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ELZ Dragonfly List Rev 4.Xlsx
Recent Flight Period ELZ DRAGONFLY LIST Records Page Common Name Scientific Name Status ELZ Co-op JASONDJFMAMJ 92 Billabongfly, Eastern Austroagrion watsoni CW 1 1 96 Bluetail, Aurora Ischnura aurora CW 1 1 96 Bluetail, Common Ischnura heterosticta CW 1 1 90 Damsel, Red & Blue Xanthagrion erythroneurum CW 1 130 Darner, Conehead Austroaeschna subapicalis RL 132 Darner, Forest Austroaeschna pulchra UL 1 1 130 Darner, Mountain Austroaeschna atrata UL 116 Darner, Multi-spotted Austroaeschna multipunctata CL 1 1 144 Darner, Southern Evening Telephlebia brevicauda MW 1 1 140 Darner, Southern Riffle Notoaeschna sagittata UL 1 1 120 Darner, Swamp Austroaeschna parvistigma MW 1 1 124 Darner, Unicorn Austroaeschna unicornis CL 1 1 244 Emerald, Australian Hemicordulia australiae CW 1 1 248 Emerald, Tau Hemicordulia tau CW 1 1 250 Emerald, Eastern Swamp Procordulia jacksoniensis UW 152 Emperor, Australian Hemianax papuensis CW 1 1 52 Flatwing, Common Austroargiolestes icteromelas CW 1 1 148 Hawker, Blue-spotted Adversaeschna brevistyla CW 1 1 166 Hunter, Jade Austrogomphus ochraceus CL 1 164 Hunter, Yellow-striped Austrogomphus guerini CW 1 1 24 Needle, Bronze Synlestes weyersii CW 1 278 Percher, Black-faced Diplacodes melanopsis MW 1 1 276 Percher, Scarlet Diplacodes haematodes CW 1 1 276 Percher, Wandering Diplacodes bipunctata CW 1 1 272 Pygmyfly, Eastern Nannophya dalei CW 34 Ringtail, Blue Austrolestes annulosus CW 32 Ringtail, Cup Austrolestes psyche UL 1 1 36 Ringtail, Iota Austrolestes io RL 32 Ringtail, Slender Austrolestes analis CW 1 1 -
Laws of Malaysia
LAWS OF MALAYSIA ONLINE VERSION OF UPDATED TEXT OF REPRINT Act 716 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ACT 2010 As at 1 December 2014 2 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ACT 2010 Date of Royal Assent … … 21 October 2010 Date of publication in the Gazette … … … 4 November 2010 Latest amendment made by P.U.(A)108/2014 which came into operation on ... ... ... ... … … … … 18 April 2014 3 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 716 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ACT 2010 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS PART I PRELIMINARY Section 1. Short title and commencement 2. Application 3. Interpretation PART II APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS, ETC. 4. Appointment of officers, etc. 5. Delegation of powers 6. Power of Minister to give directions 7. Power of the Director General to issue orders 8. Carrying and use of arms PART III LICENSING PROVISIONS Chapter 1 Requirement for licence, etc. 9. Requirement for licence 4 Laws of Malaysia ACT 716 Section 10. Requirement for permit 11. Requirement for special permit Chapter 2 Application for licence, etc. 12. Application for licence, etc. 13. Additional information or document 14. Grant of licence, etc. 15. Power to impose additional conditions and to vary or revoke conditions 16. Validity of licence, etc. 17. Carrying or displaying licence, etc. 18. Change of particulars 19. Loss of licence, etc. 20. Replacement of licence, etc. 21. Assignment of licence, etc. 22. Return of licence, etc., upon expiry 23. Suspension or revocation of licence, etc. 24. Licence, etc., to be void 25. Appeals Chapter 3 Miscellaneous 26. Hunting by means of shooting 27. No licence during close season 28. Prerequisites to operate zoo, etc. 29. Prohibition of possessing, etc., snares 30. -
A Revised, ANNOTATED Checklist of Victorian Dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata)
A REVISED, ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF Victorian DRAGONFLIES (Insecta: Odonata) I.D. ENDERS by 56 Looker Road, Montmorency, Victoria 3094, Australia E-mail: [email protected] ENDERS by , I.D. 2010. A revised, annotated checklist of the Victorian dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 122(1): 9-27. ISSN 0035-9211. Seventy-six species of Odonata are known from Victoria (26 Zygoptera; 50 Anisoptera). In the last ten years one new species Austroaeschna ingrid Theischinger, 2008 has been described from the State; Austroepigomphus praeruptus (Selys, 1857) and Pseudagrion microcephalum (Rambur, 1842) have now been recorded; and records of Rhadinosticta banksi (Tillyard, 1913) and Labidiosticta vallisi (Fraser, 1955) are judged to be erroneous. Generic names of Aeshna, and Trapezostigma have been changed. Some