44 Nolul. odonatoi, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 37-44, December 1, 2004 Anax guttatus (Burm.) new to the sions in November and December 2003 Maldive Indian T. and P. in Islands, Ocean (An- limbata flavescens are widespread isoptera: the Indian Ocean islands. The of T. lim- Aeshnidae) range The odonate fauna of the Maldives is species- bata includes sub-Saharan Africa, the southern and it is So far 8 Arabian and P. -poor poorly investigated. peninsula, India Nepal, flaves- recorded OLSVIK & M. species were (H. cens has a circumtropical distribution and is well from HÄMÄLÄINEN, 1992, Opusc. zool.flumin. 89: known many islands. Both species are al- November and 1-7). In December 2003 the first ready known from the Maldives as well as from author made a vacation trip to the archipelago the Chagos (L.K. BARNETT & C. EMMS, 1997, and was able to observe and photograph drag- Notul. odonatol. 4: 153-155) and the Seychelles onflies the island of South Ari Atoll BLACKMAN& E.C.G. on Angaga, (R.A.A. PINHEY, 1967, is coral-sand island (3°39’N, 72°49’E). Angaga a Arnoldia, Rhod. 3(12): 1-38). A. guttatus, which also of ca. 350x 150 m. Open fresh water is available was not reported earlier from the Maldives, water the and the only in excavations, rain tanks and in gar- occurs on Chagos Seychelles, ranging den pools made of concrete. from India to Japan and Samoa (cf. T.W. DON- On 3-IX-2003 04:00 male A. NELLY, 1986, Notul. odonatol. 2: at h, a guttatus 109-112). taken and 28-XI- B. was photographed at light; on Mahlendorff, Bundenweg 12, D- 20:00 male Tramea limbata -60320 — -2003, h, a (Desj.) Frankfurt, Germany; and A. Martens and an adult (sex unknown) Pantala flavescens Biologie, Piidagogische Hochschule, Bis- P. marckstraBe (Fabr.) were photographed. Aside of flaves- 10, D-76133 Karlsruhe, Germany, these encountered other e-mail: cens, were not on occa- [email protected].