sp., possibly arriving from the hyporheos. 5. Taxonomic ger spatial scales and showed stronger spatial autocor- level of invertebrate identification was vital for recogni- relation in their occurrence among sampling ponds than zing the characteristic taxa (IndVal) of streams yet was short-phase species." (Authors)] Address: Kadoya, T., not critical for identifying streams with the highest mac- Department of Ecosystem Studies, Institute of Agricul- roinvertebrate richness/diversity or structuring environ- ture and Life Science, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 mental gradients. 6. Overall, this study emphasizes the Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan. Email: ka- variability of high altitude intermittent streams macroin- [email protected] vertebrate communities, despite spatial proximity. This 6831. Kalkman, V.; Clausnitzer, V.; Dijkstra, K.D.; variability was probably related to flow intermittency and Orr, A.G.; Paulson, D.R.; Tol, J. van (2008): Global di- hydrologic permanence, different vegetation covers and versity of dragonflies (Odonata) in freshwater. Hydro- riverbed substrata. Consequently, the establishment of biologia 595(1): 351-363 (in English) ["Larvae of almost reference conditions should involve long-term data col- all of the 5,680 species of the insect order Odonata are lections and more detailed physical characterization. dependent on freshwater habitats. Both larvae and a- Also, these findings have significant implications for ac- dults are predators. The order is relatively well studied, curately predicting the ecological consequences of futu- and the actual number of species may be close to re climate change in high altitude scenarios." (Authors)] 7,000. Many species have small distributional ranges, Address: Chaves, M.L., Universidade de Lisboa, Facul- and are habitat specialists, including inhabitants of alpi- dade de Ciências, Instituto de Oceanografia, Lisboa, ne mountain bogs, seepage areas in tropical rain fo- Portugal 2: Departament d'Ecologia, Universitat de Bar- rests, and waterfalls. They are often successfully used celona, Barcelona, España as indicators for environmental health and conservation 6828. Dijkstra, K.-D. (2008): The Systematist's Muse. management. The highest diversity is found in flowing two new damselfly species from 'Elisabetha' in the waters in rain forests of the tropics, the Oriental and Congo Basin (Odonata: Chlorocyphidae, Platycnemidi- Neotropical regions being the most speciose. This pa- dae). Zoologische Mededelingen 82: 15-27. (in Eng- per discusses diversity, summarises the biogeography lish). ["Platycypha eliseva spec. nov. and Mesocnemis of dragonflies in the different biogeographical regions saralisa spec. nov. are described from Lokutu (formerly and gives the total number of species and genera per Elisabetha) in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The family per biogeographical region. Examples are given taxonomy and distribution of Platycypha and Mesoc- of areas of particular diversity, in terms of areas of en- nemis are discussed and keys are provided for the ma- demism, presence of ancient lineages or remarkable les." (Auhthor)] Address: Dijkstra, K.D., Curator of inver- recent radiations but no well-based review of areas with tebrates, National Zoological Collection of Suriname, high endemism of dragonflies is available so far. The University of Suriname, P.O. Box 9212, Paramaribo, conservation status of dragonflies is briefly discussed. Suriname. E-mail: [email protected] Species confined to small remnants of forest in the tro- pics are most under threat of extinction by human ac- 6829. Huang, D.-Y.; Nel, A. (2008): Oldest 'libelluloid' tivities." (Authors)] Address: Kalkman, V.J., Oude Rijns- dragonfly from the Middle Jurassic of China (Odonata: burgerweg 28, NL-2342 BC Oegstgeest, The Ne- Anisoptera: Cavilabiata). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie therlands. E-mail: [email protected] und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 246(1): 63-68 (in English) ["Juralibellula ningchengensis gen. nov., sp. 6832. McCauley, S. (2008): Slow, fast and in bet- nov., type species of the new family Juralibellulidae, is ween: habitat distribution and behaviour of larvae in ni- the oldest record of the clade Cavilabiata. As sister ne species of libellulid dragonfly. Freshwater Biology group of the Neobrachystigmata in the new clade Para- 53(2): 253-263. (in English). ["1. Activity and microhabi- neobrachystigmata, it demonstrates the presence of tat use are important factors determining species per- this relatively much derived subclade in the Middle Ju- formance in habitats that differ in permanence and spe-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 74 