changes in higher level names and relationships, based on recent phylogenetic analyses, have been incorporated. Distribution maps for all species, based on museum collections, are provided. Key Words: Odonata, Zygoptera, Anisoptera, Victoria, Australia, checklist, Hemiphlebia IN the ten years since an annotated checklist of the molecular study seeks greater taxon and genome Victorian Odonata was published (Endersby 2000), sampling and, as this occurs, slow convergence be- a new species has been described from Victoria, tween the alternatives is appearing. In the meantime additional species have been recorded in the State, some framework is needed on which to list the Vic- substantial museum collection label data have be- torian fauna today. Theischinger & Endersby (2009) come available, and numerous phylogenetic stud- have tried to steer a middle course, avoiding the ex- ies have been published. Theischinger & Endersby tremes but acknowledging that change is occurring; (2009) have incorporated many of these changes into it will still annoy some but must be seen as a work in an identification guide for the adults and larvae of progress. -
Acta Bianco 2/2007.Xp
ZOBODAT - www.zobodat.at Zoologisch-Botanische Datenbank/Zoological-Botanical Database Digitale Literatur/Digital Literature Zeitschrift/Journal: Acta Entomologica Slovenica Jahr/Year: 2008 Band/Volume: 16 Autor(en)/Author(s): Boulard Michel Artikel/Article: PLATYLOMIA OPERCULATA DISTANT, 1913, A CICADA THAT TAKES WATER FROM HOT SPRINGS AND BECOMES VICTIM OF THE PEOPLE (RHYNCHOTA: CICADOMORPHA: CICADIDAE) 105-116 ©Slovenian Entomological Society, download unter www.biologiezentrum.at ACTA ENTOMOLOGICA SLOVENICA LJUBLJANA, DECEMBER 2008 Vol. 16, øt. 2: 105–116 PLATYLOMIA OPERCULATA DISTANT, 1913, A CICADA THAT TAKES WATER FROM HOT SPRINGS AND BECOMES VICTIM OF THE PEOPLE (RHYNCHOTA: CICADOMORPHA: CICADIDAE) Michel BOULARD Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes et Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, e-mail: [email protected] Abstract – Males of the Asian cicada Platylomia operculata Distant, 1913, mysteriously sense the need to absorb some water from rather frequent hot springs in North Thailand (notably those of Jaesorn National Park), and come to sources only at night adding an unusual element to the behaviour of normally diurnal and crepuscular insects. This imper- ative followed in unison by the males of the same population, finds an anthropic and trag- ic end, the cicada in question representing a proteinic manna appreciated by Thais. In the addendum, we give a provisional list of the Jaesorn N.P. cicadofauna, of which two other species take some drinks from mud or humid sand (first records). KEY WORDS: Rhynchota, Cicadomorpha, Cicadidae, Cicadinae, Platylomia, Leptopsaltria, Balinta, ethology, ethnology (entomophagous people), tropical Asia, Thailand. Izvleœek – PLATYLOMIA OPERCULATA DISTANT, 1913, ØKRÆAD, KI PIJE VODO IZ TOPLIH VRELCEV IN POSTANE ÆRTEV LJUDI (RHYNCHOTA: CICADOMORPHA: CICADIDAE) Samci azijskega økræada vrste Platylomia operculata Distant, 1913, skrivnostno zaœutijo potrebo po pitju vode iz precej pogostih toplih vrelcev na severu Tajske (posebno v narodnem parku Jaesorn). -
Check-List of the Butterflies of the Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve in Western Kenya (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea)
Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, N. F. 25 (4): 161–174 (2004) 161 Check-list of the butterflies of the Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve in western Kenya (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea) Lars Kühne, Steve C. Collins and Wanja Kinuthia1 Lars Kühne, Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany; email: [email protected] Steve C. Collins, African Butterfly Research Institute, P.O. Box 14308, Nairobi, Kenya Dr. Wanja Kinuthia, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 40658, Nairobi, Kenya Abstract: All species of butterflies recorded from the Kaka- list it was clear that thorough investigation of scientific mega Forest N.R. in western Kenya are listed for the first collections can produce a very sound list of the occur- time. The check-list is based mainly on the collection of ring species in a relatively short time. The information A.B.R.I. (African Butterfly Research Institute, Nairobi). Furthermore records from the collection of the National density