OdonatologicalAbstracts 1974 on research The monograph is based the car- 4 of 4 ried out during yrs by a team Malaysian (6541) HERRERA, CM. & A. RAMIREZ, 1974. and 14 Japanese workers. Tasek Bera is an Food in soutern Br. Birds 2 of Bee-eaters Spain. alluvial peat swamp (surface 61.5 km ) in the Author Estac. 67(4): 158-164. — (First Biol, SW of Panhang State, peninsular Malaysia. into 8 de Donana, Paraguay 1, Sevilla, Spain). The text is organised chapters (papers), Pellets of Merops apiaster, collected at 3 nes- authored by different members of the team. ting colonies in Western Andalusia, contained For the Odon, cf. OA 6545. 0.5-8.8% of not further identified Odon. (6545) MIZUNO, T„ R.P. LIM & J.l. FURTADO, 1979 freshwater 1982. [Tasek Bera. The ecology ofa swamp]: Secondary production. In: J.l. Fur- (6542) SCHMIDT, G., 1979. Prdparieren von Insek- tado & S. Mori, [Eds], Tasek Bera, pp. 279- Eine kurze Ein- ISBN ten und anderen Wirbellosen. -319. Junk, The Hague-Boston-London. fiihrung fiir die Sammler. Philler, Minden 90-6193-100-2. (Lehrmeister-Bilcherei Nr. 104). 134 pp. — For description of the monograph cf. OA ISBN 3-7907-0104-1. — Price DM 8.-. J.l. Fur- 6544. The Odon. were worked out by the Reprint edition of work listed in OA 2767. tado. 33 spp. are listed, and data are presented their biomass and fluctu- on standing crop 1981 ations. Larvae formed the third-most impor- tant component of the macrofauna. Their M. & A. 1981. Notes abundance the (6543) DYER, DEMETER, on during dry season is probably the provisioning rates of Bee-eaters (Merops due to their congregation in the favourable apiaster) in North-east Hungary. Aquila 88: Utricularia habitat, to their higher reproduc- 87-89. — (First Author; Dept Zool., Univ. tion rates during this period and to the abun- Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB9 2TN, Scotland, dance of food organisms. The adults rarely UK). occur in the mats, possibly because they Aeshna of spp. were represented in the diet a migrate closer to the shore and the emergent populationon the Szamos R., adjacent to the vegetation. Hungary-USSR border. 1984 1982 (6546) MARTINEZ, C, 1984. Notes sur I’alimenta- J.I. & S. 1982. (6544) FURTADO, MORI, [Eds], tion du guêpier(Merops apiaster L.) dans une Tasek Bera. The ecology of a freshwater colonie du centre de l’Espagne. Alauda 52(1): The swamp. Junk, Hague-Boston-London. 45-50. (With Span. & Engl. s’s). — (Unidad V11H-4I3 pp. (Monographiae biologicae, Zool. Aplic., Depto Ecol., C.R.I.D.A., 06 Vol. 47). ISBN 90-6193-100-2. I.N.I.A., Carretera de la Coruna, Km. 7, 220 Odonatological Abstracts nematode in the Ukrainian is Madrid-35, Spain). spp. dragonflies In the pellets of 100 individuals from central stated. Spain, Odon. constituted 0.53% of the undi- food. 4 and identified (6551) PAVLYUK, R.S. A T.M. KURBANOVA, gested spp. I genus are 1986. Parazitofauna strekoz and listed. yuzhnyh rayonov Turkmenii. — [Parasite fauna ofdragonfliesin 1985 the southern districts of Turkmenia], Mater. Konf. ukrain. Obshch. Parazitoi, Odessa 2: (6547) BAUMANN, R.W., 1985. In memoriam Dirk 89. (Russ.; extensive abstract only). — (Second Author; Shkola No. Cornelis Geijskes (1907-1985). Perla 7: 3. — Srednaya 21, USSR- -744008 (Author’s address not stated). Ashabad). The A review is of the trematode