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OdonatologicalAbstracts 1999 revealed asmallbutsignificantdecreaseintheaver- age number ofspp.presentwith increasingheight (16022) STEFFENS, W.P.& W.A. SMITH, 1999. abovetheground.Speciesrichness andabundance Status surveyforspecial concernand endangered weregreaterin largerholes. Similarpatterns were dragonfliesofMinnesota:populationstatus, inven- observedin206naturaltreeholes.Of7toppredator toryand monitoringrecommendations. Minnesota spp. (inch 3 odon. taxa),Megaloprepuscoerulatus DeptNaturalResourses (NaturalHeritage&Non- larvae werenotfound inartificial ornatural holes gameResearch Program).56pp. —(Addresses not above 7m. Chemical properties oftree holewater stated). did not ditferwith height, but canopy tree holes Status determination surveys forOphiogomphus dried outmorefrequentlyandwerethermallyless anomalus,O.susbehcha andSomatochlora hineana stablethan midstory andunderstoryholes. Harsh wereconducted throughouteastern, central and thermalconditions andhigherdisturbancefrequen- northern Minnesota,USA.Threats tothese rare cymayberesponsibleforthedeclineinspeciesrich- spp. wereevaluated and conservation andpopula- nesswith height. tion statusrecommendations forMinnesota Ani- sopteraarepresented.Baseline dataonotherAni- 2000 sopt. in undersurveyedhabitats arereported,in- cludingseveral staterecords andnumerouscounty (16024) BASS, D„ 2000. A preliminarystudy of records. Several Zygoptera collections arealsore- aquaticmacroinvertebrates fromtwospringsin the portedalongwithcountydistributioninformation, Pontotoc RidgeNaturePreserve,Oklahoma.Proc. andrecommendations forfuture odon.surveysand Okla.Acad. Sci. 80: 105-109. - (DeptBiol.,Univ. monitoringareoffered. Central Oklahoma,Edmond,OK73034,USA). 4odon. gen.arelisted,aspecieslist isnotprovid- (16023) YANOVIAK,S.P, 1999.Communitystruc- ed. turein water-filled tree holes ofPanama; effects ofhole heightand size. Selbyana20: 106-115. - (16025) CHE SALMAH, M.R., S.T.S. HASSAN (EvergreenSt.Coll.,Lab. I, Olympia,WA98505, & A.ABUHASSAN,2000, Local movement and USA). feedingpatternofadult Neurothemis tullia (Dru- Water-filledtreeholesarecommonaquatichabitats ry) (Odonata:Libellulidae)inarainfedrice field. inmanyneotropicalforests, yetlittle isknown of Prop.Ecol. 41(2):233-241,(WithSpan.&Port,s’s). factors influencingtheir biodiversity.Here, com- —(Sch. Biol. Sci.,Univ. SainsMalaysia, Minden- munityparameters (species richness, abundance -11800,Pulau Penang,Malaysia). andcomposition) oftreeholemacroorganismsare The investigationwasconducted in an 11 ha rice comparedat different heights (canopy, midstory, fieldinBandar Barudistr.,Kedah,PeninsularMa- understory) in the forest of Barro Colorado Isl., laysia, July 1994-Apr. 1995,usingmark-release- Panama. Data from multiplecensusesof40 arti- -recapture method.Both 6 Sand 99werewidely ficial treeholes during3 wetseasons(1995-1997) distributedwithintheir homerange ofca30mra- 306 OdonatologicalAbstracts dius. Adult movementswerehighlylocalized and nearKranj\.Zavod zafavnistiko,Koper.(Slovene). the longestdistance travelled wasca 130 m. Diur- - (KocjandiCi18,SI-6276 Pobegi). nalfeedingpatternswerestudiedbyexamininggut During 1991-2000,31spp. wereevidencedatthees- contents. Someindividuals hadtakenprey asearly tate,Slovenia, Acommentedlist,with field notes,is as07.30h,but feedingactivity peakedat 10.30and presentedhere. 