is frequently underestimated and collection data Museum of Kenya (Nairobi), the BIOTA-project and from offers a description of species diversity within a local literature were included in this list. In total 491 species or area, in particular with reference to rapid measurement 55 % of approximately 900 Kenyan species could be veri- of biodiversity (Trueman & Cranston 1997, Danks 1998, fied for the area. 31 species were not recorded before from Trojan 2000). Kenyan territory, 9 of them were described as new since the appearance of the book by Larsen (1996). The kind of list being produced here represents an information source for the total species diversity of the Checkliste der Tagfalter des Kakamega-Waldschutzge- Kakamega forest. -
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Research in Zoology 2015, 5(2): 32-37 DOI: 10.5923/j.zoology.20150502.02 First Records of Butterfly Diversity on Two Remote Islands on the Volta Lake of Ghana, the Largest Reservoir by Total Surface Area in the World Daniel Opoku Agyemang1, Daniel Acquah-Lamptey1,*, Roger Sigismond Anderson2, Rosina Kyerematen1,2 1Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana 2African Regional Postgraduate Programme in Insect Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana Abstract The construction of the Akosombo Dam in Ghana for hydroelectric energy led to the creation of many islands on the Volta Lake. The biological diversity on these islands is unknown and so a rapid assessment was conducted in January 2014 as part as a region wide assessment to determine the butterfly diversity on two of these islands, Biobio and Agbasiagba. Diversity indices were computed for both islands using the Shannon-Weiner index, Margalef’s index for richness and Whittaker’s index for comparison of diversity between the two islands. A total of eight hundred and eighty-one (881) individual butterflies representing forty-five (45) species belonging to eight (8) families were recorded during the study. Thirty-nine (39) species of butterflies were recorded on Biobio island whiles twenty-eight (28) species were recorded on Agbasiagba. This was expected as the larger islands are expected to support more species than smaller ones, with Biobio island being relatively bigger than Agbasiagba. The shared species of butterflies on both islands were twenty-two (22) representing 48.9% of the total species accumulated. Indicator species like Junonia oenone, Danaus chrysippus and Papilio demodocus were also recorded indicating the degraded floral quality of the Islands. -
A Decrease in Endemic Odonates in the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
「森林総合研究所研究報告」(Bulletin of FFPRI), Vol.4, No.1 (No.394), 45 - 51, Mar. 2005 論 文(Original article) A decrease in endemic odonates in the Ogasawara Islands, Japan YOSHIMURA Mayumi 1)* and OKOCHI Isamu 2) Abstract There are many endemic species in the Japanese Ogasawara Islands. However, many of these endemic species are likely to disappear as a result of reduction of habitat and the introduction of exotic species. Odonates are included within this category of species at risk. If the decrease in endemic odonates is due to a decrease in aquatic habitat, we have only to provide arti” fi cial ponds to conserve these species. In this study, we provided artifi cial ponds as a habitat for odonates in Chichi-jima and Ani-jima, Ogasawara Islands. We then examined the possibility of protection and enhancement of odonate populations. Endemic odonates were found in the natural ponds of Ani-jima and Ototo-jima. In Ani-jima, they could be collected both in the artifi cial and natural ponds. The artifi cial pond could provide habitat for endemic odonates. However, in Chichi-jima, few odonates could be collected both in the artifi cial and natural ponds. Here, invasive species, such as Gambusia affi nis and Anolis carolinensis, are found, which considered to prey upon odonate larvae and adults. Extermination of invasive species may be necessary to conserve the endemic odonates in Chichi-jima. Key words : Anolis carolinensis, endemic species, oceanic islands, odonates, Ogasawara Islands, predator, conservation Introduction in Chichi-jima. In Japan, the Ogasawara Islands consist of many This decline has been blamed on environmental small islands, including Chichi-jima, Ani-jima, Ototo- destruction. -
ARTHROPODA Subphylum Hexapoda Protura, Springtails, Diplura, and Insects