cies composition of top predators. This study examined dad de Murcia, CP 30100 Murcia, Spain. E-mail: amel- the relationship between the distribution across a gra- [email protected] dient of habitat permanence and an associated transiti- on in the composition of top predators and the behavi- 6834. Miroglu, A.; Kartal, V. (2008): Additional Notes our of species of larval dragonflies. It also assessed the on the Odonata Fauna of Kurupelit (Samsun, Turkey). relationship between larval behaviour, body size and Turk. J. Zool. 32: 33-41. (in English). [A total of 27 spe- the duration of the larval stage. In laboratory meso- cies was collected in the vicinity of Kurupelit, Samsun, cosms the mobility of the different species was measu- Turkey, - situated at the southern slope of Black Sea - red, as was the extent to which they associated with ar- between May and October 2002-2005. Coenagrion sci- tificial vegetation. 2. Species mobility was positively re- tulum, Ischnura elegans ebneri, Aeshna affinis, Anaci- lated to their natural occurrence in habitats in which in- aeschna isosceles antehumeralis, Anax parthenope, A. vertebrates or small-bodied fish were the top predators, ephippiger, Libellula depressa, L. fulva, and Orthetrum and negatively related with the frequency with which brunneum are new additions to the Odonata fauna of species co-existed with large-bodied fish, the perma- Samsun.] Address: Miroglu, A., Ondokuz Mayis Univer- nence of the habitat and the length of the larval stage. sity, Faculty of Science and Arts, Department of Biolo- 3. Rather than falling into strict low and high mobility ca- gy, 55139, Kurupelit, Samsun, Turkey tegories, habitat generalists that occurred across the 6835. Nakahara, M.; Tsubaki, Y. (2008): Sperm mor- habitat gradient, co-existing with different top predators, tality, insemination and fertilization in the damselfly had variable mobility levels. In these generalists, mobili- Ischnura senegalensis: comparisons between wild and ty was positively related to how frequently they were inbred populations. Journal of Ethology 26(1): 145-151 found in natural habitats in which invertebrates were the (in English) ["Inbreeding can have deleterious effects on top predators. 4. The extent to which species utilized individual or population fitness. To avoid fitness reduc- the artificial vegetation in mesocosms was associated tion, individuals may adopt behavioral or physiological with the length of the larval period but was not associa- mechanisms to reduce their investment in the producti- ted with mobility or species habitat distribution in the on of offspring with genetically similar mates. We exa- field." (Autho)] Address: McCauley, S.J., Center for Po- mined whether insemination by inbred males introduced pulation Biology, 2320 Storer Hall, One Shields Ave., more dead sperm than insemination by wild males by University of California, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A. E- counting sperm in female Ischnura senegalensis (Ram- mail: [email protected] bur) sperm storage organs. If inbred males inseminated 6833. Mellado Diaz, A.; Suarez Alonso, M.L.; Vidal- fewer or lowerquality sperm, females would avoid infe- Abarca Gutierrrez, M.R. (2008): Biological traits of rior sperm. Our results revealed three features of dam- stream macroinvertebrates from a semi-arid catchment: selfly inbreeding: insemination failed in a larger propor- patterns along complex environmental gradients. Fresh- tion of inbred pairs than in wild pairs, inbred pairs sho- water Biology 53(1): 1-21 (in English) ["1. The relation- wed significantly reduced fertility, and the numbers of li- ships between biological traits of macroinvertebrates ve and dead sperm in an inbred female’s sperm storage and environmental characteristics were investigated in organs did not differ from those in wild females. These streams with contrasting physical, chemical or landsca- results suggested that neither sperm quantity nor sperm pe level attributes. We used an ordination technique, quality was responsible for low fertility to a significant RLQ analysis, which links an environmental table (R) extent, but some kind of female quality, such as sperm with traits table (Q) through an abundance table (L) to usage or storing ability, was. Although inbred pairs had investigate the relationship between habitat characte- lower fertility, there were no significant differences bet- ristics and biological traits. 