17.30 h. Thedailyfood intakewashighlyvariable between sexesand at different daytimes, 99 fed (16030) HASSAN,K.S.,M.A.HABEEB&N.J.AL- moreactivelyinthemorningandtheirbodyweights MOUSAWI, 2000. Occurrence ofaquaticinsects werehigherthan those of66 at all hoursofthe withalgaeinBasrahprovince. Marinamesopotamica day. 15(1):137-143. - (DeptBiol.,Coll.Sci.,Univ. Bas- rah,Basrah,Iraq). (16026) [COOK, C]LAUDERMILK, E.L., 2000. Ischnura evansi and Anax sp. larvaeoccurred in CarlCook receivesCommission’s BiodiversityPro- algaesamplescollected from 9 stations alongthe tectionAward,NaturallyKentucky32;2. - (doC. Shattal-Arab R.,between Qurnaand Abul-Kasib. Cook, Box 16, Highway 218, Center, KY 42214, Iraq; March-Sept.1997. USA). On9Dec. 1999,C.Cook received the annual Bio- (16031) KINVIG, R„ 2000. Odonata surveyofthe logicalDiversity ProtectionAwardoftheKentucky ZambeziDelta. Occ. PubisBiodiv. Bulawayo8:559- , State Nature Preserves Commission. Some high- -564. - (Author’saddress notstated). lightsofhisodonatologicalcareerareoutlined and Acommentedlist of25spp.,collected (June 1999) aportraitisprovided. from 7 sitesatthe Marroraeu wetlandcomplexin the lowerZambezi Delta. Thespp. werecaptured (16027) DOMMANGET, J.-L.,2000. Laconserva- in a random samplingofthe sites, usingasweep tion des couleurs etla preparationdes libellules net duringwalking throughthe vegetation. The destinees alacollection dereference. Bull.Entomo- sitesaredescribed,and fieldnotes onthe spp. are faune 22:3-7. - (7rueLamaratine,F-78390 Bois- provided. d’Arcy). Thecolourpreservationmethodisdescribed,based (16032) POLHEMUS,D..R.ENGLUND,S. JOR- ontheclassical O.P.Wenger’sacetoneprocessingof DAN&J.POLHEMUS. 2000. Tripreportfor 1999 odon,specimens. Itsadvantagesand disadvanages entomologicalandfreshwatersurveysofthe Smith- arepointedout,based ontheexamples from the sonianInstitutionandBishopMuseumexpeditionto Europeanfauna. the MarquesasIslandsand Tahiti.Pac. Biol. Surv.. BishopMus., Honolulu, vi+17 pp. [Contrib, No. (16028) FITZPATRICK,M.,2000. ReviewofOdo- 2000-002 Pac. Biol. Surv.]. — (FirstAuthor: Dept nataassociated with the wetlands ofthe Zambezi Ent., MRC 105, Natn Mus. Nat. Hist.,Smithson. Basin. Occ.PubisBiodiv.,Bulawayo8:527-557. — Instn,Washington,DC 20560,USA). (Author’saddressnotstated). Collections ofaquaticinsects and otheraquatic Anannotated and commented list of217 spp. (77 macroinvertebrates weremade from streams and Zygopt., 140Anisopt.),withnotes ontheirecology, wetlands in the Marquesas and Society island andsectionsonconservation and potentialthreats, groupsofFrenchPolynesia,from17Oct.to6Nov. andonthe areasofhighspeciesrichness. Thegaps 1999.Alistispresentedofodon.spp.recorded from inourknowledgearepointedoutwith reference to MarquesasIsisof Nuku Hiva,Hiva Oa,Tahuata futureresearch.InanAppendix(p.557)achecklistis andUaHuka,inch a“Pantalanewsp.?”,abundant givenof39spp. (identificationofsomeisuncertain butrestricted totheFaakua R.mouthonHivaOa. andsometaxa areidentified tothe gen.only)col- The Hemicordulia assemblagesfromboth theSo- lected (20March-4 Apr. 1999)fromBarotseland. cietyIsisand theMarquesasareclearlyin needof revision.For odon. andotherspp.itispossiblethat (16029) GEISTER,L, 2000. Popisfameinflarena the Marqueseanstreams may representstepping Urdu priKranju. Kacjipastirji (Odonala): Brda stonestothenearest highislands ofHawaii. priKranju — [Fauna andflora inventoryof Brdo estatenear Kranj. Dragonflies(Odonata) atBrdo (16033) RAMSAY,R.L,& S.G.CANNINGS,2000. OdonatologicalAbstracts 307 DragonfliesatriskinBritishColumbia. Proc.Conf. 73034,USA). Biol. MngmlSpecies& HabitatsatRisk,Kamloops BoehlerLakeisa2.5ha,dystrophicbeaverpond. 