NINE Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM HEXAPODA Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects ROD P. MACFARLANE, PETER A. MADDISON, IAN G. ANDREW, JOCELYN A. BERRY, PETER M. JOHNS, ROBERT J. B. HOARE, MARIE-CLAUDE LARIVIÈRE, PENELOPE GREENSLADE, ROSA C. HENDERSON, COURTenaY N. SMITHERS, RicarDO L. PALMA, JOHN B. WARD, ROBERT L. C. PILGRIM, DaVID R. TOWNS, IAN McLELLAN, DAVID A. J. TEULON, TERRY R. HITCHINGS, VICTOR F. EASTOP, NICHOLAS A. MARTIN, MURRAY J. FLETCHER, MARLON A. W. STUFKENS, PAMELA J. DALE, Daniel BURCKHARDT, THOMAS R. BUCKLEY, STEVEN A. TREWICK defining feature of the Hexapoda, as the name suggests, is six legs. Also, the body comprises a head, thorax, and abdomen. The number A of abdominal segments varies, however; there are only six in the Collembola (springtails), 9–12 in the Protura, and 10 in the Diplura, whereas in all other hexapods there are strictly 11. Insects are now regarded as comprising only those hexapods with 11 abdominal segments. Whereas crustaceans are the dominant group of arthropods in the sea, hexapods prevail on land, in numbers and biomass. Altogether, the Hexapoda constitutes the most diverse group of animals – the estimated number of described species worldwide is just over 900,000, with the beetles (order Coleoptera) comprising more than a third of these. Today, the Hexapoda is considered to contain four classes – the Insecta, and the Protura, Collembola, and Diplura. The latter three classes were formerly allied with the insect orders Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails) and Thysanura (silverfish) as the insect subclass Apterygota (‘wingless’). The Apterygota is now regarded as an artificial assemblage (Bitsch & Bitsch 2000). -
Two Remarkable Fossil Insect Larvae from Burmese Amber Suggest the Presence of a Terminal Filum in the Direct Stem Lineage of Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata)
Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia (Research in Paleontology and Stratigraphy) vol. 126(1): 13-35. March 2020 TWO REMARKABLE FOSSIL INSECT LARVAE FROM BURMESE AMBER SUGGEST THE PRESENCE OF A TERMINAL FILUM IN THE DIRECT STEM LINEAGE OF DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES (ODONATA) MARIO SCHÄDEL1*, PATRICK MÜLLER2 & JOACHIM T. HAUG1,3 1*Corresponding author. Department of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany. E-mail: [email protected] 2Friedhofstr. 9, 66894 Käshofen, Germany. E-mail: [email protected] 3GeoBio-Center of the LMU Munich, Richard-Wagner-Str. 10, 80333 Munich, Germany. E-mail: [email protected] To cite this article: Schädel M., Müller P. & Haug J.T. (2020) - Two remarkable fossil insect larvae from Burmese amber suggest the presence of a terminal filum in the direct stem lineage of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). Riv. It. Paleontol. Strat., 126(1): 13-35. Keywords: character evolution; Cretaceous; moult; Myanmar; Odonatoptera; ontogeny. Abstract. The fossil record of dragonfly relatives (Odonatoptera) dates back to the Carboniferous, yet knowl- edge about these extinct animals is meagre. For most of the species little is known except for the characteristics of the wing venation. As a result, it is difficult to include fossil larvae in a (wing character based) phylogenetic tree as the wing venation is not visible in most of the larval instars. Two larval specimens from Cretaceous Burmese amber are in the focus of this study. The two specimens likely represent two subsequent early stage larval instars of the same individual. Not only is this an exceptional case to study ontogenetic processes in fossils – the larval instars are morphologically completely different from all known larvae of Odonata with respect to the posterior abdominal region. -
AGIDE Final Report
