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On August 31, 1981, I succeeded in
Lake catching a single $ on Thiersee, near
Kufstein. This is the second time the species
has ever been found in Austria. At the same
time, it is the first record of the species in
North data the last Tirol, as from century (viz.
Second record of Cercion lin- C. AUSSERER, 1869, Z. Ferdinandeum 14:
denii (Sel.) in Austria (Zygopte- 219-288; F. BRAUER. 1876, Feslschr. zooi- ra: Coenagrionidae) -bol. Ges. Wien. pp. 263-300) definitely refer
Alto C. lindenii is considered a west Mediterranean to South Tirol (= Adige, Italy).
D. ST. Lake the beech the faunal element (cf. QUENTIN, 1960, Thiersee lies in zone of
in- Northern Zoo!. Jh. Syst. 87: 301-316). The species Limestone Alps, atan altitude of617 habits only very few regionsofCentral Europe m, 2 km from the Bavarian border. It is a
is north of the Alps and generallyregarded as shallow, eutrophic lake with a surface of
known north 2 rare. It has been to occur as far as 257.000 m . The shores are flat and the lake is
surrounded Holland and Nordrhein-Westfalen (new partially by a narrow belt of records in Munsterland, viz. M. STE1N- Phragmites communis and Scirpus lacustris.
WEGER, 1971, Nalur& Heimal. Munster 31 ; A floating-leaf belt is almost lacking. The
22-25; R. RUDOLPH, 1976, loc. cil. 36; 86- shore structure, thus, resembles greatly the
87), or in the NE, where isolated populations coenotope of C. lindenii as described by U. were reported from the Brandenburger area JAKOB(cf. above). Itis ofspecial interest that
Faun. odonate (U. JAKOB, 1969, Abh. Mus. Tierkde the coenoecium, as noted on August
H. Dresden 2: 197-239). According to 31, can definitely be attributed to the Coena-
LOHMANN (1980, Soc. ini. odonalol. rapid grion lindenii- Platycnemis pennipes coenoe-
Comm. I: 1-34) the Cercion lindenii popula- cium (sensu Jakob). Thus, P. pennipes, given
West the the the second tion of Germany in Rhine area in by JAKOB as indicator, was
and occurred last couple of years has definitely increased. dominant in great abundancy on
However, the species is not indigenous in any the said day. The attending species, Ischnura
other state of Germany and, remarkably elegans, Enallagmacyathigerum and Somato-
it has been enough, reported from Bavaria chlora metallica, were less abundant. A great
number only once(L. DIRNFELDER, 1982, Libellula ofmatingand ovipositing Sympetrum
1 H (2): 52-55). According to R. WILDER- danae and S. vulgatumwere observed on the
MUTH (1981, Schweiz. Nalurschutz Sonder- densely structured SW shore, whereas only
Nr. I, pp. 20-21) C. lindenii occurs in a single few specimens of Aeshna cyanea, A. grandis
latter above area of northern Switzerland, while it is very and A. juncea (the especially a
local in western Switzerland (cf. C. DU FOUR. bent on the S shore) were present.
1978, Eludefaunisliquedes odonales de Suisse The physiognomical resemblance describ-
romande. Conserv. Faune Vaud, Lausanne) ed by Jakob between Coenagrion lindenii -
DE MARMELS and in Tessin (J. & H. -Platycnemis pennipes coenotopes and river-
Boll. Soc. lie. Sci. bank the lake SCHIESS, 1978. nal. 1977/ biochores, in case of Thiersee.
It has 78; 29-83). not been reported recently is also enhanced by an earlier record of
from central and eastern Switzerland (J. DE Gomphus vulgatissimus (F. PRENN, 1924,
Notul. odonatol. MARMELS, 1979, I; 37- Verb, zool.-bol. Ges. Wien 74: 125-134) on this
-40). lake. Although the present incidental observa-
from the In view of this situation, records tion does not allow any exact statement as to
SE area of Central Europe, north of the Alps, the status of the species on the Thiersee, the
The above data merit special attention. only Austrian seem to justify further investiga-
from the of record, a teneral 3 surroundings tions on the lake.
Linz. Upper Austria, was made by G. THEI- I would like to thank Mag. G. LEHMANN
SCHINGER (1966, Nalurk. Jb. Linz 12: (Kufstein) and Dr W. STARK (Eisenstadt) for
175-178). several informations. Notul. Vol. No. June 1982 154 odonatol., I, 9, pp. 141-156, I,
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