11 1:89-93. - (Brit.Columbia Conserv. Data Cent., odon.spp. arelisted,aspecieslistisnotprovided. P.O.Box9344,Stn Prov. Govt,Victoria,BC, V8W 9M1,CA). (16036) [NIELSEN, M.C.,submittedthemanuscript, In 1993,British Columbia’s (Canada)Odon. were theactualAuthorunknown],2001.Whydoyoucol- listedand rankedastotheirconservation statusin lectinsects?News!. Mich. ent.Soc. 46(3):4. theprovince,basedupontheknowledgeatthetime. [Verbatim,concluding paragraphs:] The number Inventoryeffortswerethenfocusedonthespp.con- ofinsects takenbycollectorsamountstolessthan sideredatrisk,inordertomoreaccuratelydetermine tenthousandths ofonepercentoftheinsectskilled theirstatusandtoidentifyspecificsites forconserva- byman, yetfromthis minutepercentagecomesall tion,For 3yrsurveyswereconducted in5regionsof the material used for aesthetic purposes such as theprovince:theNE corner, theLowerMainland, books,illustrations,andartwork;allthespecimens southernVancouver Island,theOkanagan,andthe used to compilelearningand teachingcollections Columbia Basin.Duringthecourseofthesesurveys, forschools,universities,museums and public dis- knownranges ofmanyspp. wereextended,knowl- plays; all thematerial necessary tocompilescien- edgeofhabitat requirementsincreased,and 3new tificstudies and revisionary works oflittle-known spp.wereconfirmed fortheprovince.While many groups;andallthespecimensusedinscientificwork of the targetedspp. werefound only sparsely or inagricultureandhealth. —Mostprivatecollectors notatall,anumber ofthem werediscovered tobe eventuallydonatetheircollections tomuseumsand moreabundantthan previously thought,and their universities,[...]makingaworthwhile contribution conservationrankswerechangedaccordingly. toposterity. (16034) VANBUSKIRK,J.&B.R.SCHMIDT,2000. (16037) O’BRIEN, M., 2001, A peekat Michigan Predator induced phenotypic plasticity in larval Odonata. News/. Mich. ent.Soc. 46(3):11. —(Insect newts: trade-offs,selection andvariation innature. Div.,Mus. Zool.,Univ. Michigan,Ann Arbor,MI Ecology81(11): 3009-3028. - (Inst.Zool.,Univ. 48109-1079,USA). Zurich,Winterthurerstr. 190,CH-8057 Zurich). 160spp,arecurrentlyknown fromMichigan,USA. Evolutionarymechanismsmaintaininganinduced Somatochlorahineana isonthefederalendangered response topredators(Aeshnacyanealarvae)were spp. list. Some poorly-sampledhabitats, such as studiedinTriturusalpestrisandT.helveticus larvae. seepsand fens, need monitoringonaregularba- Whenexposedtocaged(nonlethal)Aeshna,newts sis. spentmoretimehidingintheleaf litter,haddarker pigmentationin the tail fin,and developedlarger (16038) YANOVIAK,S.P.,2001.Predation,resource heads andlargertailsrelative totheirbody size, in availabilityandcommunitystructureinneotropical comparisonwith newtsinpredator-freeponds.The water-filled tree holes. Oecologia 126: 125-133. - 2phenotypesfacedaperformancetrade-off across (EvergreenSt.Coll.,Lab. I,Olympia, WA98505, environments with and without odon.: thepreda- USA). tor-induced phenotype survived twice as well as Predation and resourceavailabilityinfluence com- thenon-predatorphenotypewhenexposedtofree munitystructureinmanyaquaticecosystems. Preda- dragonflies,but thepredator-inducedphenotypeof tors(Megaloprepuscoerulatus larvae)andresources both spp. grewmoreslowlyuntiljustbeforemeta- (leaflitter)were manipulatedto determine their morphosis. independenteffectsonmacroorganismspeciesrich- ness,abundance,andcompositioninwater-filled tree 2001 holes ofBarro Colorado Isl.,Panama. Interactive effectsofthesefactorswere alsoinvestigatedinarti- (16035) BASS,D,& C.POTTS, 2001. Invertebrate ficialtreeholes.Largeodon,reduced speciesrichness communitycompositionandphysicochemicalcon- innaturaltreeholes,butdidnotsignificantlyreduce ditionsofBoehlerLake,Atokacounty,Oklahoma. macroorganismabundance.The presenceoflarvae Proc. Okla.Acad. Sci. 81: 21-29. - (FirstAuthor: ofCulexurichii andtheceratopogonidmidge,Bez- DeptBiol.,Univ.CentralOklahoma,Edmond,OK zia snowi,werenegativelyassociatedwith thepres- 308 OdonatologicalAbstracts enceoflargeodon.larvae. Innaturaltreeholes,leaf Pinang,Malaysia). litter addition and removal respectively increased The studywasconducted in a40-acrefield plotin and decreased richness byca 1sp. relative tocon- Bandar Baru distr.,Kedah,Peninsular Malaysia. trols, and macroorganismabundance was greater 16fam.of5aquaticinsectorderswererecorded. In in litteraddition holesthanin litterremovalholes. general,aquaticinsectsweremostabundant during Independenteffectsofpredationshowed similar fallowphaseand decreasedattheonsetofplough- patternsin artificial holes,but therewasnopreda- ing.Libellulidae werefoundinabundance inyoung tor-resource interaction,partly due to the short and tillerphases.Duetotheirhighpopulationden- duration oftheexperiment. Predators grewfaster sities,theyappear tobethe mostimportantpreda- when litter wasabundant,and indirectly reduced tors. litterdegradationrateswhen resourceswerescarce in artificial holes. Both resourceavailabilityand (16042) CHE SALMAH,M.R.,A.ABU HASSAN predationinfluence speciesrichness in water-filled &J,GR1NANG,2002.Aquaticinsectsdiversitiesin treeholes,butact atdifferent timescales;richness Kedah,Pinangand Bongorriversand theirpoten- followsproductivity(litterquantity)overa period tialuseasindicatorofenvironmental stress.In:C.N, ofweeks, whereas effectsofpredation may span Wehg,[Ed.],Riverstowardssustainabledevelopment, severalmonths. pp. 335-343,Penerbit Univ. Sains Malaysia,Pulau Pinang. — (Sch. Biol. Sci.,Univ, Sains Malaysia, 2002 Minden-11800,Pulau Penang,Malaysia). 5odon.fam.wererepresentedinthepollutedKedah (16039) CANNINGS, R., 2002. Rare dragonfliesof andPinangrivers(3fam.per river), but therepre- British Columbia. BC Ministry Sustain. Resour. sentativesof11fam.occurinthe mountainous,al- Mngmt&BC MinistryWaterLandAirProt.,Vic- mostundisturbed BongorR.Thebiologicalindices toria. 5pp.Brochure. ISBN0-7726-7699-2. - (Au- werecalculated for all stations. 