obituary presents a good biographic out- given gregarine, in larval line, with emphasis on Dr Geijskes's Plecop- and the acarine parasites evidenced and adult 16 tera work. individuals of odon. spp. from Turkmenia, USSR. — (Fora list of the Odon. (6548) KAISER, M., 1985. Natürliche Lebensrâume of Turkmenia cf. OA 5198). im Kanton St. Gallen. In. S. Bucher,[Ed.],Der Kanton St. Gallen: Landschaft, Gemeinschaft, 1987 62-112 Heimat, pp. (issued also as a reprint), l opfc-Ben/, Rorschach. ISBN 3-85819-084-5. (6552) AZUMA, S„ [Ed.], 1987. Field guide-book (Author: Wiesentalstr. 6c, CH-9000 St. to the insects of Okinawa, Vol. 4: Odonata, Gallen). Orthoptera, Phasmicla el al. Okinawa Shup- there col. 4 odon. Okinawa. XIV+249 On p. 93, are photographs of pan. Urasoe, pp. (14x19 — 4 spp., contributed by A. TREAGUST (Post- cm, hardcover). Sold as a complete set of fach 1015, CH-9202 Gossau-2). Locality data vols only; price in Japan: Y 18.000.- net. (Jap., the but could be with — are not mentioned in book, Engl, title). (Publishers: 708-11 obtained from the photographer. Miyagi, Urasoe, JA). The dealt In Oddn. are with on pp. 1-72. all, 45 each these I 1986 spp. are presented. For of or more high quality col. phot, of the adult stage are both where (6549) GYAWAL1. B.K., 1986 [published 1988], presented (of sexes, appropriate) of insects. often also a ofthe larval Each is Population dynamics pea J. nat. phot, stage. sp. Hist. Mus., Kathmandu 10(1/4): 113-118. briefly diagnosed and described. The infraspe- (With Nepali s.). — (Ent. Div., Dept Agric., cific status of the local Crocothemis servilia is still — Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal). uncertain. (For another work on the of Okinawa cf. OA On p. 116 reference is made to a "new sp."from insects/odon, 4591). Khumaltar, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, given as "damselfly n.s. (Odonata: Zygoptera: Agri- (6553) CALABRESE, E.J., C.C. CHAMBERLAIN, idae)". [Sic!] R. COLER & M. YOUNG, 1987. The effects of trichloroacetic acid, a widespread product (6550) PAVLYUK, R.S., 1986. O predelahgostal'noy of chlorine disinfection, on the dragonfly specifichnosti lichinochnyh stadiy gel’mintov nymph respiration. J. environ. Sci. Health (A) — — Author: razvivayushchihsya v organizme strekoz, 22(4): 343-355. (Last Dept Chem., Univ. [On the host specifity of the helminth larval Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. 01002, stages developing in dragonflies]. Mater. USA). The effects of trichloroacetic acid Konf. ukrain. Obshch. Parazitoi, Odessa 2: (TCAA), a 88. (Russ.; extensive abstract only). — (Dept newly recognized non-volatile product of chlo- 4 Invert. Zool., Lvov Univ., Shcherbakov St., rine disinfection, on Aeshna and Basiaeschna assessed. USSR-290005 Lvov). larvae are The TCAA range from and 1-1000 for 96 hr The host specificity of various trematode ppb a period is utilized, usinga Odonatological Abstracts 221 Sovet Ministrov Moscow. — flow-through exposure system. The results RSFSR, (Russ.). Siberian Acad. indicate a dose-dependent increase of oxygen (Inst. Biol., Sect. USSR Sci., utilization which achieves statistical signifi- Ul. Frunse II, USSR-630091 Novosibirsk), Based the the cancefrom control valuesat 100 and 1000 ppb. on recommendations of First While previously published