Odonatological Abstracts
1973 im Kanton Bern, 1976. Milt, naturf. Ges. Bern (N.F.)
34; 65-113. — (Author’s last know address: Kistlerstr.
(12886) SUZUKI, D.T., 1973. Zen and Japanese 61, CH-3065 Bolligen),
culture. Princeton Univ. Press Series No. [Bollingen Inch brief comments on the odon. fauna of Schraitt-
Princeton, xxiv+478 69 excl. ISBN 0- of and 64], pp., figs moos (communities Amsoldingen Thierachem),
-691-01770-0. canton Beme, Switzerland, based on the work listed
in Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, Japan’s foremost authority on 04 1563.
Zen Buddhism and author ofover onehundred works
the diedin in at the of95. on subject, Tokyo 1966, age 1984
In the present work, after briefly explaining what Zen
is, he considers in detail various aspects of Japanese (12889) SIEBER, C.F., 1984. Johann Georg Amstein
art and life that this Buddhist discipline has influenced: “der Jiingere” (1819-1892),ein gelehrterbiindnerAizt
the cult of the the haiku und Naturforscher des 19. Jahrhunderts. swordsmanship, tea ceremony, Zurcher
form of and the love of Other Abh. 168: iv+72 poetry, Japanese nature. medizingesch. pp. (With Engl. s.).
essays are devoted to the relationship of Zen and ISBN 3-260-05039-6.
Confucianism, to the role of Zen in the tradition of A comprehensive monograph, inch the biographies
Samurai, and to Japanese art. - Ofethnoodonatologi- and evaluation of entomological work of the other
cal interest is the reproduction ofanearly 18thcentury members ofthe Amstein family, among whose Johann
woodblock print (60 x 104 cm), by an unknown artist, Rudolph (1777-1862) is noted for his odonatol.
printedby Munakata Shiko, from Suzuki’s coll., titled (unpublished) work.
“The Buddha entering into Nirvana”. The mourners
include human andnonhuman beings,the insects being 1992
represented by 3 dragonflies. A detailed description
and an with the illustration. P. & T. essay go along (12890) AMALIETTI, KRAU, [translators],
1992. Haiku. Amalietti [Ars aetema], Ljubljana. 1977 viii+111 pp. ISBN 86-81303-98-8. (10.0 x 13.5 cm).
(Slovene).
(12887) ELIOT, A., 1977. Mythen van de mensheid. A collection of Slovene translations of some classical
Kosmos, Amsterdam & Heideland-Orbis, Hasselt. 318 Japanese haiku. It includes 2 dragonfly haiku, by
ISBN pp. 90-215-0652-1. (Dutch). Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827)and Hotta Bakusui (1720-
This is a Dutch edn of the work, published originally -1783).
(1976) by McGraw-Hill (Maidenhead,UK) under the
title — On 92-94 the Menek- 1994 “Myths”. pp. appears
-Kaien Negritos’s (Malaysia) story on Ag-Ag and
Klang, and their son Tnong, the dragonfly. (12891) JAUCH, D„ 1994. Wilhelma, der zoologisch-
-botanische Garten in Stuttgart. Stehn, Stuttgart-Bad
152 ISBN 3-8-87779-049-6. - (12888) SCHMALZ, K.L., 1977. Naturschutztatigkeit Connstatt. pp. {do 274 Odonatological Abstracts
Wilhelma,Postfach 501227, D-70342 Stuttgart). arthropods in Sub Saharan Africa, Proc. exp. appl. Ent.,
- Box Some native dragonfly spp. are represented in the Amst. 7: 3-20. (Dept Ent., Agric. Univ., P.O.
Stuttgart Zoo Insectarium. Anax imperator is 8031, NL-6700 EH Wageningen).
and mentioned in this Zoo guide. The subject is reviewed, based on literature on
interviews with 178 persons from 80 tribes in 19
(12892) POST, D. & M. LANDMANN, 1994. countries. Itis presented under the followingheadings:
Verbreitungsatlas der Fliessgewdsserfauna in Ost- “Human entomophagy”, “Arthropods products”,
friesland. Staatl. Amt f. Wasser u. Abfall, Aurich. 141 “Economic use of insects and insect products”,
— Str. ‘Traditional pp. (Orders to the Publishers: Oldersumer 48, “Arthropods as predictors or indicators”,
D-26603 Aurich). insect pest and vector management”, “Medical
The atlas covers the 1987-1993 Eastfrisian records properties ascribed to arthropods or their products”,
incl. those of 9 odon. and (Germany), spp. (pp. 46-49, 130, “Religion, superstition witchcraft”, “Oracles”,
136). “Art”, “Insects entertaining children”, “Song, music
and dance”, “Mythology and legends”, and “Proverbs
and — There few references 1996 sayings”. are only very
to odon., viz.; (1) In Mali, Niger and Chad, these are
(12893) BAUMGARTNER, M. & K. LORENZ, 1996. sometimes associated with epilepsy or instability; and
— children with which Verbreitungsatlas der Makrozoobenthonfauna von (2) play games dragonflies,
and but Fliessgewdssem im Elbe-Weser-Dreieck. Staatl. Amt are often compared to helicopters aeroplanes,
f. Wasser Stade. 167 1 fold, & difficult catch. u. Abfall, pp., map are to
Appendix excl. — (Orders to the Publishers: Herse-
felder Str. 2, D-21680 Stade). 1997
The atlas covers the district ofStade, and partly those
ofRotenburg/Wumme and Cuxhaven (Lower Saxony, (12897) DELL’ANNA, L. & V. KETMAIER 1997.
Germany). 16 odon. spp. are mapped, andtheir habitat Ricerche sulla Valle Peligna (Italia centrale, Abruzzo),
C. ecology is stated (pp. 63-68, 158, 161-162, fold, map, 8: Odonata (Insecta). In: B.G. Osella, M. Biondi,
App. Tab. 1). Di Marco & M. Riti [Eds], Ricerche sulla Valle Peligna,
Vol. 1, pp. 143-153, Amrainistrazione Provinciale,
(12894) KETENCHIEV, H.A. & O.N. POPOVA, 1996. L’Aquila. (With Engl. s.). — (Second Author: Dipto
KBR — Biol. Anim. & Univ. Roma “La Strekozy (Odonata) stepnoy zony [Dragon- Uomo, Sapienza”,
flies (Odonata) ofthe Kabardino-Balkar steppe]. Vest, Viale dell’Universita 32,1-00185 Roma).
Univ. from Nature del kabardino-balkar. gos. (Him.-Biol.) 1996(1): 23 spp. are listed Reserve, “Sorgenti
113-117. (Russ.). — (SecondAuthor: Inst.Anim. Syst. Pescara”. Adult phenology is monthwise stated, but
RUS-630091 collection dates omitted. of Ecol., Russ. Akad. Sci,, Ul. Frunze 11, are By means correspon-
Novosibirsk). dence analysis, a comparisonis made ofodon. popula-
A commented list of 19 with brief tions 12 localities 450-1700 but the spp., descriptions; at (alt. m), presen-
— Maysky distr., Kabardino-Balkar Republic, tation is somewhat fragmentary, the respective species
Russia. Caucasus, lists are not given.
(12895) STAIN, V.Yu., 1996. Nekotorye ekologo- (12898) KETENCHIEV, H.A. & S.G. KOZ’MINOV,
-biologicheskie osobennosti strekoz stepnoy zony 1997. K ekologii i biologii lichinok strekoz stepnoy
— Kabardino-Balkarii — and KBR [Some ecological and biological features of zony [On ecology biology
of of larvae in the Kabardino-Balkarian dragonflies the Kabardino-Balkar steppe region]. dragonfly steppe
Vest, Univ. Dokl. kabardino-balkar. gos. (Him.-Biol.) region]. Tez. respub. nauchno-prakt. Konf
117-120. — Kabardino- Nal’chik — Biol., 1996(1); (Russ.). (Dept Biol., KBGU, pp. 99-101, (Russ.). (Dept
-Balkar St Univ., Nal’chik, Russia). Kabardino-Balkar St. Univ., Nal’chik, Russia).
of 41 is and Deals of The adult phenology spp. oudined, the mainly with population biology Coenagrion
composition of the fauna is analysed; — Kabardino- puella, C. pulchellum, Anax imperator, Crocothemis
-Balkar Republic, Caucasus, Russia. servilia, Libellula depressa and Sympetrum
meridionale; - central Caucasus, Russia.
(12896) VAN HUIS, A., 1996. The traditional use of OdonatologicalAbstracts 275
LENK, R, 1997. Die Gestreifte Brake. 188 — the Publishers; (12899) Quelljungfer Abfall, pp. (Orders to
(Cordulegaster bidentatus Selys, 1843) im Spessart Hemestr. 1, D-26919 Brake).
atlas the districts of (Ins. Odonata; Bayern: westliches Unterfranken). The covers Oldenburg, Ammer-
Nachr. naturw. Mus. Aschaffenburg 104: 35-38). - land, Friesland and Wassermarsch, and the cities of
(Hess. Landesmus., Friedensplatz 1, D-64283 Oldenburg, Dehnenhorst and Wilhelmshaven (Lower
The odon. Darmstadt). Saxony, Germany). distribution of 18 spp.
1 larva, 24-VO-1995, in a tributary of Haibach; new is mapped and discussed (pp. 70-75, 175, 182).
for the Spessart, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany.
(12905) TEMBHARE, D.B., 1997. Modern ento-
1997. Kenntnis der (12900) PONTA, U., Beitrag zur mology. Himalaya Publ. House, Mumbai, India. 623
im — — Libellenfauna Odo- — Gurk-Einzugsgebiet (Insecta, pp. Price RsIC 700. net. (Author: Div. Ent.,
nata). Carinthia (II) 187/107: 381-384. - (Kiimtner Dept Zool., Nagpur Univ., Univ. Campus, Amravati
Inst. Seenforsehung, Flatschacher Str. 70, A-9021 Rd, Nagpur-440010, M.S., India).
The odon. dealt with 307-312. The Klagenfurt). are on p. emphasis
Platycnemis pennipes, Calopteryx splendens, C. virgo, is on the Indian fauna, the status of which is family-
-wise reviewed: 25 135 492 Gomphus vulgatissimus, Onychogomphus forcipatus fam., gen., spp.
and Somatochlora metallica are listed from various
localities in the Gurk R. system (alt. 428-517 m), (12906) UTZERI, C. & L. DELL’ANNA, 1997. [Gli
Carinthia, Austria. insetti di Roma:] Odonata. In: M, Zapparoli, [Ed.],
Gli insetti di Roma, pp. 75-78, Fratelli Palombi, Roma
(12901) REBHAN, H„ 1997. Naturschutz und Bewirt- [Quademi dell'Ambiente, No. 6; ISBN 88-7621-125-
schaftungskonzepte fiir Stillgewasser: Fallbeispiele -X. — (First Author: Dipto Biol. Anim.& Uomo,Univ.
Craimoosweiher (Lkr. Bayreuth) und Stocksee (Lkr. Roma “La Sapienza”, Viale dell’Universita 35,1-00185
Bamberg). Ber. naturf. Ges. Bamberg 71: 33-52. - Roma).
(Regierung Oberfranken, Ludwigstr. 20, D-95444 A bibliographically crossreferenced checklist of 42
hitherto recorded in the of Bayreuth). spp. city area Rome, Italy.
The impact of habitat mismanagement on the status
of the Erythromma viridulum populations is briefly 1998
outlined; — Bavaria, Germany.
(12907) BECHLY, G., 1998. Juracordulia schiemenzi
1997. (12902) SANDHU, R. & G.K. WALIA, gen. et sp. nov., eine neueLibelle aus den Solnhofener
Chromosome analysis of Ischnura inarmata (Coen- Plattenkalken (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera).
agrionidae: Zygoptera: Odonata). Chromosome Sci. Archaeopteryx 16: 29-36. (With Engl. s.). - (Inst. &
1: 115-116. — (Dept Zool., Punjabi Univ,, Patiala- Mus. Geol., Univ. Tubingen,Sigwartstr. 10, D-72076
-147002, India). Tubingen).
The has been studied In sp. not previously. specimens The new sp. is described from the Upper Jurassic
from Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, India, the limestone of Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany, Holotype
karyotype, 2nd =27, m; X0 was encountered. 9 is deposited in MCZ, Harvard Univ. It is referable
to the Eurypalpida, representing the first Jurassic,
(12903) SOVINC, A. & V. JURAN, 1997. Bidje, oaza therefore the oldest record ofthis taxon. The affinities
— of napragu mesta [TheBi£je stream, oasis at the door- the new genus atje discussed.
step ofa city], Regional™ zavod za varstvo naravnein
kultume 8 — dediSdine,Ljubljana. pp. (Slovene). (First (12908) BEDJANlC, M., 1998. Pisani svet kacjih
Author: WatermanagementInst., Hajdrihova 28, SI- pastxrjev (Odonata) ob reki Muri — [Colourful
-1000 Ljubljana). dragonfly (Odonata) world along the Mura river]. In:
Atourist record of Calo- M, Mladinski ekoloski brochure, inch a photographic Vogrin,[Ed.], raziskovalni tabor
- Slovenia. Tisina Pomurski ekoloski pteryx splendens; Bidje nr Grosuplje, ’97, pp. 23-30, center,
Murska Sobota. ISBN 961-6243-10-1. (Slovene). -
(12904) SUHRHOFF, P. & R. GUMPRECHT, 1997. (Author: Fram 117/a,SI-2313 Fram).
der im nordbst- A commented checklist of 29 from 23 Verbreitungsatlas Fliessgewdsserfauna spp., localities,
— lichen Weser-Ems-Gebiet. Staatl. Amt f. Wasser u. evidenced 2/4-VIT1997; NE Slovenia. 276 Odonatological Abstracts
(12909) BIRKHEAD, T.R. & A.P. MOLLER, 1998. publishedby R. Perutik (1957, Cas. slez. Mus. 6; 3-
and sexual selection. Academic under this is referable A. Sperm competition -10) name, actually to cyanea.