2. A major environmental a- ween inbred and wild pairs in the total numbers of live xis explaining the distribution of species and their or dead sperm. It thus seemed that female choice at the distinctive biological features was obtained. This axis insemination stage was responsible for low fertility ra- included variables of anthropogenic pressure (agricultu- ther than sperm quantity or quality measured by live-to- ral and urban uses) and natural variability (climatic and dead ratio." (Authors)] Address: Nakahara, Miri, Natio- geologic) that are strongly intercorrelated in the study nal Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, area, with a clear spatial component. 3. The attributes Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan. E-mail: nakahara. of species from frequently disturbed systems (small si- [email protected] ze, multivoltinism, diapause, ovoviviparity, etc.) were 6836. Nel, A.N.; Fleck, G.; Garrouste, R.; Gand, G. associated with semi-arid areas whereas traits common (2008): The Odonatoptera of the Late Permian Lodève in more stable and favourable environments (large body Basin (Insecta). Journal of Iberian Geology 34(1): 115- size, semi-voltinism, isolated eggs, etc.) were found in 122. (in English, with Spanish summary). ["The discove- upland forested areas. 4. The natural climatic variation ry of numerous and very diverse Odonatoptera in the was proposed as a disturbance axis of a theoretical ha- Red Late Permian Lodève Basin questions its current bitat templet (driven by the intense hydrological distur- reconstructions of a dry to very dry palaeoclimate and bances typical of semi-arid streams), while anthropoge- palaeoenvironment. It rather suggests the presence of nic pressure (mainly intensive agriculture) and high sa- more or less permanent water bodies, surrounded by a linity, a natural consequence of geology, was proposed diversity of terrestrial biotas. The discovery of large to as an adversity axis. Different life-histories associated very large Meganeuridae contradicts the alleged relati- with contrasting environmental features were superim- ons between the decrease of body and wing sizes of posed in this habitat templet. 5. The ecological– the insects during the late Permian as a direct conse- evolutionary scenario in which stream macroinvertebra- quence of the decrease of the oxygen atmospheric tes have evolved and by which their communities are concentrations at that time." (Authors)] Address: Nel, organized, is closely linked to disturbance, environmen- A., Lab. Ent. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat., 45 rue Buffon, F- tal harshness and human pressure." (Authors) Odonata 75005 Paris, France. E-mail: [email protected] are treated on the genus level.] Address: Mellado Díaz, A., Departamento de Ecología e Hidrología, Universi-

Odonat. Abstr. Service 21 (February 2008) - page 75 6837. Pilgrim, E.M.; von Dohlen, C.D. (2008): Phylo- less than gynomorphs, due to their morphological simi- geny of the Sympetrinae (Odonata: Libellulidae): further larity to males. We present a parameterised dynamical evidence of the homoplasious nature of wing venation. model of the mating system as a way of quantifying the Systematic Entomology 33(1):159-174 (in English) rate of male harassment of females. We then use this ["Sympetrinae is the largest subfamily of the diverse information in a multi-generational model that includes dragonfly family Libellulidae. This subfamily, like most selection via the differential harassment of morphs and libellulid subfamilies, is defined currently by a few wing genetic drift, as well as between-year variability in dam- venation characters, none of which are synapomor- selfly density and sex ratio. The proportions of andro- phies for the taxon. In this study, we used DNA se- morphs at selective equilibria were analytically identi- quence data from the nuclear locus elongation factor-1a fied. While both the LMR and the MM versions of the and the mitochondrial loci 16S and 12S rRNA, together model predict no consistent change in the equilibrium with 38 wing venation characters, to test the monophyly proportion of andromorphic females with increasing of the Sympetrinae and several other libellulid subfami- damselfly density, only the MM predicts that the equi- lies. No analysis recovered Sympetrinae as monophyle- librium proportion of andromorphs should increase with tic, partly because of the position of Leucorrhinia (of the sex ratio. Under low harassment rates (e.g. low popula- subfamily Leucorrhininae) as a strongly supported sis- tion densities and/or low male search rates) selection is ter to Sympetrum (of Sympetrinae) in all analyses. The absent and female morph frequencies are free to drift. subfamilies Brachydiplactinae, Leucorrhininae, Tramei- The potential applications of this form of dynamical mo- nae and Trithemistinae were also found not to be mo- del for other systems involving sexual harassment are nophyletic. Libellulinae was the only subfamily suppor- discussed." (Authors)] Address: Gossum, H. van, Evo- ted strongly as