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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 . 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 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 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: () 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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