Press, San Diego-London-Boston-New York-Sydney-
Tokyo-Toronto. xxvi+826 pp., (16.7x24.4 cm), (12913) KLASS, K.-D., 1998. Theproventriculus ofthe
paperback. ISBN 0-12-100543-7. - (Publishers: 24- Dicondylia, with comments on evolution and
-28 Oval Rd, London, NW1 7DX, UK). phylogeny in Dictyoptera and Odonata (Insecta). Zool.
Includes of the 237: 15-42. — a comprehensive description Anz, (Zool. Inst, Ludwig-Maximilians-
in phenomena the odon., and gives a review ofpatterns -Univ., Karlstr. 23, D-80333 Miinchen).
of utilization in 18 odon. the similarities in the of sperm spp„ expressed as Striking proventriculi (gizzards)
proportion of offspring fathered by the second 6 to Lepismatidae (Zygentoma), Blattinae (Dictyoptera),
P of in the reconstruction of mate, together with estimates variation sperm and larval Corduliidae permit the 2 ,
utilization in the form of the and/or standard of 6 each with range ground-plan Dicondylia: majorplicae,
P the sclerite and deviation in crossreferenced to exhaustive a large denticle-bearing anteriorly a smaller 2,
bibliography. pulvillus posteriorly, are present in a hexaradial
arrangement. Hexaradial symmetry is overlain by a
(12910) BRUX, H„ G. DORING, M. HIELSCHER, M. distinct bilateral symmetry establishedby anindividual
NORDMANN, G. WALTER & G. WIEGLER, 1998. differentiation of the single plicae and their sclerites,
Zur Fauna der Stadt Oldenburg: erste Ubersicht denticles, and pulvilli: 2 opposite plicae in the plane
of 4 in 2 ausgewahlter Gruppen; Saugetiere, Vogel, Reptilien, symmetry are unpaired, plicae are pairs.
Araphibien, Libellen, Heuschrecken, Laufkafer, Within Odon., Corduliidae are closest to the ground-
- In Schmetterlinge. Oldenburg. Jb. 98: 247-319. plan, but the unpairedplicae are reduced. the derived
Author: IBL has (Second Umweltplanung, Unterm Berg condition the proventriculus of Odon. a tetraradial
39, D-26123 Oldenburg), symmetry, with the bilateral symmetry lost. Within
Includes an annotated and commented list of 29 odon. Dictyoptera, Blattinae are closest to the ground-plan,
— of has become spp. (pp. 287-291); city Oldenburg, Lower but the bilateral symmetry weaker. The
Saxony, Germany. proventriculus of Isoptera is not primitive within
Dictyoptera, as previously thought, but highly derived.
(12911) ES’KOV, E.K., [Ed.], 1998. Ekologiyaiohrana Many prior arguments for the exclusion of Isoptera
okruzhayushchey sredy — Ecology and environmental from Blattaria are thus invalid. Similarities between
protection. Abstr. Pap. 4th Int./7th All-Russian sclent. Isoptera and certain Blattaria, mainly Cryptocercidae,
with — be Conf., Ryazan, 227 pp. (Russ., Engl, title). may synapomorphies, indicatinga subgroup status
(c/o H.A. Ketenchiev, Dept Biol., Kabardino-Balkar of Isoptera within Blattaria. For the proventriculi of
St. Univ., Nal’chik, Russia). Blattaria and Mantodea, which differ greatly in
S.G. & H.A. Ketenchiev: detailed of [Odonatol. titles:] Koz’minov, appearance, a hypothesis homology is
Dragonfly species compositionin lowlands and in the presented. This study gives also insights into the
submountainous zones of Kabardino-Balkar republic evolution of symmetry relations and reveals some
— (pp. 46-47); Ketenchiev, H.A. & S.G. Koz’minov. unusual aspects ofserial homology. Many homoplasies
Dragonfly larvae as a model in ecological monitoring were found in the evolution of the proventriculus of
of central wetland ecosystems in Caucasus (pp. 151- Dictyoptera and Odon,
-153); - Stain, A.Yu. & H.A. Ketenchiev. A method
for a rapid identification of pollution in natural (12914) KOZ’MINOV, S.G. & O.N. POPOVA, 1998.
ecosystems, based on phenotypic morphology of the Materialy k biologii strekozy Anax imperator na
Kavkaze — the of dragonflywing (pp. 202-203). sevemom [Contributionto biology
Anax imperator in northern Caucasus], In'. Sbomik
(12912) JEZIORSKI, P„ 1998, Aeshna viridis neni nauchnyh trudov molodyh uchenyh Kabardino-
k Ceske 70- souCastf fauny \iit republiky (Odonata: -Balkarskogo Gosudarstvennogo Univerziteta, pp.
Aeshnidae) — Aeshna viridis does not belong to the -72, Kabadino-Balkarskiy Gos. Universitet, Nal’chik.
fauna of the Czech Republic (Odonata: Aeshnidae). (Russ.). — (Second Author: Inst. Anim. Syst. Ecol.,
Klapalekiana 34: 67-68. (Czech, with Engl. s.). — Siberian Br. Russ. Acad. Sci., Ul. Frunze 11, RUS-
(Na bfilidle 1, CZ-73564 Havirov-Suchd). -630091 Novosibirsk).
The $, deposited in the Silesian Mus., Opava, and Deals with larval biology. Odonatological Abstracts 277
(12915) KUHN, J„ 1998. Life-history-Analysen, (12920) UTZERI, C, L. GIARDINI, A. BALDI & G.
Verhaltens- und Populationsdkologieim Naturschutz: CARCHINI, 1998. Segnalazioni faunistiche italiane:
die Notwendigkeit von Langzeitstudien. SchrR. Somatochlora meridionalis Nielsen, 1935 (Odonata
58: 93-113. Boll. 77. - Landschaftspfl. Natursch. (With Engl. s.). Corduliidae). Soc. ent. ital. 130(1): (First
— (Marktstr. 26, D-89143 Blaubeuren). Author: Dipto Biol. Anim. & Uomo, Univ. Roma “La
A detailed description of the Sympetrum flaveolum Sapienza”, Viale dell’Universita 32, 1-00185 Roma).
biology at Schmiechener See, Baden-Wiirttemberg, The first record from Campania (southern Italy) and 2
Germany is presented among the examples that breeding localities from Lazio (central Italy) are listed,
demonstrate the of studies and the distribution of in necessity long-term as a the sp. Italyis briefly outlined.
basis for a reliable conservation management.
1999
(12916) MULLER, J., 1998. Die Libellen-Fauna (Insec-
ta: Odonata) der Naturschutzgebiete Mahlpfuhler (12921) AGUERO-PELEGRIN, M., M. FERRERAS-
Fenn, Javenitzer Moor und Benitz des Tanger-Gebiet- -ROMERO & P.S. CORBET, 1999. The life cycle of
es und der Altmark-Heiden in Sachsen-Anhalt. Ahh. Lestes viridis (Odonata: Lestidae) in two seasonal
Ber. Nalurk., Magdeburg20: 3-18. (With Engl. s.). - streams of the Sierra Morena mountains (southern
(Frankefelde 3, D-39116 Magdeburg/Ottersleben). Spain). Aquat. Insects 21(3): 187-196. - (Second
42 spp. are listed from 3 Nature Reserves in the Tanger Author: Mejorana 2, ES-14012 Cordoba).
distr., and from the Altmark Heaths, Sachsen-Anhalt, The life cycle is inferred from size-frequency analyses
E The conditions of handnet records Germany. ecological are described, samples oflarvae and ofpresence
and the fauna is assessed from the point of view of and reproductive activity of adults during three
conservation. consecutive The 5-6 years. egg stage (duration months)
overwinters, larval development is brief (6-8 weeks)
S.B. & L. The (12917) SANTOVAC, ANDJUS, 1998. and adults undergo a protracted, prereproductive,
first survey ofthe fauna ofOdonata in Special Nature summer diapause (up to 3 months) before mating and
Reserve “Stari Begej — Carska Bara”. Glas. prir. Muz ovipositing in late Sept., about 1 week after the first
- Beograd(B) 49/50; 157-165. (With Serb. s.). (Nat. appreciablerainfall, but before surface waterreappears
Hist, Mus., Njegoseva 51, P.O. Box 401, YU-11000 in the streams, after having been absent for about 4
Beograd). months during the hot, dry summer. Comparison
23 and the of this NR in spp. are recorded, fauna between this life cycle and those of more northerly
Vojvodina, Serbia is briefly characterised. populations reveals a latitude-correlated dine in phe-
that found in nology resembling some other northern
1998. Das Randecker (12918) SCHWEIGERT, G„ hemisphere odon. that, like L. viridis, maintain an
Beitr. Maar, ein fossiler Kratersee am Albtrauf. Stuttg. obligatorily life cycle at different latitudes.
Naturk. (C) 43: 1-70. — (Staatl. Mus. Naturk., Rosen-
stein 1, D-70191 Stuttgart). (12922) ALBERS, K. & K. VELING, 1999. Vlinders
Includes a reference to, and some photographs of the en libellen in Ecopark Acht'”-==~'{L!interfiles and
Miocene odon, of the locality; — Schwabische Alb, dragonflies in Ecopark Acht]. Vlinders 14(4): 4-7.
Germany. (Dutch, with Engl. s.). — (c/o De Vlinderstichting,
P.O. Box 506, NL-6700 AM Wageningen).
(12919) SSYMANK, A., U. HAUKE, C. RUCKRIEM The Park is situated at the outskirts of the city of
& E, SCHRODER, 1998. Das europdische Schutz- Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Here, a commented list
Natura 2000. Um- is of 17 odon. gebietsystem BfN-Handbuch zur given spp.
setzung der Fauna-Flora-Habilat-Richtlinie (92/43/
EWG) und der Vogelschutzrichtlinie(79/409/EWG). (12923) ANSORGE, J„ 1999. Depository and publish-
Bundesamt f. Naturschutz, Bonn-Bad Godesberg. 560 ing dates of the types described by Anton Handlirsch
5 & excl. ISBN 3-89624-113- from the Liassic of Dobbertin pp., pis, Appendix maps Upper (Mecklenburg,
-3. — Price: DEM 60.— net. — (Orders to: BfN- Germany). Meganeura 4: 7-8. — (Author’s mailing
Schriftenvertrieb im Landwirtschaftsverlag, D-48084 address not stated).
Munster). It also gives publication dates of Handlirsch’s Die
Includes considerations on 15 odon. spp. in Germany. fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der rezenten 278 OdonatologicalAbstracts
Formen (published in 8 pts between May 1906 and 7); — Nicula, B Another Somatochlora georgiana
July 1908), his “Palaeontologie” chapter in S.W.M. record from Massachusetts (pp. 7-8); — Goodwin, F.\
Schroder’s Handbuch der Entomologie, Vol. 3 Massachusetts Tramea calverti (p. 8); — Tmgley, S.:
(published in 2 installments, 1920, 1921), etc. Leucorrhinia patricia in New Brunswick (p. 8); —
Catling, P. & V. Brownell. Maine Snaketail (Ophio-
(12924) AOKI, T., 1999. Larval development, emer- gomphusmainensis), new toOntario (p. 9); — Riverine
and seasonal in Clubtai! Ontario 9- gence regulation Anisogomphuspryeri (Stylurus atnbicola) new to (pp.
(Selys) (Odonata: Gomphidae). Hydrobiologia 394: -10); - Catling,PM. & C.H. Catling: Laura’s Clubtail
179-192. — (Rokko Island High Sch., Naka 4-chome, (Stylurus laurae) new to Canada (pp. 10-11); -
Koyo-cho, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, 658-0032, JA). Czaplak. D. : Ophiogomphuscolubrinus on the Ausable
The river — B.: The subjects were investigated by repeated sampling (p. 11); Nicula, Somatochlora swat
in the field and by laboratory experiments. Eggs team visits Maine (pp. 11-12); — The swat team goes
exhibited direct development. Larval duration was canoeing (pp. 12-13; Connecticut R., MA); —
usually 3 or 4 yr. Larvae in the penultimate instar that Donnelly, N.: 1999 has been a bumper year in New
entered the final instar synchronously in their third York (pp. 13-14); — Paulson. D. \ Odonata gleanings:
autumn emerged in the following spring but F-l of phylogeny and perching behavior (pp. 14-15); —
that in the the same age-cohort failed to enter F-0 Tennessen, K. : Hagenius brevistylus perching (p. 15);
did in the J.M.: List of the Odonata from autumn not emerge following spring (i.e. Ramos Hernandez,
cohort splitting); they had a smaller head width, Cayo Caguanes and Cayo Palma, Sancti-Spiritus
underwent and entered F-0 central Cuba — a supernumerary ecdysis province, (pp. 15-17); [Donnelly, N.]:
in in the following autumn togetherwith a younger yr Migration ofdragonflies, a movingtopic 1999 (pp.
of variation - cohort. Reduction temporal in emergence, 17-19); Paulson, D.\ Photo files for odonate records
- which lasted about 3 weeks [late May - mid June], (pp. 19-20); Paulson, D.R.. Book review of
was achieved by synchronized entry to F-0 in the “Dragonflies: behavior and ecology of Odonata”, by
previous autumn. No additional synchronisation was P.S. Corbet (pp. 20-22); — Donnelly, N.: Book review
detected in the overwintering F-0 population. Long- of“DragonfliesofWashington”, by D. Paulson (p. 23);
-day photoperiod (LD 15:9; corresponding to the — Tramea (pp. 23-24; web site review).
summer solstice) induced in F-l intense diapause
which terminated intermediate 1999. Use of Odonata was by photoperiod (12926) AUSTIN, A.D., as prey
the In such sand Bembix (LD 13:11; equinox). nature, photoperiodic by wesps, spp. (Hymenoptera:
responses apparently mediate the synchronous entry Sphecidae). Austral. Ent. 26(3): 77-82. - (Dept Appl.
to F-0 in autumn. The mechanisms of seasonal Molecul. Ecol., Waite Campus, Univ. Adelaide, P.O.
regulation are discussed. Glen Osmond, SA 5064, AU),
Bembix minya is recorded for the first time as preying
(12925) ARGIA. The news journal of the Dragonfly on Zygoptera in southern S Australia. Ischnura aurora,
Society ofthe Americas, Vol. 11,No. 3 (25 Oct. 1999). Xanthagrion erythroneurum, Austrolestes analis and
ISSN 1061-8503. - (c/o Dr & Mrs T.W. Donnelly, A. annulosus were recorded from 5 of its nests at
2091 NY Wistow. Details and PartridgeLane, Binghamton, 13903, USA). on nest structure prey range are
K.: [Signed articles;] Tennessen, West Tennessee presented, and a discussion of the evolutionary
success with transition within the other than regional meeting, a (pp. 1-2; some genus to utilizing prey
records); — Beckemeyer, R. : 1999 DSA meeting in Diptera is provided.
the at Paul Smith’s College and environs
(pp. 2-3; with some records); — Cashett, T: New (12927) BECHLY, G., 1999. Some recent unpublished
Hine’s Emerald results of research, (Somatochlora hineana) dragonfly my current paleoentoraological
sites found in 1999 (pp. 3-4); — Bedell, P. & A. Chazal: Meganeura 4: 9. — (Breslauer Str. 30, D-71034
Dythemis velox, a new species for Virginia (pp. 4-5); Boblingen).