2biotic indices,the thor:RoyalB.C.Mus.,P.O.Box 9815StnProv.Govt, FamilyBiotic Index(FBI)andtheBritishMonitor- Victoria,BC, V8W9W2,CA). ingWorkingParty(BMWP),aswellastheShannon BritishColumbia (Canada)is home to 87 spp., 23 DiversityIndex areused tocategorizewaterquality. ofthese areconsidered rare orpotentiallyatrisk. Achecklistofspp.isnotprovided. Red-listed are:Calopteryxaequabilis,Argiavivida, Enallagmacivile,Ischnura damula,Octogomphus (16043) COLIGNON, P,2002.Etudefaunistiquedes specularis, Stylurusolivaceus, Somatochlora brev- odonates deBelgique.Bull. Inst.roy. Sci.not. Belg. icincta,S.forcipataand S.kennedyi. 72(Suppl.): 113.(With Engl. s.). - (Zool.gen. & appl.,Fac. Sci.Agron.,Passagedes Depones2,B- (16040) C'ELIK.K., 2002. Communitystructureof 5030Gembloux). macrobenthos ofaSoutheast Texas sand-pitlake [Synopsis ofa poster] A comparison of odon. relatedtowatertemperature,pH anddissolved oxy- recordsin Belgiumbetween theperiods 1955-1978 genconcentration.Turk. J.Zool. 26:333-339,(With and 1990-2000showsarecent decreaseintheabun- Turk.s.).- (DeptBiol.,BelikesirUniv.,TR-10100 danceofEuro-Siberian faunal elements andanin- Belikesir). creaseinmoresouthern spp. Theman-made Bary’s Lakeis locatedca 18km N of Beaumont(HardinCo.,Texas, USA); surface: (16044) COTTERILL,F.D.P., 2002.Notesonmam- ca 1ha;depth,fairly uniform: 7 m. Itsmacrozoo- malcollectionsandbiodiversityconservation inthe benthos wasstudied duringJune 1995-Feb. 1996. Ikelengepedicle, Mwinilungadistrict, northwest Dromogomphussp., Paragomophussp.,Libellula Zambia. Occ.PubisBiodiv.,Bulawayo 10; 1-18. - sp. and L.axilenaarelisted. (Author’saddress notstated). Includes achecklist of37 odon. spp.thatareeither (16041) CHESALMAH,M.R.&A.ABUHASSAN, endemicoroccurmarginallyintheIkelengepedicle, 2002. Distribution ofaquaticinsectsinrelation to NWZambia. rice cultivationphasesinarainfedricefield.J.Bio- sains 13(1):87-107, (WithMalays.).- (Sch. Biol. (16045) CURRY,J.,2002. RareOdonataofIndiana. Sci., Univ. Sains Malaysia, Minden-11800,Pulau NewsI. Mich.ent.Soc 47(3/4):10,withAuthor’spor- OdonatologicalAbstracts 309 trait.- (DeptBiol.,Franklin Coll.,501 E,Monroes (16048) HANCOX,1,2002. DragonfliesofPotteric Str.,Franklin,IN46131,USA). Can. YorkshireWildlifeTrustPottericCarrNature RareIndiana odon. spp.fall into 1of3 categories: Reserve, York. 20 pp. Brochure (14.6x20.7 cm). (1)southern spp. atthe northern fringeof their ISBNnone,- (Publishers: 1StGeorge’sPI.,York, ranges inSIndiana (e.g.Arigomphussubmedianus, Y024 1GN,UK). Gomphushybridus,Macromiapacifica,Neurocor- Anattractiveand veryinformative bookletonthe dulia molesta),(2) northern spp. atthe southern fauna (18 spp.)ofthe Reserve (Yorkshire,UK). fringe oftheir ranges in N Indiana (e.g.Aeshna General odon.morphologyandlifehistoryarecon- canadensis, A. tuberculifera,Gomphusventrico- ciselypresentedandtheregionalspp. arebrieflyde- sus, Epithecacanis, Libellula Julia,Nannothemis scribedandtheirstatusontheReserveisoutlined.A bella),and (3)spp. oncemorecommontothe state keytotheadultsisappended.Althoughthepublica- which have apparentlybecomeraredueto habitat tionrelates torecordsuptothe2001 season,further changes(e.g.Tachopteryxthoreyi,Anaxlongipes, recordingworkisbeingcarriedouteachyearandthe Cordulegasterobliqua,andperhaps,Somatochlora resultsarepublishedannuallyintheReserve’snews- hineana). letter.Recorder. —Withthisbookletthevisitorsof theReservewillbemorethanadequatelyinformed (16046) FELLOWS, J.R.etal„[Eds], 2002.Report onthelocal dragonflylifeand itspeculiarities. ofarapidbiodiversity assessment atWutongshan National Forest Park,Shenzhen SpecialEconomic (16049) LAUDERMILK, E.L., 2002. Kentucky’s Zone,China,16to 17May2001.SthChinaForestBi- streamdragons.NaturallyKentucky 37: 1. - (Au- odiv. Sun. Rep.Ser. 11:1-20.