efforts have All-Union Symposium of Odonatology (cf. OA annotations 16 emphasized possible public health effects of 5680), are presented on result to be included in edition the TCAA as a of consumption ofchlorina- spp. a new of USSR Red Data Book, first ted drinking water, the present findings indi- (For the edition cate that TCAA is capable of causing cf. OA 5090). environmental physiological alterations in an aquatic model organism in a model flow- (6557) HIEKEL, I., 1987, Bedeutende Vorkommen -through system at environmentally relevant gefâhrdeter Libellenarten an Fliessgewassern concentrations. im Kreis Cottbus-Land. Naiur Landsch. Bez. Cottbus 9: 25-36. — (Anne-Frank-Str. 26, (6554) CSORBA, G., 1987, Néhâny hazânkban ritka DDR-7513 Cottbus, GDR). szitakôtdfaj elôfordulâsa Magyarorszâgon A systematic survey wa»conducted (1986) on (Odonata, Anisoptera). — New faunistic data the odon. fauna (II spp.) ofthe stream system of between Babow and Cott- some dragonfly species, rare in Hungary Greifenhain, distr. 48: GDR. The local (Odonata, Anisoptera), Fol. enl. hung. bus, status of Calopteryx 291-292. (Hung., with Engl, title), — (Author’s virgo, Gomphus vulgatissimus, Ophiogom- address not stated). phus serpentinus and Cordulegasterboltonii is Records of 7 spp. are listed, Aeshnaviridis and discussed in detail. Leucorrhinia caudalis are discussed, and the terminalia of the former are figured. (6558) JAESCHKE, G., 1987. Untersuchungen zur Artenzusammensetzung und Dominanz ver- (6555) HAESELER, V., 1987. Insekten-Besiedlung kehrstoter Insekten — erste Ergebnisse. Naiur- der Insel Mellum. In: G. Gerdes, W.E. Krum- schulzArb. Berlin Brandenburg 23(2/3): bein & H.-E. Reineck, [Eds], Mellum, Portrait 70-83. — (Author’s address not stated). Out 10 einer Insel, pp. 266-280, Kramer, Frankfurt/ of some 7700 sepcimens, referable to 7 odon. Main (Senckenberg-Buch 63; ISBN 3-7829- orders, only individuals were recorded -1107-5). — (Author’s address not stated). victims of traffic. far Only 3 odon. spp. were so recorded in the literature from the Northsea island of Mellum, (6559) LAFOND, R„ 1987. Nouvelle localité septen- ERG (cf. B. Kiauta, 1968, Biol. Jaarb. Dod- trionale pour Calopteryx amata Hagen et Cal- 36: while 28 known maculata Beauvois onaea 88-114), spp. are to opteryx au Québec. there The these occur now. list of is not given, Fabreries 13(3/4): 49-50. —(Dép. Techn. Fo- but it be de 60 can obtained from Dipl.-Zool. J. Lem- restière, CEGEP Rimouski, ouest rue pert (Prinz-Albert-Str. 38, D-5300 ' Bonn-1, de l’Evêché, Rimouski, Que., G5L 4H6, CA). is With reference listed in ERG). The odon. fauna of the island briefly to the paper OA 5748, the the Accores discussed, with emphasis on the well known 2 spp. are recorded from R.,nr and list is of the 9 Canada. migrations a given spp. Rimouski, Quebec, whose breeding on the island was recently evidenced. (6560) LEGAULT, J., 1987. Observation de l’accou- plementet de la ponte de Calopteryx maculata (6556) HARITONOV, A.Yu., 1987. Redkie strekozy Beauvois (odonates: Calopterygidae) au ruis- SSSR i ih ohrana. — [Rare dragonflies of the seau Selby (d.r. de Missisquoi, Québec). Fabre- USSR and their conservation]. In: Problemy ries 13(3/4: 45-46. — (62 place Leroy, ohrany fedkih zhivotnyh. (Materialy k Kras- Repentigny, Que., J6A 1 PS, CA).