Behrstock, R.A. : First Texas record ofthe Barwinged (1) Upper Carboniferous ofHagen-Vorhalle,Germany:
Westwood — of Skimmer (Libellula axilena) (pp. 5-6); discovery segmented gonopods and a paired penis
Salem, R.P. & J.K. Salem: First Maryland record of in Namurotypus sippeli, and of a long ovipositor and
Orthemis ferruginea (Odonata: Libellulidae) (pp. 6- prothoracic winglets (!) in $ Erasipteroides valentini;
— - serveral -7); Carpenter, G.: Big news from Rhode Island (p. (2) Solnhofen limestones, Germany: new Odonatological Abstracts 279
odon. — Return and habitat of spp. (Tarsophlebia, Aeschnogomphus, etc.); van der Wal: preference
(3) Baltic Amber revision of odon., with descriptions Gomphus vulgatissimus in the eastern part of the
— R.M.J.C. & M. of new taxa, inch a calopterygoid and an amphi- Netherlands (pp. 44-51); Kleukers,
pterygid; — (4) Dominican Amber: revision of odon., Reenter. The return of the Yellow-legged dragonfly,
with the description of a new Ischnura, which ranks Gomphus flavipes (Charpentier), to the Netherlands
among the smallest odon. ofall times. (pp. 52-59); - Wasscher, M. . The Green damer (Anax
junius) in Engeland, a new dragonfly species for
(12928) BEDJANlC, M„ A. PIRNAT & A. Europe (pp. 60-62); — Ketelaar, R.: [Book review]
SALAMUN, 1999. Prispevek k poznavanju favne Guide des libellules d’Europe et d’Afrique du nord,
kaCjih pastiijev SirSega obmodja ob reki Dravi med by J. d’Aguilar & J.-L. Dommanget (p. 62; Dutch). -
Ptujem in SrediScjem ob Dravi, severovzhodna [3(1):] Verbeek, The habitat of Sympetrum
Slovenija (Insecta: Odonata) - A contribution to the depressiusculum in north-western Europe and its future
— Van knowledge ofthe dragonfly fauna ofbroader area along in the Netherlands (pp. 3-11); Delft, J.J.C.W.
Drava R. between Ptuj and SrediSCe-ob-Dravi, north- & K. Goudsmits: Gomphus vulgatissimus in the basin
eastern Slovenia (Insecta: Odonata). Natura Sloveniae of the Dommel in 1998 (pp. 12-14); — Dijkstra, K.-
with — Author: 1(1): 45-70. (Slovene, Engl. s.). (First D.B., K. Mostert, J.-W. van Velzen & R.H. Wine: Recent
Fram 117/a, SI-2313 Fram). developments in the dragonfly fauna of the dunes of
Holland and Zeeland — A. & V. For an advance publication see OA 12799. (pp. 15-29); Rotten,
Kalkman: The first documented breeding of Sym-
(12929) BENKE, A.C., A.D. HURYN, L.A, SMOCK petrum depressiusculum (Selys) in the Netherlands (pp.
& J.B. WALLACE, 1999. Length-mass relationships 29-30; Dutch). - CAbstractor’s Note'. The actual date
for freshwater raacroinvertebrates in North America of publication is stated nowhere, the dates on the issue
with particular reference to the southeastern United cover are Active. Bibliographicreferences appear also
States.JIN. Am. benthol. Soc. 18(3): 308-343. - (First in the summaries, but in one and the same issue
Author: Biol. Biol, Box dates for Aquat. Program, Dept Sci., publication are given some papers as “1998”,
870206, Univ. Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0206, and as “1999” for the others!)
USA).
Estimation of invertebrate biomass is a critical step in (12931) BUCZYNSKI, P„ 1999. Wazki (Odonata)
Polski: i addressing many ecological questions in aquatic terenow zrddliskowych stan poznania
the — environments. Length-dry mass regressions are propozycje dalszych badan Dragonflies (Odonata)
most widely used approach for estimating benthic ofspringareas in Poland: state ofresearch and proposes
of further E. Besiadek invertebrate biomass because they are faster and more study. In. & S. Czachorowski,
than other methods. and Zrodla 31 Szkola precise A compilation analysis [Eds], Polski, pp. -36, Wyzsza Pedag.,
of M length-mass regressions using the power model, Olsztyn. ISBN 83-87315-46-X. (Pol., with Engl. s.).
b — = a L are from 30 of Univ. M. Curie (mass) (length) , presented yr (Dept Zool,, Skladowska,
data collected by the authors, primarily from the NE Akademicka 19, PO-20-033 Lublin).
USA, along with published regressions from the rest The origin, composition and biological features ofthe
of America. total of 442 and N A new published odon. communities, inhabiting various types of low-
regressions are presented, mostly for gen. or sp., based land and mountain springs are outlined. The fauna is
on total body length or other linear measurements. The but poorly known, and some research avenues are
include 10 identified odon. and several regressions spp. suggested.
additional genera.
(12932) BUCZYNSKI, P, 1999. Wykaz i “Czerwona
(12930) BRACHYTRON, Vol. 2, No. 2 (dated Dec. 1998, lista” wazek (Insecta: Odonata) wojewodztwa
distributed Oct. 1999); Vol. 3, No. 1 (dated Aug. 1999, lubelskiego — The checklist and the “Red list” ofthe
distributed Oct. 1999). (Dutch, with Engl. s’s). — (c/o dragonflies (Insecta; Odonata) ofthe Lublin province.
W.J.A. Hoeffnagel, Krekelmeent 72, NL-1218 ED Chronmy Przyr. Ojcz. 55: 23-39. (Pol., with Engl. s.).
Hilversum). — (Dept Zool., Univ. M. Curie-Skladowska,
[2(2);] Griffioen, R.H.W. & H.M.G. Uilhoorn: Akademicka 19, PO-20-033 Lublin).
Sympecma paedisca (Brauer) in the Weerribben and A comprehensive review of the provincial fauna (67
the — R. & B.G. and Kuinderpias (pp. 35-43); Ketelaar, spp.), Poland; 15 spp. are redlisted, an exhaustive 280 Odonatological Abstracts
regional bibliography is appended. of percubitale Calv. is described.
(12933) CLAUSNTTZER, V., 1999. A checklist of the (12937) DUKSTRA, K.-D.B., B. KOESE & M. REE-
of 1999. Zoals de dragonflies (Odonata) Kenya. Afr. J. Ecol. 37(4): MER, ons water was; impressies van
400-418. — (Zum Lahnberg 14, D-35043 Marburg). Pripyat in Wit-Rusland. Amoeba, Amst. 73(4); 112-
listed and in with Dutch - 194 spp. are their distribution Kenya -115. (Dutch, nomenclature). (First
(coast, thornbush, highlands, W Kenya) is stated. Author: Oude Rijnsburgerweg 38. NL-2342 BC Oegst-
Several identification errors in the earlier literature are geest).
corrected, and the proposed new synonymies are Some impressions from a field trip to the Pripyat
documented. region, Byelorussia, with annotations on a good
number of odon. spp.
(12934) COSTA, J.M.,G.M. DE SOUZA-FRANCO &
A.M. TAKEDA, 1999. da larva de (12938) DRAGONFLY NEWS. The newsletter of the
1940 British No. 36 — Diastatops intensa Montgomery, e morfologia Dragonfly Society, (Autumn 1999).
dos diferentes estadios de desenvolvxmento (Odonata: (c/o S. Henson, 10 Shotesham Rd, Poringland,
Bolm Mus. Rio de J. Libellulidae). nac. (N.S.) 410 Norwich, NR14 7LE, UK).
(Zool.): 1-14. (Port., with Engl. s.). — (First Author: This is the new title ofthe former Newsl. Br. Dragonfly
Depto Ent., Mus. Nac., UFRJ, Quinta da Boa Vista, Soc. (cf. OA 12694, but the consecutive issue
Sao Cristdvao, BR-20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, RJ). numbering is continued. — The main general sections
the “From the Descriptive notes on various instars and the description are titled: “From Editor” (p. 1),
ofultimate instar are provided along with illustrations. President” (pp. 2-3), “1999 Field Meetings round-up”
At 11 Rio Invinheima, Brazil, the sp. has instars. (pp. 3-6), “BDS field meetings & courses for winter
1999/2000 & spring/summer 2000” (pp. 6-7),
(12935) CZACHOROWSKI, S. & P. BUCZYNSKI, “Recently published” (p. 16). The issue also contains
1999. Wskaznik naturalnosci biocenoz: potencjalne some BDS business items, personal notices and 2
narzedzie w monitorowaniu stanu ekologicznego scientific notes, viz.: Sykes, T: Getting to grips with
lorfowisk Polski, napizykladzie Odonata i Trichoptera the Southern Damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale (pp.
— [Index of natural state of biotic community: a 8-9); - Henson, S First & last dates for 1998 and
potential tool in ecological status assessment of fens 1999 (pp. 9-12).
in Poland, demonstrated using Odonata and Tricho-
ptera]. In: Problemy aktywnej ochrony ekosystemdw (12939) EDA, S., 1999. Annual review of entomology
wodnych i torfowiskowych w polskich parkach for 1998: dragonflies.Gekkan-Mushi 339; 50-59. (Jap.,
— narodowych, pp. 16-17, Akademia Rolnicza, Lublin with Engl, title). (3-4-25, Sawamura, Matsumoto,
[abstract only]. (Pol.). — (Second Author: Dept Zool., 390-0877, JA).
Univ. M. Curie-Skladowska, Akademicka 19, PO-20- A review of the Japaneseachievements, which include
033 Lublin). 145 publications (taxonomy & morphology 14,
The index was identified for 26 bogs and fens, based distribution 96, ecology & behaviour 21, conservation
the of the of other A of the the on community structure representatives 12, 3). group phot, participants at
2 and discussed. annual the orders. The results are analysed meeting of the Jap. Soc, Odonatol. is also
provided.
(12936) DE MARMELS, J., 1999. A new species of
Dimeragrion Calvert 1913 from Pantepui, Venezuela (12940) ENGLUND, R.A., 1999. New records and
Boln extensions of native Odonata (Odonata: Megapodagrionidae). Ent. venez. range (Coenagrionidae)
14(1): 27-36. (With Span. s.). — (Inst. Zool. Agric., and introduced aquatic species in the Hawaiian islands.
Fac. Agron., Univ. Central Venezuela, Apdo 4579, Occ. Paps Bishop Mus. 59: 15-19. - (Hawaii Biol.
Maracay, 2101-A, Venezuela). Surv., Bishop Mus., 1525 Bernice St., Honolulu, HI
D. clavijoi sp. n. is described and illustrated. Holotype 96817-2704, USA).
S of , allotype ?, pasratypes of both sexes: Amazonas New records and a detailed survey the current status
state, Cetro Yutaje, alt. 1750 m, 12/19-11-1995; all at are given for Megalagrionpacificum and Orthemis
known The latter first collected Oahu MIZA, Maracay. The spp. are keyed, a ferruginea. was at
distributional is and the larva and be established map provided, supposed (1977), now appears to throughout Odonatological Abstracts 281
the Hawaiian Archipelago. coerulescens anceps (Schneider, 1845) in Slovenia
(Anisoptera: Libellulidae) (pp. 13-16). - For biblio-
of the (12941) ENGLUND, R.A., 1999. The impacts of graphic data previously published issues see
introduced poeciliid fish and Odonata on the endemic OA 11568.
Megalagrion (Odonata) damselflies of Oahu Island,
Hawaii. J. Insect Conserv. 3(3): 225-243.- (Hawaii (12944) FAASCH, H., 1999. Verbreitungsatlas der
Biol. Surv., Bishop Mus., 1525 Bernice St., Honolulu, Fliessgewasserfauna in der Region Braunschweig.
HI 96817-2704,USA). Niedersachs, Landesbetrieb f. Wasserwirtschaft,
the there — Price: DEM 40.— — Since beginning of this century, have been Braunschweig. 262 pp. net.
substantial declines in the distribution and abundance (Orders to the Publishers: Rudolf-Steiner-Str, 5, D-
of native on Oahu. Native -38120 Megalagrion spp. Zygopt. Braunschweig).
The atlas the districts have also vanished from most low elevation areas on covers of Gifhorn, Helmstedt,
other Hawaiian islands, although historically, lotic and Wolfenbiittel and Peine, and the cities of Braun-
and wetland dwelling spp. were once commonthroughout schweig, Wolfsburg Salzgitter (Lower Saxony,
is fish 25 odon. their habitat the archipelago. It hypothesized that poeciliid Germany). spp. are mapped,
introduced for biological control have caused the ecology is described, and their phenology is stated
of 4 and decline stream-breeding Zygopt. on Oahu, (pp. 79-92, 252-258, 260).
the extinction or near-extinction of 2 other spp. in
of South AsianBulletin Hawaii. This study documents the presence remnant (12945) FRASERIA (New Series).