monophyletic. Consistency indices and lutionary Biology Group, University of Antwerp (RUCA), retention indices of wing venation characters used to Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium. E- define various subfamilies were closer to zero than uni- mail: [email protected] ty, showing that many of these characters were ho- moplasious, and therefore not useful for a classification 6840. Zhang, B.; Ren, D.; Pang, H. (2008): Telm- scheme within Libellulidae." (Authors)] Address: Pilgrim, aeshna paradoxica gen. et sp. nov., a new fossil dra- E., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Molecular gonfly (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera) from the Yixian Ecology Research Branch, 26 Martin Luther King Drive, Formation, Liaoning, China". Zootaxa 1681: 62-68. (in Cincinnati, OH 45268, U.S.A. E-mail: pilgrim.erik@epa. English). ["Telmaeshna paradoxica gen. et sp. nov., is gov described from the Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation, near Chaomidian Village, Beipiao Ci- 6838. Trapero-Quintana, A.D.; Reyes-Rur, B. (2008): ty, Liaoning Province, China. It is included in the Ani- Description of the last instar larva of Erythrodiplax fervi- soptera: Aeshnoptera: Aeshnomorpha: Panaeshnida, da (Erichson, 1848) (Anisoptera: Libellulidae), with no- on the basis of the following characters: strongly elon- tes on the biology of the species. Zootaxa 1672: 66-68. gated pterostigma; well-defined anal loop and Rspl; un- (in English). [The last stage larvae of the genus E- dulated RP2, RP3/4 and MA; divided hypertriangle and rythrodiplax have been described for all species from discoidal triangle; and prolonged gaff. It cannot be as- Cuba except for E. fervida. The description of the spe- signed to any described extant or extinct family of Pa- cies in this paper is based on records from 17 August, naeshnida, but we refrain from erecting a new family to 2007 (an ultimate stage female larva which after eclosi- accommodate it until more features (forewing, body on was determined as E. fervida) in the outlet of Cha- characters) are known. Consequently, this new genus lons basin, located north of Santiago de Cuba (20º 04' is provisionally retained as family uncertain. Its phylo- 13'' N / 75º 48' 47'' W), and on exuviae from 4 females genetic relationships within Anisoptera are discussed." and 2 males, collected on 4, 5 and 17, August 2007 at (Authors)] Address: Ren, Dong, College of Life Scien- the margins of Chalons basin.] Address: Trapero-Quin- ces, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, China. tana, A.D., Departamento de Biología. Universidad de E-mail: [email protected] Oriente. Ave. Patricio Lumumba. Santiago de Cuba 90500. Cuba. E-mail: [email protected] 6841. Zhang, B.; Ren, D.; Pang, H. (2008): New dra- gonflies (Insecta: Odonata: Gomphaeschnidae) from 6839. van Gossum, H.; Sherratt, T.N. (2008): A the Yixian Formation in Inner Mongolia, China. Pro- dynamical model of sexual harassment in damselflies gress in Natural Science 18: 59-64. (in English). ["Two and its implications for female-limited polymorphism. fossil dragonflies from the Upper Jurassic to Lower Cre- Ecological modelling 210:1/2: 212-220. (in English). taceous Yixian Formation in Liutiaogou Village, Ning- ["Female-limited polymorphism is a widespread pheno- cheng County, Inner Mongolia, China are described menon in damselflies. Typically, one female morph re- and illustrated. They are assigned to two new genera sembles the male (the andromorph), while the alternati- and species, i.e., Sophoaeschna frigida gen. et sp. nov. ve morph(s) does not (the gynomorph(s)). Contempora- and Falsisophoaeschna generalis gen. et sp. nov. ry explanations for the phenomenon vary, but they within the family Gomphaeschnidae Tillyard & Fraser, generally assume that the polymorphism has a risen as 1940. This is the first report of Odonata from Yixian a consequence of frequency-dependent selection on fe- Formation in Inner Mongolia and the second record of males to avoid excessive male harassment. Here, we fossil Gomphaeschnidae from China." (Authors)] Ad- quantitatively characterise two hypotheses, the learned- dress: Ren Dong, College of Life Sciences, Capital mate recognition hypothesis (LMR) and the male mi- Normal University, Beijing 100037, China. E-mail: ren- micry (MM) hypothesis. The LMR proposes that males [email protected] learn more quickly to attack the more commonly en- countered female morph in the population, so that rarer Thanks to all who contributed to female phenotypes are harassed relatively less. By this issue of OAS! contrast, the MM proposes that when andromorphs are initially rare compared to males, then they are harassed

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