First record of the dragonfly Orthetrum albistylum speciosum (Uhler, 1858) (Odonata: Libellulidae) from Evreiskaya avtonomnaya oblast, Russian Far East.

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V. S. Yakubovich. FIRST RECORD OF THE DRAGONFLY ORTHETRUM
ALBISTYLUM SPECIOSUM (UHLER, 1858) (ODONATA: LIBELLULIDAE)
FROM EVREISKAYA AVTONOMNAYA OBLAST, RUSSIAN FAR EAST. –
Far Eastern Entomologist. 2013. N 262: 7-8.
Summary. The dragonfly Orthetrum albistylum speciosum (Uhler, 1858) is firstly
recorded from Evreiskaya avtonomnaya oblast.
Key words: Odonata, Libellulidae, dragonflies, fauna, new record, Russia.

В. С. Якубович. Первая находка стрекозы Orthetrum albistylum speciosum
(Uhler, 1858) (Odonata: Libellulidae) в Еврейской автономной области,
Дальний Восток России // Дальневосточный энтомолог. 2013. N 262. С. 7-8.
Резюме. Стрекоза Orthetrum albistylum speciosum (Uhler, 1858) впервые обнаружена в
Еврейской автономной области.
INTRODUCTION

The dragonfly Orthetrum albistylum (Selys, 1848) is divided in two subspecies, a
nominotypical distributed in Europe, Mediterranean region, Western and Central Asia, and
Russia (European part, Southern Siberia, Transbaikalia) and O. albistylum speciosum (Uhler,
1858) known from East Asia. The latter subspecies was recorded in Russia from Amurskaya
oblast, south part of Khabarovskii krai, Primorskii krai, and Sakhalin Island (Malikova, 1995,
1997; Ivanov, 2001; Yakubovich, 2010), however, until now it is not found in the Evreiskaya
avtonomnaya oblast.

NEW RECORD

Orthetrum albistylum speciosum (Uhler, 1858)

MATERIAL. Russia: Evreiskaya autonomnaya oblast, Oktyabrskii District, vicinity of
Soyuznoe village, top of a hill near the Amur River, 6-9.VII 2012, 1  (E.S. Koshkin leg.)
DISTRIBUTION. Russia: Amurskaya oblast, Evreiskaya avtonomnaya oblast (new
record), Khabarovskii krai, Primorskii krai, Sakhalin Island. – Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan.
NOTES. Though this subspecies is widely distributed in the southern part of the Russian
Far East, but not numerous and presented by the local populations.

REFERENCES

Ivanov, P.Yu. 2003. Fauna, taxonomy and distribution of dragonflies (Odonata) in the south
of the Russian Far East. Avtoreferat diss… kandidata bilologicheskich nauk. Vladivostok.
24 pp. (In Russian).
Malikova, E.I. 1995. Dragonflies (Odonata, Insecta) of the Russian Far East. Avtoreferat
diss… kandidata bilologicheskich nauk. Novosibirsk. 25 pp. (In Russian).

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Malikova, E.I. 1997. The fauna of dragonflies (Insecta, Odonata) of the Amurskaya oblast.
Problemy ecologii Verkhnego Priamurya. Vypusk 3. Blagovestshensk. P. 109–116. (In
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Yakubovich, V.S. 2010. First record of the dragonfly Orthetrum albistylum speciosum (Uhler,
1858) (Odonata: Libellulidae) from Khabarovskii krai. Far Eastern Entomologist. 219:
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Author's address:
Department of Biology,
Far Eastern Medical University,
Murav’ev-Amursky Street 35,
Khabarovsk 680000, Russia.
E-mail: [email protected]

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