Megalagrion populations in Oahu streams, wetlands of Odonatology,Vol. 5, No. 1/2 (dated 1 Dec. 1998;
and estuaries, and records the altitudinal distributions published Dec. 1999). — (Orders outside SE Asia:
of introduced fish in each waterbody surveyed. The c/o Odonatologica, P.O. Box 256, NL-3720 AG
distributions of introduced odon. are also recorded, Bilthoven); — Annual subscription US $ 10.— net).
of Asian of because the 7 Zygopt. and Anisopt. spp. introduced to Proceedings the 5th South Symposium
Oahu since 1936 present another potential threat to Odonatology; Tembhare, D.B.: Preface (pp. i-iii); —
native Hawaiian Zygopt.The latter and the introduced Srivastava, B.K. : The marvellous Odonata (pp. 1-8);
T.R.: poeciliid fish distributions were mutually exclusive on Mitra, Development of Indian Odonatology
that is due - D.B.: Oahu, and it is concluded this probably to (pp. 9-14); Tembhare, Odonate ovary and
predation by the introduced fish. By contrast, even vitellogenesis(pp. 15-18);-— Arunachalam, A. & M.A.
the native found in Subramanian induced alterations rarest Megalagrionspp. were areas : Tannery effluent;
introduced odon. containing on total haemocyte counts in the larvae of dragonfly
Pantala flavescens (Fabricius) (Anisoptera: Libelluli-
(12942) EVENHUIS, A., 1999. Nooit meer een dae) (pp. 19-21); — Brawane, G.P., A.R. Gaikwad &
zonnebloem,ijsvogel of stekelbaarsje. Trouw, issue of D.S. Nikcmv. Thoracic muscle trehalase in the larvae
flavescens Libelluli- 28 Aug., pp. 15, 17. (Dutch). and adults ofPantala (Anisoptera:
A comprehensive review of the history of the Nether- dae) (pp. 23-28); — Gupta, A. & S. Gupta: Sensilla
lands banknotes, with reproductions of some ofthem, on the antenna and leg of the larva of Crocothemis
It in one ofthe main national dailies. includes a picture servilia (Drury) (Anisoptera: Libellulidae)(pp. 29-32);
K. ofthe NLG 100.— banknote, showing a large Aeshna Kalaskar, & A.S. Kalaskar: Odonate wealth of
Rob Schroder in but never Pench National Maharashtra state, India 33- cyanea, designedby 1986, Park, (pp,
issued. -35); - Kumar, A. & A. Mitra: Odonate diversity at
Sahastradhara (Sulphur Springs), Dehra Dun, India,
(12943) EXUVIAE. Journal of the Slovene Odonato- with notes on their habkat ecology (pp. 37-45); -
logical Society, Vol. 5, No. 1 (dated 1998, published Roy, S.P.: Energetics and trophic biology of larval
Nov. 1218-3664. in odonates, with reference their role in the 1999).ISSN (Most papers Engl.). special to
- (Orders outside Slovenia; c/o Odonatologica, P.O. managementof aquatic ecosystem (pp. 47-56); —
Box 256, NL-3720 AG Bilthoven). Tahiti, A.R.: New records of Odonata (Insecta) from
I. : 1- Andaman Island — Geister, A list of Slovene dragonfly names (pp. Little (pp, 57-59); Lahiri, A.R. &
- Pimat, A.: of of G. Walia: On the of female -5); Study emergence Pyrrhosoma status Palpopleura
nymphula (Sulzer) (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae) (pp. sexmaculata (Fabricius) (Anisoptera: Libellulidae)
— 6-12); - Holusa, O. : The first record of Orthetrum marked by preapical spot in hindwing (pp. 61-62); 282 Odonatological Abstracts
G.K. & R. — Walia, Sandhu: Female karyotypic study of referdtu z mezindrodniko semindre [Dragonflies
four species of family Libellulidae (Anisoptera: 1999: proceedings of the international seminar ]. Ces.
— News VlaSim. Odonata) (pp. 63-67); (p, 69). Svaz Ochr. Prir., 120 pp„ ISBN 80-86327-
-00-0. — (Czech, with Engl. s’s). — (Publishers:
(12946) GRACILE. [Newsletter of Odonatology], CSOP, Platenikova 264, CZ-25801 VlaSim).
Osaka, No. 61 (5 Dec. 1999). ISSN 1344-123X).(Jap., Zeleny, J.: Preface (pp. 5-6); — Hanel, L : Topical
with — K. Fuminosato in the Engl, titles). (c/o Inoue, 5-9, knowledge on dragonflies (Odonata) Czech
4-chome, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-0004, JA). Republic territory (pp. 7-15); — Mocek, B. : A current
Shimura, S. : The present situation of odonate fauna of state ofthe dragonfly (Odonata) research in the eastern
Ashiya city, Hyogo prefecture (p. 1-14); — Oka, I.: Bohemia (pp. 17-46); — Cempirek, ].: The dragonflies Ceske One year observation ofthe dragonflypond in Hiraiso, of the town Budejovice, 1 (southern Bohemia)
- L: Kobe city fed by sewage treatment plant (pp. 15-28); (pp. 47-52); Hanel, The dragonflies (Odonata)
Anaze. N.: Tholymis tillargafound in Gobo city, of the Nature Reserve “Podlesi” in the Protected
Wakayama prefecture (pp. 29-31); — Sasamoto, A., Landscape area Blanik (central Bohemia, Czech
B.-i. Irikawa, N. Doi, N. Katatani & S. Toni: Records Republic) (pp. 53-59); — Mafik, J. : A note to the
in ofAnax guttatus in Nara prefecture in 1998 (pp. 32- occurrence of the dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii
-34); - Tabata, O '. Anax guttatus caught in Kyoto the vicinity of the town A§ (western Bohemia, Czech
prefecture (p. 34); — Yoshida, K. : Records of Anax Republic) (pp. 61-63); — Sdlek, R : The faunistic
guttatus in Tokushima and Kagawa prefectures (p. 35); research of dragonflies (Odonata) in three marshes in
Sasamoto, A. : Anax guttatus caught in Ueda city, the district Vsetin (north Moravia, Czech Republic)
Naganoprefecture in 1998 (p. 36); — Tabata, O '. I .ate (pp. 65-68); — Bezdecka, P.: The current state of
occurrenceof Calopteryx atrata (p. 36); — Matsuki, dragonfly research in the Bile Karpaty (White
K. & K. Yoshida: On the deviation of dorsal and lateral Carpathians), Czech Republic (pp. 69-72); — Lucan,
spines of larvae ofAsiagomphus melaenops collected R. : The first discovery of the dragonfly Coenagrion
in Kagawa prefecture (pp. 37-39); — Wakana, I. : scitulum in the Czech Republic (pp. 73-74); — Hldsek,
Record of mass migrationof Sympetrum frequens in J.: The dragonfly Nehalennia speciosa, a new species
late — T.: of in the Czech — & J. autumn (pp. 40-43); Azuma. Report survey Republic (pp. 75-76); Hanel, L
trips on Odonata of North Kyoto (pp. 44-49). Zeleny. The Red List of Odonata in the Czech
Republic, 1999 version (pp. 77-81); — David, S.:
(12947) GUTHRUF, J„ K. GUTHRUF-SEILER & M. Dragonfly research in Slovakia (pp. 83-92); — Hanel,
ZEH, 1999. Kleinseen im Kanton Bern — Petits plans L.: An odonatologicalbibliography of the Czech
d’eau du cantonBerne. Gewasseru. Bodenschutzlabor, Republic (pp. 93-104; 1859-1999, ca 200 titles); - A
— Bern. 230 pp., fold, map excl. ISBN none. Price: six-language dictionary of the central-European
CHF 45.— net. — (Publishers: Schermenweg 11, CH- dragonflies (pp. 105-116; Latin, Czech, Slovak, — -3014 Bern). Hungarian, German, Engl.); The directory of co-
A systematic description of morphology, geology, -workers of dragonflyresearch in the Czech Republic
hydrology, flora and fauna of over 100 small natural (pp. 117-119; 40 addresses).
and man-made lakes and ponds (surface < Vi ha) in
the canton of Berne, Switzerland, with information (12950) HEISE, S, & M, SCHRACK, 1999, Nachweis
on the odon. occurrence in 27 of them (alt. 432-2147 der Ostlichen Moosjungfer, Leucorrhinia albifrons
m). Indicated are the numbers of the recorded spp., (Burmeister, 1839), in der Radeburger Heide nordlich
but not their names. Dresden (Insecta: Odonata: Libellulidae).Faun. Abh.
21(13); 215-220. (With Engl. s.). - (First Author:
(12948) HANAFUSA, H., 1999. Records of Odonata Bahnhofstr. 10, Bamsdorf, D-01471 Radeburg).
In from Minamidaitojima island, Okinawa prefecture, 1995 and 1996, the sp. was found in a small acid
Futao in This is the first record in Japan (Odonata). 32:2-4. (Jap., with Engl, title). pond a mesotrophic bog.
— (688-2, Tashima, Tottori-shi,Tottori, 680-0804, JA). the district of Dresden, E Germany. The habitat is
Annotated records (June 1999) of 14 spp. The sub- described.
specific identity ofCrocothemis servilia is not stated.
(12951) HOOPER, R.E., Y. TSUBAKI & M.T. SIVA-
1999. of (12949) HANEL. L„ [Ed.], Vdiky 1999: Sbornik -JOTHY, 1999. Expression a costly, plastic Odonatological Abstracts 283
sexual trait is correlated with and and col. of all the The main secondary age portraits spp. chapters
condition in a damselfly with two male morphs. are; “Biologic et ecologie des odonates an Maroc (pp.
Physiol. Ent. 24(4): 364-369. — (First Author: Lab. 7-10), — “Liste des odonates du Maroc et de de deter-
Wildl. Natn. Inst. Envir. 305- mination des — Cons., Stud., Tsukuba, especes maghrebines” (pp. 11-38),
-0053, JA). “Pictographies” (pp. 39-47), — “Liste des localites
and — “Liste des Mnais costalis 6 behaviourallypolymorphic, typicallyexisting as clear- especes” (pp. 65-101), — “Considerations choro- -winged non-territorial ‘sneaks’ and orange-winged logiques: composition de la faune odonatologiquedu The Maroc” — and “La des territorial ‘fighters’. amount of orange pigment (pp. 103-108), protection in the wing, as measured with a chromameter,varied milieux et des odonates au Maroc” (pp. 109-111).A between individuals, and decreased asthe reproductive comprehensive regional bibliography is appended. seasonprogressed. Young individuals maintained in the low nutrient diets in THE laboratory on high or differed (12954) JOURNAL OF BRITISH DRAGONFLY - the amount of pigment that developed in the wing. SOCIETY, Vol. 15, No, 2 (Oct. 1999). (c/oDrW.H, in the nutrient darker faster than those in the low nutrient group. Youngadults OAD, UK). 14 of both sexes and morphs were fed C-radiolabelled Clarke. D. \ The outpost populations of the Banded tryptophan or tyrosine (precursors of the pigments Damoiselle Calopteryx splendens (Harris) in the ommochrome and Ommo- Firth Cumbria: historical and melanin, respectively). Solway area, perspective chrome was restricted to the pseudopterostigmaof the recent developments (pp. 33-38); — Perrin, V.L.: of tyrosine in the wing cells of 3 6 behaviour ofthe Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron presence orange , pratense but that - not ofclear 3 is at least partly constituted from melanin. These data A search for long-distance dispersal in the Southern show that at least some pigment levels must be Damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale (Charpentier) (pp. maintained in the of 3 3 - Truscott, The Hornet Asilus continuously wings orange , 46-50); L: Robberfly and that maintenance is costly as it is compromised at crabroniformis L. (Diptera, Asilidae): Odonata as prey low nutrient levels. (p. 50); - Parr, A.J.: Migrant and dispersive dragon- flies in Britain and Ireland during 1998 (pp. 51-57); (12952) IRINEU DE SOUZA, L.O., J.M. COSTA & Cham, S.\ Roosting behaviour of some British T.C. SANTOS, 1999. Redescri9ao da larva de Tramea Odonata with notes on the Scarce Chaser Libellula chave fulva — A.P.: calverti Muttkowski, 1910, com para identifi- Muller (pp. 58-60); Radford, Prolonged das larvas conhecidas do immersion of abdomen male Anax caijao genero (Odonata: partial by imperator Libellulidae). Bolm Mus. nac. Rio de J. (N.S.) 409 Leach (p. 60); — Perrin, V.L: Mixed pairing ofLibel- (Zool.); 1-7, (Port., with Engl. s.). — (Second Author; lula species (p. 61); — Book reviews, by M. Siva-Jolhy, Depto Ent., Mus. Nac., UFRJ, Quinta da Boa Vista, S. Butler and R.R. Askew (pp. 61-64). Sao Cristdvao, BR-20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, RJ). The ultimate instar larva the Pantanal Mato 1999. from of (12955) KANO, K., [A consideration on a case Grosso do Sul, Brazil is described andillustrated. Some of tandem refusal by female Anotogaster sieboldii]. notes on other larvae of the genus are presented, and a Nature & Insects 34(3): 34. (Jap.). - (No. 601, 19- key to the known Tramea larvae is provided. -17, Koishikawa 5-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112- -0002, JA). G. & J.-P. 1999. Les The unsuccessful the <5 is and (12953) JACQUEMIN, BOUDOT, attempt by described, libellules (odonates) du Maroc. Soc. Fr. Odonatol., some considerations on the phenomenon are offered. Bois-d’Arcy. vi+150 pp., 20 col. pis inch (29.5x20.6 cm), softcover. ISBN 2-9507291-3-4. — Price: FFR (12956) KANO, K. & Y. HIROSE, 1999. [Orthetrum 250.