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BRIEF NOTE ADDITIONS TO STATE AND LOCAL LISTS OF AND DAMSELFLIES ()1

T. E. PERRY, Chagrin River Road, Gates Mills, OH 44040

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A small but viable colony of Ophio- Enallagma hageni and Lestes dryas, in 1979 gompbus carolus was discovered on Swine and 1980. These 3, added to the original Creek, a clean, swift-flowing tributary to list of 77 , result in a total of 80 the Grand River, located in eastern Geauga (46 dragonflies, 34 damselflies). County. This represents a new record for At the Holden Arboretum in Lake and Ohio. Other states in which 0. carolus has Geauga counties we originally took a total been collected are: Maine, Michigan, New of 51 species (Perry 1975); to this list we Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Ver- have added 9 additional species. New spe- mont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wis- cies for Holden include: , consin (Carle 1981). (first listed as Boyeria spe- A total of 8 adult males of 0. carolus was cies), Somatochlora tenebrosa, Libellula taken on 22 and 25 June 1980, and on 6 quadrimaculata, Cbromagrion conditum, June 1981. No females and no nymphs Enallagma basidens, Enallagma boreale, Lestes were found, but one mating pair was ob- congener, Lestes disjunctus, and Lestes served flying up into vegetation bordering forcipatus. The Holden list of Odonata the stream. Mrs. Leonora Gloyd confirmed now stands at 60 (34 dragonflies, our find; 2 specimens were donated to the 26 damselflies), a large, number for an area University of Michigan Museum of Zool- of about 2500 acres. Major habi- ogy. We thank Mrs. Gloyd for her help. tats at Holden consist mainly of small arti- The portion of Swine Creek examined ficial lakes and ponds. averages from 2 to 3 m in width; greatest Northeastern Ohio (counties of Ash- depth observed was about 0.66 m. The land, Ashtabula, Columbiana, Cuyahoga, bottom is sand and silt interspersed with Erie, Geauga, Huron, Lake, Lorain, Ma- small rocks. Chemical data, taken with honing, Medina, Portage, Richland, a LaMotte Test Kit (in parts per million) Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Wayne, plus for the water are: calcium 130, magne- the Lake Erie islands) is indeed rich in the sium 120, dissolved oxygen 13.5, silica 5, Odonata. Number of species taken in nitrate 0.88, carbon dioxide 0, and phos- northeastern Ohio to date is 118. phate 0. The pH was 8.5. Other dragon- flies associated with 0. carolus were: Boyeria LITERATURE CITED vinosa, Cordulegaster maculatus, Lanthus Carle, EL. 1981 A new species of Ophio- gomphus from eastern North America, with a key albistylus, and numerous Gomphus lividus. to the regional species (Anisoptera: Gomphidae). The finding of 0. carolus adds another Odonatologica 10: 272-278. species to the fauna of the Grand River sys- Perry, T. E. 1975 The dragonflies and damsel- tem (Perry 1981). Also taken in Grand flies (Odonata) of the Holden Arboretum, Lake and Geauga Counties Ohio. Ohio J. Sci. 75: River territory were specimens of 14-18. 1981 Dragonflies and damselflies 'Manuscript received 23 February 1982 and in (Odonata) of the Grand River system, northeast- revised form 28 June 1982 (#82-4). ern Ohio 1974-1978. OhioJ. Sci. 81: 125-131.

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