COMPTE RENDU FINAL D’EXECUTION DE PROJET I. INFORMATIONS DE BASE Nom de l’organisation : Association pour la Gestion Intégrée et Durable de l'Environnement (AGIDE) Adresses Siège social : Tsévié, Préfecture de Zio, Région maritime, TOGO B.P. 149 Tsévié – TOGO Cel. :(00228) 909 05 84 E-mail : [email protected] Antennes : Kpalimé, Préfecture de Kloto, Région des plateaux E-mail : [email protected] Titre du projet : Inventory of Butterflies in the Missahoe Classified Forest in Togo, Upper Guinea Forest II. REMARQUES PRÉALABLES 1 – Présentation sommaire du Togo Situé dans la sous région Ouest africaine, le Togo est un petit pays effilé coincé entre le Bénin à l’Est et le Ghana à l’Ouest. Il est limité au Nord par le Burkina Faso et au Sud par le Golfe de Guinée. Sa superficie est de 56 600 km2. La population est de 4 500 000 habitants avec une densité moyenne de 25 habitants / Km2. La proportion de la femme est de 62%. La zone guinéenne du Togo qui comprend les régions Maritimes et des Plateaux compte 76,6% de pauvre dont 65,5% extrêmement pauvre1. Sur le plan économique, l’évolution du PIB par habitant du Togo en général a progressivement baissé depuis les années 1997 à la suite de la situation socio politique du pays, jointe aux problèmes climatiques qui ont eu des impacts négatifs sur la flore, la faune et la production agricole2. En vue de freiner la pression anthropique sur les ressources naturelles et réduire la pauvreté des populations tributaires des ressources animales et végétales, les divers programme de développement3 proposent dans leur plan d’action, le développement des activités génératrices de revenus afin d’orienter les activités de ces exploitants. -
Insects and Other Arthropods from Kwajalein Atoll (Marshall Islands)
Vol. XXI, No. 2, December, 1972 271 Insects and other Arthropods from Kwajalein Atoll (Marshall Islands) Bernard B. Sugerman U. S. ARMY, HAWAII Kwajalein Atoll is located in the Ralik (Sunset or Western) Chain of the Marshall Islands in the West Central Pacific Ocean. It is 2100 nautical miles southwest of San Francisco. Lying less than 700 miles north of the Equator, Kwajalein is in the latitude of Panama and the southern Philippines; it is in the longitude of New Zealand, 2300 miles south, and the Kamchatka Peninsula, USSR, 2600 miles north. Kwajalein Atoll is of coral reef formation in the shape of a crescent loop enclosing a lagoon. Situated on the reef are approximately 100 small islands, with a total land area of only 5.6 square miles (3584 acres). The three largest islets, Kwajalein (1.2 square miles), Roi-Namur and Ebadon, at the extremities of the Atoll, account for nearly half the total land area. While the typical size of the remaining isles may be about 140 by 225 m, the smallest islands are no more than sand cays that merely break the water's surface at high tide. The lagoon enclosed by the reef is the world's largest lagoon, having a surface area of 902 square miles. The Atoll's longest dimension is 75 miles from Kwajalein to Ebadon, and its average width is about 15 miles. Kwajalein Islet at the Atoll's southern tip and Roi-Namur at its northern extremity are 50 miles apart. All islets are flat and few natural points exceed 15 feet above mean sea level; those which do are sand dunes. -
Etymology of the Dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) Named by R.J. Tillyard, F.R.S
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by The University of Sydney: Sydney eScholarship Journals online Etymology of the Dragonfl ies (Insecta: Odonata) named by R.J. Tillyard, F.R.S. IAN D. ENDERSBY 56 Looker Road, Montmorency, Vic 3094 ([email protected]) Published on 23 April 2012 at http://escholarship.library.usyd.edu.au/journals/index.php/LIN Endersby, I.D. (2012). Etymology of the dragonfl ies (Insecta: Odonata) named by R.J. Tillyard, F.R.S. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 134, 1-16. R.J. Tillyard described 26 genera and 130 specifi c or subspecifi c taxa of dragonfl ies from the Australasian region. The etymology of the scientifi c name of each of these is given or deduced. Manuscript received 11 December 2011, accepted for publication 16 April 2012. KEYWORDS: Australasia, Dragonfl ies, Etymology, Odonata, Tillyard. INTRODUCTION moved to another genus while 16 (12%) have fallen into junior synonymy. Twelve (9%) of his subspecies Given a few taxonomic and distributional have been raised to full species status and two species uncertainties, the odonate fauna of Australia comprises have been relegated to subspecifi c status. Of the 325 species in 113 genera (Theischinger and Endersby eleven subspecies, or varieties or races as Tillyard 2009). The discovery and naming of these dragonfl ies sometimes called them, not accounted for above, fi ve falls roughly into three discrete time periods (Table 1). are still recognised, albeit four in different genera, During the fi rst of these, all Australian Odonata were two are no longer considered as distinct subspecies, referred to European experts, while the second era and four have disappeared from the modern literature.