—net. (With Engl. s. & Engl. fig. captions). — triangulate melania in thermal springs in a cool F- — (Orders to: Soc. Fr. Odonatol., 7 rue Lamartine, district]. Gekkan-Mushi 341: 16-17. (Jap.). (First -78390 Bois-d’Arcy). Author: No. 601, 19-17, Koishikawa 5-chome, A monograph, inch all the available information on Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-0002, JA). the Odon. of Morocco and inch with This is recorded from 5 fed up to 1998, keys temperate sp. streams by 284 Odonatological Abstracts thermal springs in Hokkaido. Although most thermal 1999, Vozmozhnosti adaptaciy strekoz k razlichnym the is tolerant springs are acid, sp. apparently to acidity. usloviyam obitanya v vysotnyh territoriyahKabarido- At — the same habitats, Anotogaster sieboldii and Balkarii [The possibilities of dragonfly adaptation Sympetrum pedemontanum datum also occur. to the high altitudes in the Kabarido-Balkar Republic]. In: i Aktual’nye voprosy ekologii ohrany prirody (12957) KANO, K. & H. KITA, 1999, [Breathing of ekosistem yuzhnyh regionov Rossii i sopredel’nyh Trigomphusmelampus larva closeprior toemergence], territoriy, pp. 116-117, Kuban. Gos. Univ., Krasnodar. Gekkan-Mushi 336: 43-44. (Jap.). — (First Author: (Russ.). — (Dept Biol., Kabardino-Balkar St. Univ., No. 601, 19-17, Koishikawa 5-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Nal’chik, Russia). Tokyo, 112-0002, JA). The adaptations to climatically and nutritionally 2 larvae were watched in the field. One of these was unfavourable environmental conditions, prevailing at breathing by lifting the abdomen to the air, and has higher elevations in the Kabardino-Balkar region of 1 h later. The other insect did show Russia realized in emerged not this central Caucasus, are larval behaviour. Coenagrionpuella, Libellula depressa and Sympetrum the in meridionale by economy energy expenditure (12958) KANO, K.& F. KOBAYASHI, 1999. [On some (smaller size), by habitat selection (inhabitingsmaller, unusual of in Lestes in the cases oviposition temporalis]. ' summer rapidly warmed-up water bodies), and Gekkan-Mushi 337: 44-45. (Jap.). — (First Author: by the modifications in their life cycle. No. 601, 19-17, Koishikawa 5-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-0002, JA). (12962) [KIAUTA, M.] VOGLAR, D„ 1999. Marianne At Kinu Kiauta. - D. a tributary of R., Tochigi pref., some cases of Letni Casi 3(6): 16-19. (Slovene). (Dr oviposition into twigs were watched on 9 Nov. 1997. Voglar, Jerajeva 11, Sl-1117 Ljubljana). The ofthat and small M. Kiauta haiku autumn yr was exceptionally dry most A essay on and her poetry, with grasses were dead. Numerous tandems of this sp. were anappended selection of 17haiku (in Dutch and recast formed low and at places, they flew up to the trees, into Slovene by M. JavorSek and D, Voglar), and with oviposited into twigs more than 10 m above the a reference to her odonatol. work. 2 of her dragonfly — Dr ground. haiku are included. Voglar is a slovenist, literary historian, Director & Executive Editor of Encyclo- 1999. De de — (12959) KETELAAR, R., dadendrangvan paedia Sloveniae, and himself a haiku poet. See beekjuffers. Vlinders 14(4): 23-25. (Dutch, with Engl, also OA 9289. s.). — (c/o De Vlinderstichting, P.O. Box 506, NL- 6700 AM Wageningen). (12963) KISHI, K., 1999. [Interspecific tandem Notes on ecology, behaviour and status of Calopteryx between Anax parthenope Julius 6 and Aeshna nigro- splendens and C. virgo in the Netherlands. flava $ at Atsugi city]. Gekkan-Mushi 337: 40-41. (Jap.). — (A-101, Mistral Shonan, 488-1, Ishikawa, (12960) KETENCHIEV, H.A. & A.Yu. HARITONOV, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-0815, JA). — A documentation brief 1999. Strekozy Sredizemnomor’ya [Dragonflies of description,photographic and a In the Mediterranean ]. El’-Fa, Nal’chik. 116 pp. discussion. the fly-oviposit-fly sequence, the $ (13.0x20.0 cm), softcover. ISBN 5-88195-353-3. oviposited on floating leaves, separated after 30 min (Russ.). — (First Author: Inst. Anim. Syst. Ecol., and flew off. Siberian Br., Russ. Acad. Sci., Ul. Frunze 11, RUS- -630091 Novosibirsk). (12964) KLAPKAREK, N. & H. BEUTLER, 1999. Die The Mediterranean fauna (179 spp.), covering the Libellenfauna (Odonata) des NSG “Lieberoser Iberian peninsula, most ofFrance, large parts of central Endmorane” (Brandenburg). Mdrkische ent. Nachr. Europe,southern Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Syria, 1999(1): 21-38. (With Engl. s.). - (First Author: Israel, northern Egypt and Morocco, is described, and Feldstr. 16a, D-16247 Joachimsthal). of all is outlined. On the the biogeography spp. basis 55 spp. are listed and discussed from this former of the latter, the biographic regions within this area military trainingarea, 18 km N Cottbus, Brandenburg, of are defined. E Germany. The occurrence Nehalennia speciosa, Aeshna subarctica, Anax parthenope, Onychogomphus (12961) KETENCHIEV, H.A. & S.G, KOZ’MINOV, forcipatus, Epitheca bimaculata, Leucorrhinia albi- Odonatological Abstracts 285 frons, L. caudalis and Sympetrum depressiusculura is (12967) KOSTERIN, O.E., 1999. Fauna strekoz (Odo- of interest. — particular regional nata) Daurskogo zapovednika i ego okrestnostey Fauna of dragonflies (Odonata) of the Daurskii State (12965) KNAUS, P., 1999. Unlersuchungen zur Nature Reserve and its surroundings. In: V.V. Emergenz, zur Mobilitiit und zum Paarungssystem an Dubatolov, [Ed.], Nasekomye Daurii i sopredel’nyh einer Metapopulation von Somatochlora alpestris territoriy, Vol. 2, pp. 5-40. Gos. Biosfer. Zap. (Selys, 1840) in den Zentralalpen (Anisoptera: “Daurskiy”, Inst. Sist. Ekol. Zhivot. RAN & Sib. Zool. Naturschutz- — Corduliidae).DiplArb. Wildforschungu. Muz., Novosibirsk. (Russ., with Engl. s.). (Inst. Zool. Univ. Zurich, vi+65 — Price: & Siberian Russ. Acad. 6kol., Inst., pp. Cytol. Genet., Br., Sci., DEM 25.— net; available from the Author. — Lavrentieva 10, RUS-630090 Novosibirsk). (Pflanzschulstr. 49, CH-8004 Zurich). 31 spp. are listed from the Reserve, inch the Manchu- The field work was conducted (1998) at the subalpine rian Cercion v-nigrum and Anisogomphus maackii, Barenseewen (alt. 1968-2043 m), Prattigau/GR, and the Chinese-Mongolian Ophiogomphus spini- Switzerland, under the tutorship of Prof. H. Wilder- comis, which is recorded here from the Russian terri- muth. - S. is for the firsttime. alpestris a typical “spring species” sensu tory Also considered is a small collec- tion from the Corbet, with an EM50 index of 5.5 d, where 2 2 adjacent MongolDaguur Nature Reserve later but in numbers thanthe <5 Those and the odon. faunas of emerge higher S. (Mongolia), Transbaikalia, that have the and the Inner individuals emerged early in season are Mongolia Mongolia(China) are briefly bigger and are returning to the original site more compared. frequently than those that have emerged late. Sexual maturity is reached in 28 days, the adult longevity (12968) KOTARAC, M. & A. §ALAMUN, 1999. amounts to conduct short patrol flights and are highly aggressive, dolini pri Logatcu. KaCji pastuji (Odonata) — [Inven- with the activity peak in late afternoon. The uniform at the breeding sites is lower, but it is through- dolina near Legatee, Dragonflies (Odonata)]. In: K. out the day, irrespective of the non-optimal weather PoboljSaj,Inventarizacija flore in vegetacije ter favne the maturation and the Slovene Mus. conditions. During both repro- v 2ejni dolini pri Logatcu, pp. 25-32, duction periods the insects are highly mobile; 19% of Nat. Hist., Ljubljana. (Slovene). — (Second Author: the individuals were recaptured 250-1560 m off the Cevljarska 28, SI-6000 Koper). and A commented 18 evidenced 15 localities resp. breeding sites, their wings are shorter than list of spp., at in those that appear more restricted to a particular in the Zejna Valley nr Legatee, Inner Camiola, Slo- The evidence indicates that ofthe venia. locality. a part popu- lation does not survive, or some individuals migrate These behavioural off. features are compared with (12969) KOTARAC, M. & A. SALAMUN, 1999, other and those recorded in corduliids, some conser- Inventarizacijaflore ter vegetacije in favne na Ponikvah vation measures are discussed. pri Preserju pod Krimom. KaCji pastuji (Odonata) — [Inventarisation of flora, vegetation and fauna at (12966) K0RNIJ6w, R. & R. SciBIOR, 1999. Ponikve nearPreseije-pod-Krimom.Dragonflies (Odo- in In: Seasonal changes macrofaunal feeding groups nata)]. K. PoboljSaj, Inventarizacija flore ter vege- favne associated with Nuphar lutea (L.) Sm. leaves in a small tacije in na Ponikvah pri Presetju pod Krimom, lake. Pol. Ecol. 135-143. - eutrophic J. 47(2): (First pp. 24-28, Slovene Mus. Nat. Hist, Ljubljana. (Slo- Author: Dept Hydrobiol., Univ. Agric., Akademicka vene). - (Second Author: Cevljarska 28, SI-6000 13, PO-20-950 Lublin). Koper). The in epiphytic invertebrates, associated Lake A commented list of 16 spp,, evidenced at 5 localities; Glebokie (Leczna-Wlodawa Lake Distr., E Poland) southern edge of the LjubljanaMoor, Slovenia. with N. leaves of lutea were pooled into 3 feeding 1999. Lichinki strekoz groups. Among predators, Coenagrionpuella, Enallag- (12970) KOZ’MINOV, S.G., ma cyathigerum and Ischnura elegans were identified. (Insecta, Odonata) Kabardino-Balkarii — [Dragonfly Seasonal in changes feeding assemblages are outlined larvae (Insecta, Odonata) of the Kabardino-Balkar and discussed. Republic]. Autoref. Diss. Kand. biol. Nauk, Inst.Anim. Syst. Ecol., Russ. Acad. Sci., Novosibirsk. 18 pp. 286 Odonatological Abstracts (Russ,). — (Copies available from Dr A,Yu. Haritonov, in Switzerland etc., and conservation status in Switzer- Inst. Br. Russ, Acad. of all enhance value Anim. Syst. Ecol., Siberian Sci., land). Col. portraits spp. the of the which could be also used identification ul. Frunze 11, RUS-630091 Novosibirsk). book, as an Deals with the composition and biology of larval tool. communities, and presents detailed information on larval development of Coenagrion puella, Anax im- (12974) LEIPELT, K.G., 1999. Cordulegasterbidentata perator, Crocothemis erythraea and Libellula depressa. Selys und Cordulegaster boltonii (Donovan)(Odonata: Cordulegastridae) im nordlichen Harzvorland. (12971) KOZ’MINOV, S.G., GOGUZOKOV, T.H. & Braunschw. naturk Schr. 5(4); 849-856. (With Engl, Z.M. GOGUTLOVA, 1999. Vliyanie nekotoryh s.). — (Zool. Inst., Techn. Univ, Fasanenstr. 3,D-38092 faktorov sredy na rasprostranenie lichinok strekoz Braunschweig). — In the N the Harz Kabardino-Balkarii [Impactof some environmental headwaters of Mts, Germany, C. conditions the of larvae in bidentata recorded 8 sites on occurrence dragonfly was at during 1997-1998. Kabardino-Balkar Dokl. distribution of is the Republic]. Tez. sev.- Its pattern at the edge the range nauch. discussed. C. boltonii the -kavkaz. reg. Konf. Studentov “Perspektiva-99”, wasrecorded at 3 streams of Nal’chik,pp. 249-250. (Russ.). — (Dept Biol., Kabar- Innerste R, system. During the 1980 survey the sp. dino-Balkar St. Univ., Nal’chik, Russia). was not evidenced, therefore the population seems to 13 evidenced in the 9 in the be established. spp. were lowlands, spp. only recently and 4 in the - central Caucasus. hills, spp. mountains; This situation is discussed from the points of view of (12975) LIBELLULA. Mitteilungsblatt der Gesellschaft and No. decreasingtemperature, shortening season, general deutschsprachiger Odonatologen (GdO), Vol. 18, that ISSN impoverishment of biotic communities go with 3/4 (Dec. 1999). 0723-6514. (With Engl. s’s). the increased altitudes. — (c/o Mrs U. Kriiner, Gelderner Str. 39, D-41189 Monchengladbach). (12972) KOZ’MINOV, S.G, & H.A. KETENCHIEV, Kern. D.: Langzeituntersuchungen zur Populations- 1999. Lichinki strekoz kak bioindikatory vodnyh entwicklung und zum Lebenszyklus von Gomphus — larvae bioindicators ekosistem [Dragonfly as of vulgatissimus (Linnaeus)an einem nordwestdeutschen In: aquatic ecosystems]. Aktual’nye voprosy ekologii Fliessgewasser (Anisoptera; Gomphidae) (pp. 107- i ohrany prirody ekosistem yuzhnyh regionov Rossii i -132); - Artmeyer, C; Aktuelle Verbreitung, Habitat- sopredel’nyhterritoriy, pp. 115-116, Kuban. Gos. anspniche und Entwicklungsdauer von Gomphus vul- Univ,, Krasnodar, (Russ.). — (Dept Biol., Kabardino- gatissimus (Linnaeus) in der Ems im Kreis Steinfurt, -Balkar St. Univ., Nal’chik, Russia). Nordrhein-Westfalen (Anisoptera: Gomphidae) (pp. Aeshna cyanea. Libellula depressa, Orthetrum cancel- 133-146); - Cocking, C.: Lebenszyklus von Platycne- latum, and Sympetrum meridionale are considered. mis pennipes (Pallas) und Calopteryx splendens (Harris) in zwei Fliessgewassern Brandenburgs (12973) KURY, D., 1999. Fasziniation Libellen. Libel- (Zygoptera: Platycnemididae, Calopterygidae) (pp. und Naturh. Mus. - Einfluss len der Schweiz Mitteleuropas. 147-162); Bbnsel, A: Der von Rothirsch Basel. 80 pp. (24.0x17.0 cm), softcover. ISBN 3- (Cervus elaphus) und Wildschwein (Sus scrofa) auf — Odo- -9520840-7-7. (Available from the Eds of die Entwicklung der Habitate von Aeshna subarctica natologica; at NLG 30.— net). Walker in wiedervernassten Regenmooren (Aniso- An attractive, well organized, little “handbook” on the ptera: Aeshnidae)(pp. 163-168); — Jodicke, R.: Nach- Odon. of Switzerland and central weis bei Aeshna Europe (78 spp.). einjahrigerEntwicklung cyanea (Miil- On 34 is concise outline of — Willi- pp. given a dragonfly ler) (Anisoptera: Aeshnidae) (pp. 169-174); biology, ecology and conservation aspects, with galla, C: Zur Tagesaktivitat von Lestes dryas Kirby suggestions on a number of well-defined, hitherto (Zygoptera: Lestidae) (pp. 175-180); — Schiel, F.-J. largely neglected but much needed research projects & M. Rademacher: Wiederfunde von Gomphus in various fields that could be carried out by a serious, flavipes (Charpentier) am Oberrhein in Baden- non-professionalworker. The rest ofthe book is made Wurttemberg(Anisoptera: Gomphidae) (pp. 181-185); of methodical and W.: in up species accounts (concise Clausen, Gomphus flavipes (Charpentier) perfectly adequate description, information on adult derAlter, Niedersachsen (Anisoptera; Gomphidae)(pp. phenology, fife history, habitat, biology, distribution 187-188); - Hunger, H. & F.-J. Schiel: Massenent- OdonatologicalAbstracts 287 und wicklung von Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys) (12979) [MAZOKHIN-PORSHNYAKOV, G.A.] Anax N.A. S.Yu.CHAIKA Entwicklungsnachweis von ephippiger (Bur- ZHANTIEV,R.D., TAMARINA, 1999. of G.A. meister) in Uberschwemmungsflachen am sudlichen & G.I. RYAZANOVA, In memory Oberrhein (Anisoptera: Libellulidae,Aeshnidae) (pp. Mazokhin-Porshnyakov (1924-1998). Ent. Obozr. - with 189-195); Mauersberger,R.:WiederfundevonAnax 78(2): 489-500, portrait incl. (Russ., Engl, title). parthenope Selys und Leucorrhinia caudalis (Char- — (Last Author: Matveevskaja 18-2-123, RUS-119517 pentier) in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Anisoptera: Moscow). Aeshnidae, Libellulidae) (pp. 197-199); — Ruddek, A brief biography (2-II-1924/15-III-1998) and a J.: Gomphus vulgatissimus (Linnaeus) in der Weser comprehensiveappreciation of work, with a complete bei Bremen (Anisoptera: Gomphidae) (pp. 201-203); bibliography (1951-1998, 247 titles). M.-R was an Werzinger, S. & J. Werzinger Gomphus flavipes insect physiologist and ethologist of international (Charpentier) in Bayern: 1999 erstmals am Main, standing, a Honoured Professor ofthe State University weitere Funde an der Regnitz (Anisoptera: Gomphi- ofMoscow, Charter Member ofthe Russian Ent. Soc., — of in the dae) (pp. 205-208); Winterholler, M. & H. Leinsing- and an importantsupporter SIO early days of His first odon. er. Gomphus flavipes (Charpentier)bodenstandig am the life of the Society. paper appeared Oberrhein in Hessen und Rheinland-Pfalz (Anisoptera: in 1959 (“Calorimetric study of colour vision in the Gomphidae) (pp. 209-211). dragonfly’’, Biofizika 4/4: 427-436). Since mid 1980s devoted the much of his research was to Zygoptera (12976) LINDENIA. Notiziario dell’Ufficio nazionale larval behaviour, published in over 20 papers, mostly italiano della Societa odonatologica intemazionale, in Russian periodicals, but also in Odonatologica and Napoli, No. 31 (22 Dec. 1999). — (c/o Dr C. elsewhere. D’Antonio, Via A. Falcone 386/b, 1-80127 Napoli). Announcements of various international and regional (12980) MENARD, B. & R. HUTCHINSON, 1999. meetings, and updating ofthe Italian faunistic biblio- WUliamsonia fletcheri Williamson (Odonata: Cordulii- graphy (nos 136-138). dae) au Quebec: nouvelles recoltes, habitats et notes biologiques.Fabreries 24(2/3): 25-32. (With Engl. s.). — Author: (12977) MALANGPO. Newsletter of the Thai National (First 56 rue Smith, Gatineau, QC, J8T Office ofSIO. No. 16 (Nov. 1999). ISSN 1381-5245. 3A1, CA). — NLG — — Annual subscription: 10. net. (Orders to 2 new records from Quebec, Canada are reported, the the Eds of Odonatologica, P.O. Box 256, NL-3720 particular microhabitat is described, and the available is summarized. AG Bilthoven). information on the biology of the sp, Pinratana, A.: Editorial (p. 143); — Yeh, W.C.\ Notes on three aeshnid species from Thailand (pp. 144-145; (12981) MERMOD-FRICKER, E, 1999. Bibliographic Petaliaeschna pinratanaiYeh, 1 Sept. 1999, Odonato- concemant la faune entomologiquesuisse, 1997. Bull, logica 28/3: 283-288, is synonymized with P. flavipes romand Ent. 17(2): 109-119. (CSCF, Terreaux 14,CH- Karube,Apr 1999, Gekkan Mushi 338: 6-7); — Yokoi, -2000 Neuchatel). N.: Dragonflies of central Laos in mid-summer (pp. 2 odonatol. titles. 146-149); - Pinratana, A. & M. Hamdlainen: Check- and list of dragonfliesrecorded at Doi Inthanon (pp. 150- (12982) MITRA, T.R., 1999. Biology ecology of -154). dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata), with notes on then- adaptations in different ecosystems in India. Rec. zool. Sum - Para (12978) MALIKOVA, EL, 1999. Lichinka Cercion v- India 97(2): 173-188. (18/1 Dakshin Rd, -nigrum (Needham, 1930) (Odonata, Insecta) - The Calcutta-7000028, India). larva ofCercion v-nigrum (Needham, 1930) (Odonata, The subject is reviewed, and numerous previously Insecta). Probl. Ekol. verb. Priamur. 1999(4): 82-86. unpublished observations, particularly those from the (Russ., with Engl. s.). — (Dept Zool., Pedag. Univ., Gangetic Plain, Eastern and Western Himalaya, Chhota Ul. Lenina 104, RUS-675000 Blagovestchensk). Nagpur Plateau,Eastern and Western Ghats and from The ultimate instar larva from Hasan, Amur and the arid zonesare brought on record. Blagovestchensk (all Russian Far East) is described and the is with 1999. distribution and illustrated, sp. synonymized Agrion (12983) MITRA, T.R., Geographical brevicauda Bartenev, 1956. and zoogeographyof Odonata(Insecta) ofMeghalaya, 288 Odonatological Abstracts India. Rec. zool. Surv. India (Occ. Pap.) 170: 1-63. - (12987) NAGASU, R, 1999. [Mass oviposition in (18/1 Dakshin Para Rd, Calcutta-7000028, India). Lestes sponsa]. Nature & Insects 34(5): 36. (Jap.). — A detailed distribution ofthe taxaoccurring in Megha- (Naka 4-9-27, Satte, Saitama, 340-0115, JA), their laya is presented, biogeographic affinities are Observations at a pond in Kuki, Saitama pref„ Japan outlined, and the high rate of endemism is discussed. (10-IX-1991) are brought on record. More than 10 pairs were ovipositing per plant. A photograph is (12984) MIYATAKE, Y„ 1999. Memory of the insects provided. in the birth place, Kagawa prefecture. [Sic!] Nature & Insects 34(6): 28. (Jap., with Engl, title). — (5-2-4- (12988) NATURE AND INSECTS, Vol. 34, No. 10: -502, Shirakashi-cho, Kashihara, Kara, 634-0051, JA). Odonatology education and field studies in schools. An - autobiographic note by a well-known Japanese (Sept. 1999). ISSN 0023-3218. (Jap., with Engl, vernacular nomenclature odonatologist; mainly on butterflies. Born: Zentsuji, titles; Jap. only). 1 Apr. 1938. Matsura, T: Sympetrum striolatum imitoides emerged at a school swiming pool (cover phot.); — Walanabe, M.\ (12985) MOCEK, B. & J. REJL, 1999. Vazka Aeshna Odonata as a teaching material in education (pp. isosceles (Muller, 1767) (Odonata) ve vychodnich 2-4); - Higashi, T: Teaching materials concerning Cechach — DragonflyAeshna isosceles (Muller, 1767) Odonata as seen from the course of study (pp. 5-8); (Odonata) in eastern Bohemia. Acta Mus. reginaehra- Komatsu. K.\ Note of dragonflies at and around decensis (A) 27: 121-124. (Czech, with Engl. s.). - primary school as teaching material (pp, 9-12); — (First Author: Muz. Vychodnich Cech, EliSiino nabf. Matsura, T: Why odonate larvae (Sympetrum 465, CZ-30001 Hradec Kralove). striolatum imitoides) occur at swimming pools of 3 records (1994, 1999) from the districts of Babi, primary schools? (pp. 13-17); — Mori, S. : Eco-up Kojice and Kolin, Czech Republic, with habitat projects of restoration from the dragonfly wetland descriptions and discussion. habitats (pp. 18-21); — Taguchi, M Observation of Odonata by clubs in high school (pp. 22-26); — (12986) MOORE, N.W., 1999. Odonata Specialist [Anonymous:] 1999 International Congress of odonato- Group. Species 31/32: 94-95. - (Farm House, 117 logy and 1 st Symposium of Worldwide Dragonfly Boxworth End, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB4 5RA, Association (p. 44). — (Engl, abstracts, by K. Inoue, UK). are available from the Eds of Odonalologica.) The OSG (ofthe Species Survival Commission, IUCN) held its inauguralmeeting in Kyoto, Japan, 1980. Here, (12989) N1JBOER, R., 1999. De Springendalse Beek: its history, objectives and achievements are briefly macrofaunagemeenschappenin deperiode 1970-1995 outlined by the Founder and Chairman of the Group. — [The Springendalse Brook: macroinvertebrate As the and from Inst. Bos- regard future, apart supporting efforts communities in the period, 1970-1995], en network to establish a worldwide of representative Natuuronderzoek, Wageningen [IBN-Rapp.455; ISSN Protected Areas, the OSG will 82 — Freshw. biotope concentrate on 0928-6888]. pp. (Dutch). (Author; It Inst. Bos- activities that are dependent on odonatol. expertise. Ecosystems, Dept Ecol. & Environ., en will those “hot that contain identify spot” areas Natuuronderzoek, NL-Wageningen). numbers of threatened endemic — exceptional spp. so Includes annotated odon. records from the brook; that these can be included in the worldwide network Twente distr., the Netherlands. of if representative biotopes, that is not possible, can be protectedby other means. In addition it will identify (12990) NISHIDA, T., 1999. [Hemicordulia mindana of interest that known in spp. special are not to occur nipponica at Kawaminami-cho, Miyazaki prefecture]. in be 6-8. - representative protected areas or areas likely to Gekkan-Mushi 337: (Jap.). (C-12, Mubanchi, chosen such in the future. The habitats ofthese as spp. Iwase, Matsudo, Chiba, 271-0076, JA). will also have to be protected by other available means. The observations were made during Apr. 1993-July To achieve these objectives and to facilitate the work, 1994, and Aug. 1995-March 1996, It is said, the the the key priority for next few yr is to establish a population at this locality has disappeared in the This will in conservation database. render support subsequent yrs. The habitat is a spring (alt. ca 50 m), identifying priorities for research and conservation with rich vegetation, ca 2 km off the seashore. measures. Emergence took place duringMay 8-27, the territorial Odonatological Abstracts 289 flights were watched duringMay-Aug. (ca 0.5-1.0 m 30 km S ofBraunschweig, Germany. The habitat (old above open water table, mainly in early morning and gravel pit) is described. This is the easternmost locali- in the If evening). Somatochlora clavata interfered, it ty ofthis sp. known in Lower Saxony. chased A tandem was soon away. flight was seen at 07.05 h. The and J. of the Parliament pair was perched on a grass stem, (12995) PODOBNIK, [President the started Within min copulation soon. ca 10 the pair of Slovenia], 1999. Zakon o ratifikaciji Konvencije o and the formed a tandem, after 3 min the 3 flew off, varstvu prosto iivefiega evropskega rastlinstva in $ commenced to oviposit. Zivalstva ter njunih naravnih zivljenjskih prostorov (MKVERZ) — [Act on the ratification of the] (12991) ODONATOLOGICAL LIBRARY NEWS, Convention on the conservation of European wildlife Osaka, No. 25 (5 Dec. 1999). Published by Kansai andnatural habitats. Uradni List Rep. Slovenije (Medn. Research Group of Odonatology. (Jap., with Engl, Pogodbe)9(17): 773-820. (Slovene; text ofConvention title). — (c/o K. Inoue, 5-9 Fuminosato 4-chome, bilingual: Engl./Slovene). Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-0004, JA). Includes 16 odon. spp., and came into operation in Lists 178 numbered bibliographicentries (1984-1999) Slovenia on 10 July 1999. of Japanese publications. (12996) POINAR, G. & R.POINAR, 1999. The amber N. T. (12992) OZONO, A., SHIMIZU, T. YAGI & forest: a reconstruction ofa vanished world. Princeton YAMAMOTO, 1999. [OvipositionofAnaxparthenope Univ. Press, Princeton/NJ-Chichester/UK, xviii+239 5 intandemwith A. cloth ISBN 0- Julius guttatus c?]. Gekkan-Mushi pp., 130 col. pis incl., (16.0x23.6 cm). 341: 46-47. (Jap.). — (First Author: Higashi 5-7-5 -691-02888-5. - (Publishers: 41 William St., Myoken, Katano, Osaka, 576-0012, JA). Princeton, NJ-08540, USA). The took 8 oviposition place on Nov. 1998, at Enshu- Areconstruction of the Dominican Amber ecosystem, -hama,Hamamatsu, Shizuoka pref. The tandem moved incl. references to the odon. from pond to pond, separated after several min and took off. (12997) POLHEMUS, D.A., H. OPPENHEIMER, F. STARR & K. MARTZ, 1999. Notable rediscoveries PANTALA. International of odonato- (12993) journal of Megalagrion species on Maui (Odonata: Coen- logy, Vol. 2, No. 2 (dated 30 Dec. 1999, mailed to the agrionidae).Occ. Paps BishopMus. 59:27-29. - (First subscribers 3 March 2000). ISSN 1388-7890. Author: Dept Ent., MRC 105, Smithsonian Instn, Dumont, H Selys’ Legions: Introduction (pp. 133- Washington, DC 20560, USA). - Fresh listed for M. and -135); Bechly, G: Epallagidae versus Euphaeidae records are pacificum (1998) — revisited (pp. 137-139); Trueman, J.W.H.: The M. xanthomelas (1997); — Maui, Hawaii. family-group names based onSelys’ Legions (pp. 141- -144); - Samraoui, B. & R. Mermi: A contribution to (12998) REINHARDT, K. & R. SEIDENBUSCH, the study of Algerian Odonata (pp. 145-165); — 1999. Zur Libellenfauna des Hi-Gebietes, Kasachstan D.: To Faun. Abh. Hilfert-Riippell, stay or not to stay: decision- (Insecta: Odonata). 21(14): 221-228. (With -making during territorial behaviour of Calopteryx Engl. s.). — (First Author: Inst. Okol., Univ. Jena, haemorrhoidalis and Calopteryx splendens splendens Domburger Str. 159, D-07743 Jena). (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae)(pp. 167-175); — Sahlen, A commented list of 19 spp., SE Kazakhstan, with a 44 known the between Lake G.\ The impact of forestry on dragonfly diversity in review of spp. from area central Sweden (pp. 177-186); — Czeczuga, B., A. Balkhash and Tien Shan. & E. Godlewska Mrozek. Zoosporic fungi growing on dead dragonflies (Odonata) (pp. 187-197). (12999) [RETTIG, K.] MULLER, H„ 1999., Gute Flieger aus Emder Teichen. Der Naturkundler Klaus (12994) PAPENDIECK, M., 1999. Die Pokaljungfer Rettig und die Geburtenrate der Libellen in seinem Cercion lindenii ihrer dstlichen Verbreit- Garten. of 17 15; - (Selys) an Ostfriesen Ztg (E), issue Aug., p. in: ungsgrenze in Niedersachsen (Odonata: Coenagrioni- reprinted Beitr. Vogel- Insektenwelt Ostfrieslands dae). Braunschw. naturk. Schr. 5(4): 959-963. (With 136: 9. — (c/o K. Rettig, Danziger Str. 11, D-26725 Engl. s.). — (Schmidekamp 19, D-38690 Vienenburg). Emden). C. lindenii(2 d, 1 $) are recorded from NR “Okeraue”, A local daily’s visit with thenaturalist and dragonfly 290 Odonatological Abstracts K. — For similar OA - watcher, Rettig. a article see 5(4): 857-867. (With Engl. s.). (Tool. Inst., Techn. 12858. Univ., Fasanenstr. 3, D-38092 Braunschweig). The C. monitored larval developmentof splendens was (13000) RODRIGUES CAPITULO, A., 1999. Los (1995-1998) in the Oker R. and compared withthat of de de macroinvertebrados como indicadores calidad C. virgo in the Lutter; both Lower Saxony, Germany. ambientes loticos en el area Revta Soc. The number and size of larval instars stated. In C, pampeana. ent. are - argent. 58(1/2): 208-217. (With Engl. s.). (Inst. splendens larval development took I yr, whereas it Limnol. ‘A. Ringuelet’,C.C. 712, AR-1900 La Plata). lasted 2 yr in C. virgo. The differences are discussed The embraces Pampean biogeographic province vast in terms of temperature, food and the specific activity territories of E Argentina, Uruguay and Rio Grande levels. do Sul (Brazil). Here, the bioindicative value ofvarious odon. is also considered and discussed. SHIEH, S.-H. & P.-S, 1999. spp. (13005) YANG, Colonization patterns of aquatic insects on artificial 1999. Los substrates: effects of substrate sizes. (13001) ROLDAN PEREZ, G„ macro- Chin. J. Ent. 19(2): invertebrados y su valor como indicadores de la calidad 119-143. (With Chin. s.). — (Dept Ent., Natn. Taiwan Revta Cienc. del agua. Acad, colomb. exactas 23(88): Univ,, Taipei-106, Taiwan). — in 375-387. (With Engl. s.). (Posgrado Biol., Univ. The experiments were conducted the Upper Antioquia, A.A. 1226, Medellin, Colombia). Chingmei Stream, Taiwan. The 2 different substrates A method for water quality assessment in tropical (cobbles, gravel) were colonized by aquatic insects mountain ecosystems, based on macroinvertebrates as for periods of 3, 6, 12, 21, 30 and 42 days, from 14 bioindicators, is suggested. The odon. are considered March to 25 Apr. 1991. Euphaea, Onychogomphus thoroughly, family-wise. and Sieboldius are genus-wise considered. — See also 04 12859. (13002) SANDHU, R, & G.K, WALIA, 1999. Karyolo- of male and female M. & M. WANGERMANN- gy Pseudagrionrubriceps (Zygo- (13006) SIEBERT, ptera: Coenagrionidae). Bionatura 19(1): 1-5. (With -BUDDE, 1999. Verbreitungsatlas der Fliessgewdsser- Hindi s.). — (Dept Zool., Punjabi Univ., Patiala- fauna Niedersachsen. Niedersachs, Landesbetr. f. — -147002, India). Wasserwirtschaft, Verden. 372 pp. (Orders to the Specimens from the populationsof Jammu & Kashmir, Publishers: Poslfach 1608, D-27266 Verden/Aller). Assam and all have been 27 odon. characteri- Punjab, Meghalaya, India, spp. are mapped and ecologically examined. 2n 6 = but in zed with 27, m; X0, numerous on pp. 128-146, 353, bibliography on pp. micrographs an appreciable autosomal fragmentation 361-362; — Lower Saxony, Germany. has been observed. (13007) SIOJA. [Information bulletin of the SIO Japan (13003) SCHUT, J. & D. VAN DULLEMAN, 1999. Branch Office], 1999, No. 1 (5 Nov. 1999). (Jap.). - Zwervende — K, 5-9 Fuminosato 4-chome, pantseijuffer op Terschelling [Lestes (c/o Inoue, Abeno-ku, barbarus on the island of Terschelling, the Nether- Osaka, 545-0004, JA). lands], Amoeba, Amst. 73(4): 88-90. (Dutch). - (First No other issues were published in 1999. — Incl. Author: Curagaostraat 95c, NL-8931 CM Leeuwar- internal notifications, announcements ofmeetings, and den). information on the SIO web site (http://www.afn.org/ In 1999, the status of the local population was -iori/siointro.html),operated by B. Mauffray, IORI, examined, andit is suggested the insects originate from Gainesville, FL, USA. the 1997 invasion. Also presented are the 1999 island records of Lestes dryas, L. virens and Sympetrum (13008) SIVA-JOTHY, M.T. & S.J. PLAISTOW, 1999. striolatum. A in fitness cost ofeugregarineparasitism a damselfly. Ecol. Ent. 24(4): 465-470. — (First Author: Dept (13004) SCHUTTE, C, C. OTT & A HUNKEN, 1999. Anim. & Plant Sci., Univ. Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 Vergleich der Larvalentwicklung von Calopteryx 2TN, Scotland, UK). splendens (Harris, 1782) und Calopteryx virgo (L., Adult Calopteryx splendens xanthostoma are infected 1758) (Odonata: Calopterygidae) in zwei Fliess- by the trophozoites of a eugregarine parasite that gewassem in Niedersachsen. Braunschw. naturk. Schr. attaches to the mid-gutepithelium. The results ofthis Odonatological Abstracts 291 show: — study (1) thateugregarineswerethe predominant Survey (pp. 2-7); Hudson, P, M. Chriscinske & K. parasite in the isolated study population, (2) they were Tennessen: Libellula vibrans, a new Odonata record not present in imagos that had just eclosed fromlarvae for Michigan (p. 7); — O’Brien, M.\ Aeshna juncea but were present in significantly higher numbers in recorded from the eastern UPI (p. 7). — “News and older adults, (3) animals with a eugregarine burden Notes" (pp. 8-9). duringthe prereproductive fat-accumulation period of their adult development (the teneral stage) had (13012) YAMAMOTO, K. & T. YAMAMOTO, 1999. significantly lower fat content, and (4) with correla- artificially eugregarineoocysts showed no Gekkan-Mushi 336: 42. (Jap.). — (2-1-1, Sumadera- tion between eugregarine burdens and postmanipula- -cho, Suma-ku, Kobe, 654-0071, JA). tion fat content. — Infection with eugregarine tropho- 1 zoites during the teneral life-history stage affects the to and A. ability of damselflies accumulate fat, conse- (13013) ZEISS, C., MARTENS & J. ROLFF, 1999. quently reduces their ability to fight for, and maintain, Male mate guarding increases females’ predationrisk? when become A tandem in the a territory they reproductively active. case study on oviposition damselfly Coenagrion puella (Insecta: Odonata). Can. J. Zool. (13009) SULZBACH-ROSENBERGER LIBELLEN- 77(6): 1013-1016. (With Fr. s.). - (Zool. Inst., Techn. RUNDBRIEFE, No. 11 (Dec. 1999). - (c/oR. Seiden- Univ., Fasanenstr. 3, D-38092 Braunschweig). Str. D-92237 busch, Klenze 5, Sulzbach-Rosenberg). To estimate whether 3 mate guarding alters the R.: annotations female ofIsch- for S conducted Seidenbusch, on types predation risk $, experiments were 1979 in field risk nura aralensis Haritonov, (Odonata: Coen- cages. The for $ $ ovipositing solitarily - instar in agrionidae) (pp. 1-2); Descriptions oftwo last vs tandem wasexperimentallycompared. Notonecta Due the larvae of the genus Gomphidia (Odonata, Anisoptera, glauca was used as a predator. to damselfly — N. 5 Gomphidae) (pp. 3-9); Tandem-linkagestructures oviposition behaviour, glauca only preys on 9, in females of the genus Enallagma (Odonata: therefore it was possible to determine whether the Coenagrionidae) (pp. 10-20). presence ofS 9 tandem touched and risk. 9 in were more frequently R. & K. (13010) SURAKARN, YANO, 1999. Natural grasped by Notonecta than solitary 9 9. In most enemies ofthe Chironomidae (Diptera) in paddy fields. tandem pairs, the 9 showed the first reaction to the — Ent, & Zool. attack Makunagi 20; 1-18. (First Author: and the 6 responded subsequently. After an Div., Dept Agric., Chatuchak, Bangkok-10900, attack, most solitary 9 9 left the oviposition site, but Thailand; — Second Author: Asakura-cho 11-23, most tandem 9 9 stayed. Once grasped by the Yamaguchi, 753-0061, JA). predator, more solitary 9 9 were killed. The Univ. subject was investigated at the Yamaguchi Farm, Japan and in the laboratory. The adults of 13 2000 odon. spp. and the larvae of 11 spp. were evidenced, and their seasonal abundance and population densities (13014) APROPOS [“the UK’s premier journal for weresurveyed. Feeding habits ofOithetrum albistylum active Lepidoptera and Odonata enthusiasts”]. No. 9 and — speciosum Sympetrum darwinianum were (Jan.2000). ISSN none. (c/o M. Tunmore, 36 Tinker investigated by feeding Chironomus kiiensis in the Lane, Meltham, Huddersfield, W Yorks, HD7 3EX, laboratory. A single larva of the former consumed UK). during its life over 1417 Chironomus larvae. [Odon. articles:] Dewick, S. & R. Gerussi: Small Red- -eyedDamselfly Erythromma viridulum (Charpentier) (13011) WILLIAMSONIA. Quarterly newsletter of the found breeding in Essex: the first British records (pp. Michigan Odonata Survey, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Nov. 1999). 3-4); - Parr, A.: Migrant dragonflies in 1999, inclu- — (c/o Dr M.F. O’Brien, Insect Div., Mus. Zool.,Univ. ding recent decisions and comments by the Odonata Michigan, 1109 Gaddes Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109- Records Committee (pp. 21-25; inch Pachydiplax -1079, USA). longipennis); — Fellow, K. : Lesser EmperorDragonfly O’Brien, M. : Late-season Odonata at Lefurge Woods Anax parthenope (Selys) breeding in Cornwall (pp. wetland (p. 1); - October-November records (p. 2); 28-29); - Tunmore, M.\ Records from coastal stations, — Y2K species search for the Michigan Odonata 1999: The Lizard, Cornwall (pp. 58-60); — Knill- 292 Odonatological Abstracts -Jones, S.: Records from coastal stations, 1999: Isle distribution of the sp, in Poland is mapped, and its ofWight (p. 62); - Troake, R: Records from coastal occurrence and habitat choice are briefly discussed stations, 1999: Rye Harbour SSSI, East Sussex (pp, and compared with those in other regions of central 63-64); - Clancy, 5.: Records from coastal stations, and eastern Europe. 1999: Dungeness area, Kent (pp. 65-67); — Solly, F: Records from coastal stations, 1999; Isle of Thanet, (13017) CARCHINI, G„ F. CHIAROTTI, M, DI Kent (pp. 67-68); — Dewick, S. : Records from coastal DOMENICO & G. PAGANOTTI, 2000. Fluctuating Essex size and stations, 1999: Curry Farm, Bradwell-on-Sea, asymmetry, mating success in males of (pp. 68-70); - [O’Dowd, B.]: Records from coastal Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden) (Odonata: Coen- stations, 1999: Minsmere RSPB Reserve, Suffolk (p. agrionidae). Anim. Behav. 59(1): 177-182. - (First 71); - Wilson, K. & S. Evans: Records from coastal Author: Dipto Biol., Univ. Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via stations, 1999: Gibraltar Point NNR, Lincolnshire (pp. della Ricerca Scientifica, 1-00133 Roma). - Records be indi- 72-73); Spence. B.: from coastal stations, Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) is thought to an 1999: Spurn Bird Observatory, East Yorkshire (pp. 73- cator of developmentalstability and negatively related - 6 -74); Littlewood, N.: Records from coastal stations, to mating success in many animal taxa. The re- 1999: South Walney Nature Reserve, Cumbria (pp. lationships between mating success of c5 iJ, body size 76-77); - Craine, G.D.: Records from coastal stations, and FA for both wing length and number of setae on 1999: Isle of Man (pp. 77-78); - Long, R. : Southern the legs in I. elegans were investigated. S 6 were Hawker Aeshna Channel unmated time Migrant affinis in Jersey, classified as mated or at the of sampling. — R-. differ- Islands (p. 81); Marsh, Odonata at Heysham Fluctuating asymmetry, expressed as right-left Industrial Estate, Lancashire (pp. 81-82); — Rooney, ences, showed normal distributions without evidence Darter M.E.S.: Yellow-winged Sympetrum flaveolum of directional asymmetry or antisymmetry. Univariate in — D. A showed correlation Cheshire (p. 82); Dey, : chance encounter analyses a significant negative (p. 85; Sympetrum fonscolombei, W Sussex); — between size and mating success, and significant Slaughter, L. & L. Best. A late Southern Hawker negative correlations between FA and mating success Aeshna cyanea and other observations (p. 87); — Parr, for both characters. On the other hand, with a multi- A.: [Book review] Dragonflies: behaviour and ecology, variate analysis, new to studies on FA, the effect of by P.S. Corbet (p. 92); - Tunmore, M. : [Book review] body size was still significant but FA did not reach Dragonflies and damselflies of Great Britain, by C.R. significance for either character. It is concluded that — M. & Cassey et al. (pp. 92-93); Long, R. Long: the multivariate analysis should be used to assess the in Non-British damselflies Jersey (pp. 95-96). role of the different factors affecting mating success. (13015) BECKEMEYER, R.J., 2000. The Permian (13018) [GROENEVELD, H.W.], 2000. De waar- insect fossils Kansas. 1999 — of Elmo, Kansas School nemingen van [The 1999 records]. Veelpoot — Naturalist 46(1): 3-15, 2 cover phot. excl. — (957 11(1): 11-26. (Dutch), (A. Schweitzeriaan 37, NL- Perry, Wichita, KS 67203-3141, USA). -3451 EB Vleuten). The history of the discovery and study of the Elmo Includes list of odon. records from Amerongen (29/ fossils is outlined, and portraits ofthe researchers are 30-V-1999) and Westelbeers (N.Br.) (28/29-VIII- included. It is followed checklist of the the Netherlands. by a spp. -1999), recovered, with some figs and a comprehensive bibliography. — A checklist with full synonymies is (13019) [GORB, S.N.], 2000. Flugtechnik: High-Tech Bild - available from the Author upon request. im Libellenflugel. Wissenschaft 37(3): 9, (Max- -Planck-Inst. Entwicklungsbiol,, Spemannstr. 35, D- 2000. On of (13016) BUCZYNSKY, P, the occurrence -72076 Tubingen). Coenagrion arraatum (Charpentier, 1840) in Poland Between the longitudinal and transversal veins in odon. (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Opusc. zool. flumin. 179: wings there are fixed as well as movable connections. — Inst Maria The 1-10. (Dept Zool., Biol., Curie-Skladow- latter are formed by resilin, a rubber-like protein, ska Univ., Akademicka 19, PO-20-033 Poznan). enabling specific changes in wing shape during the All Polish localities (38, incl. 6 new) are listed, then- flight. At the same time, the resilin knots store the the the of grid references are stated whenever possible, and elasticity energy, liberatingit at completion each The in respective habitats are briefly characterised. wing stroke, returning the wing its originalposition. OdonatologicalAbstracts 293 A col. phot, of resilin knots is provided. (13022) UBELLENNACHRICHTEN. Mitteihmgsblatt der Gesellschaft deutschsprachiger Odonatologen, (13020) HAMALAlNEN, M. & W.-C. YEH, 2000. GdO (ISSN 1437-5621), No. 3 (15 Feb. 2000). - Matrona from Taiwan Mrs U. Gelderner Str. D-41189 cyanoptera spec. nov. (Odonata: (c/o Kriiner, 39, Calopterygidae). Opusc. zool. flumin. 180: 1-6. - Mdnchengladbach). Author: Sunankalliontie FIN-02760 On 20 under the traditional (First 13, Espoo; pp., organised headings, — Author: Forest Taiwan list of titles of the Second Div. Prot., Forestry the issue brings a preliminary Res. Inst., 53 Nanhai Rd, Taipei, Taiwan). presentations to be given at the 19th Annual Meeting The well-known Taiwanese damselfly, usually called of GdO, book reviews or titles only of 18 recent “Matrona basilaris is described German Swiss ssp.”, as a new sp. and M.Sc. dissertations, various articles Holotype 29-VI-1997; deposited at TFRI, Taipei. announcements, etc. (13021) HARDERSEN, S„ 2000. The role of (13023) NIEUWSBRIEF VAN DE NEDERLANDSE behavioural ecology of damselflies in the use of VERENIGING VOOR UBELLENSTUDIE, Vol. 4, No. of - fluctuating asymmetry as a bioindicator water 1 (Feb. 2000). (Dutch). (c/o W.J.A. Hoeffnagel, pollution. Ecol. Ent. 25(1); 45-53. - (Ecol. & Ent. Krekelmeent 72, NL-1218 Hilversum). Group, Div. Plant, Soil & Ecol. Sci., Lincoln Univ., [Scientific notes:] Goudsmils, K. & M. Wasscher. Is P.O. Box 84, Canterbury, NZ). there a preference in oviposition site selection by has been used — Fluctuating asymmetry widely to Lestes viridis? (p. 8); (Anonymous): Notablynumer- concerned evolution and — investigate questions with ous early-season records in 1999 (pp. 9-10); behaviour, and to study the effects of environmental Dijkstra, K.-D.B.: Dragonfliesin Belarus (pp. 11-12); have — F: Dutch nomenclature for southl- pollution. Damselflies been used to answer Bos, Proposed questions in both fields, but no attempthas been made and east European dragonflies, including Rhodes and to combine the knowledge from these areas to the Canary Islands (p. 13). investigate whether and how evolutionary ecology and behaviour interfere with the use offluctuatingasymme- (13024) PTEROBOSCA. Newsletter of the Japanese try as a bioindicator of water pollution. 4 hypotheses Society for Odonatology, Shiojiri, No. 6A (1 Feb. were formulated to investigate possible interferences: 2000). ISSN none. (Title Engl.,.all texts Jap.). Edited (1) paired 33 should be less asymmetrical than by Prof. Dr S. Eda (Dept Oral Pathol., Matsumoto unpaired 33 ; — (2) 3 3 caught at breeding sites Dental Univ., 1780 Gobara, Hirooka, Shiojiri,Nagano, should be less asymmetrical than 5 9 caught at 399-0781, JA). — in This Dr breeding sites; (3) damselflies caught earlier the periodical was started by S. Asahina, as a seasonshould be less asymmetrical than those caught supplement to Tombo. Between 1958-1962, 5 issues - and later in the year; (4) damselflies caught at control were published, Nos 1, 2 4 were undated. With sites should be less those the asymmetrical than caught at present issue the journalcontinues as a newsletter. sites within of — is areas highpesticide usage. No signifi- Its lay-out practically identic to that of the previous cant difference in asymmetry levels was found between issues. - Contents: Kurashina, H.\ Lyriothemis paired and unpaired SS. SS were significantly less pachygastra (p. 1; cover drawing); — Eda, S.\ The asymmetrical than $ $. Damselflies taught earlier in revival ofPterobosca (p. 2); — Karube, H.\ Report on the than those later. the for year were less asymmetrical caught 1999 Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society The data used — to test the hypothesis that fluctuating Odonatology, JSO (pp, 2-4); Eda, S.: Report on asymmetry in the wings ofmature damselflies reflects the JSO Plenary Business Meeting (pp. 4-19); — the the K.: Information the Annual level ofpesticides used in surroundingenviron- Inoue, on 2000 Meeting the - H for Mr ment were equivocal. The findings suggest that evo- of ISO (p. 19); hhikawa, Obituary lutionary ecology and behaviour interfere with the Tsutomu Rai (pp. 20-22; with portrait); - Inoue, K. : in damsel- — H suitability offluctuating asymmetry mature Information on the SIO (p. 23); Ubukata, flies as a biomonitoring tool and it is concluded that Information on the WDA (p. 24); — Report on the in adults should be 1999 International of fluctuating asymmetry emerging Congress Odonatology (p. 25; much more appropriate as a bioindicator. with a group phot, of the participants); — Inoue, K.: 11th Information on the Dragonfly Citizen Summit in 294 Odonatological Abstracts Kaizuka (pp. 25-26); — Book reviews (pp. 26-28). in the 2 sexes. Here, a meta-analysis of published used whether biases in results was to investigate sex (13025) RAMIREZ, A., 2000. Dragonflies and damsel- parasite infections were generally observed. As far as flies of Costarican cloud forests. In: N.M. Nadkami & the odon. are concerned, the available records of mite N.T. Wheelwright, [Eds], Monteverde: ecology and infections were examined. The results suggest that of cloud Oxford conservation a tropical forest, p. 97, because of the absence of endocrine-immune Univ. Press, Athens, etc., ISBN 0-19-509560-X. - interactions in arthropods, 6 6 are not generallymore the (Inst. Ecol., Univ. Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2202, prone to parasite infections than $ $, despite USA). greaterintensity of sexual selection acting on 6 6. A characterisation and in the general some highlights odon. fauna of the Costa Rican highlands. — Some (13027) SIVA-JOTHY, M.T., 2000. [Book review] genera contain discrete lowland and highland spp. One “Dragonflies: behaviour and ecology”, by P.S. Corbet highland sp., Sympetrum nigrocreatum, is probably Anim. Behav. 59(1): 247-248. - (Dept Anim. & Plant derived from the widespread mid-elevation species S. Sci., Univ. Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, Scotland, illotum. Philogenia peacocki has only been found in UK). whereas P. is A cloud forests, canrillica more commonly comprehensive and refreshing book review of the work listed OA 12810. It is characterised “an found at lower altitudes. In the same stream, P,peacocki in as has been found the but is of what natural should inhabiting upper parts example a history monograph P. lower with replaced by carrillica at altitudes, some be, and it will stand as a [...] definitive example ofthe ofthe around 1200 Some cloud forests overlap spp. m. genre”. spp. occur at intermediate altitudes (800-1500m). For example, Heteragrionraajus, acharacteristic inhabitant (13028) THEISCHINGER, G., 2000. Preliminarykeys of streams_in cloud forests, is also present at lower for the identification of larvae of the Australian altitudes (down to 800 m) in streams that share Gomphides (Odonata). Co-operative Res. Cent. forest characteristics with cloud streams such as high Freshw. Ecol., Albury. [Ident. Guide No. 28] iv+48 humidity, steep slopes, and low temperatures (17- pp. ISBN 1-876144-29-7. — (Orders to: Murray Of the recorded from cloud 60% Freshw. Res. RO. Box 20°C). spp. forests, Darling Cent., 921, Albury, have larvae that in marshes NSW live open areas of lakes, 2640, AU). and ponds; 38% inhabit shaded streams; and 2% live The descriptive information available on the larvae of in specialized habitats such as bromeliads and tree the Australian Gomphidae and Lindeniidae is holes. These proportions dependon the availability of presented, and keys are provided for the identification of the habitats. In general, open habitats have been better families, genera, subgenera and spp., along with studied than forest streams. Larvae are adapted to figs of structural features and col. photographs. The accumulations of leaves in specific habitats, e.g. dead family classification adopted is that proposed by G. riffles. The most limiting factor is the availability of Bechly (cf. 04 10954). habitat suitable for larval development. Most spp. tolerate WILLIAMSONIA. A of Michi- only narrow ranges of conditions such as (13029) publication The forest of Odonata Vol. No, 1 — temperature, oxygen level, cover, types gan Survey. 4, (Winter 2000). aquatic vegetation, and water pollution. (c/o Dr M.F. O’Brien, Insect Div., Mus. Zool., Univ. Michigan, 1109 Gaddes Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109- (13026) SHERIDAN, L.A.D., R.POULIN, D.F. WARD -1079, USA). the & M. ZUK, 2000. Sex differences in parasitic Very largely, the issue is devoted to a review of records infections among arthropod hosts: is there a male bias? Michigan county (pp. 5-13; anonymous). In Oikos 88(2): 327-334. — (Second Author: DeptZool., addition to the Editorial (pp. 1-2) and various minor Univ. Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, NZ). notes and announcements (all anonymous), the only A higher susceptibility to diseases or parasites in S 3 signed article was contributed by Peters, D. & J. Peters: than in $ be ultimate of the Odonates from Shiawassee National Wildlife $ may an consequence Refuge different reproductive strategies favoured by selection (p. 4).