[ISBN962-86552-5-6], thor’saddressnotstated). - (Publishers: Kadoorie Farm & Bot. Garden Anoteon theKentucky status ofOphiogomphus Corp., Lam Kam Rd, Tai Po,N.T., Hong Kong, howei,O.mainensis,O.aspersus andStylurusnota- SAR,China). tuswhichspp. arebeingmonitoredbytheKentucky Thefindingsofabrief triparedetailed. The Park StateNature Preserves Commission (address: 801 (surface31km2)isadjacenttoShaTau Kok, Hong Schenkel Lane,Frankfort,KY40601-1403,USA). Kong. 17odon.spp.arelisted.Themostinteresting arerecords ofDrepanostictahongkongensisandSi- (16050) SUBRAMANIAN,K.A.,2002.Whendrag- nostictaogataithatwerepreviously thoughttobe onsfly ... AnaturalhistoryofOdonata.Resonance endemictoHongKong.Mnaismneme,Philoganga 2002(Oct.):69-78. —(Cent.Ecol. Sci.,IndianInst. vetusta,AgriomorphafuscaandLeptogomphusel- Sci,,Bangalore-560012,India). egansareknownfromafewlocalities inHongKong, Afeature articleonthebiology andbehaviour. The butdo notappeartobe highlyrestricted within S Authoriscurrentlyworkingonthecommunityecol- China.All spp. recorded in the surveyareknown ogy of stream insectsofWesternGhats (India), fromHongKong. where ca38% ofodon. spp,areendemic.In order todesignafeasiblebiomonitoringtoolusingodon,, (16047) HAACK,R.A.,2002.Requestforcomments 2issues needtobe addressedimmediately,viz.:(1) onForest Service Sensitive species in Michigan. abetterknowledge oflarval ecology, and (2)an Newsl. Mich. ent.Soc. 47(3/4);23. - (USDAFor- analysisoftheeffectoflandscapechangesonodon. est Serv.,North CentralRes. Stn, 1407S.Harrison distribution and statusinWesternGhats. Rd,EastLansing,MI48823,USA), The 3 National Forests in Michigan (Hiawatha, (16051) TRIAL, L. & J. BELSHE, 2002. Atlasof Huron-Manistee,and Ottawa)arenowcollecting Missouri Odonata. Missouri DeptConserv., Co- data tobe used in revisingtheir Forest Plans. As lumbia /MO. iv+160 pp. Softcover,spiralbinding part ofthisprocess, theyareconductinga“Species (21.2x27.8cm).ISBNnone.Price(incl.revisededn): viabilityevaluation”,whichincludes Gomphusiridi- €34.-net. frons,G.quadricolor,Ophiogomphusanomalus,O. For descriptionoftherevised ednand theaddress, howei,Somatochloraforcipata,S.hineana,S.incur- seeOA 16123. vata, S.minor,Stylurusnotatus and Williamsonia fletcheri. (16052) WYKLE, J.,2002. The yearofthedragon- fly. W. VirginiaWildlifeDiversityNews 19(3):1,8. 310 OdonatologicalAbstracts —(W,VirginiaDiv. Nat.Resour., WildlifeResour. (16056) HERBECK, J.T.& J.NOVEMBRE, 2003. Sect.,Wildlife Div. Program,P.O. Box67, Elkins, Codon usage patterns in cytochrome oxidase I WV26241,USA), acrossmultipleinsectorders. J.mol. Evol. 56;691- Afeaturearticle,ontheoccasionoftheDSA meet- -701.— (FirstAuthor:JBPCent.Comp.Mol. Biol. ingatLewisburg(20-22June2002),withanappeal &Evol.,MarineBiol. Lab.,WoodsHole,MA02543, tothose interestedin theWVodon.togetintouch USA). with theAuthor. Synonymouscodon usagebiasisdetermined by a combination ofmutationalbiases, selection atthe 2003 level oftranslation,andgeneticdrift.Inastudy of insect mtDNA,patternsofcodon usagewereana- (16053) ENGLUND, R.A.,2003. HawaiiBiological lysedacrossaphylogenyof88spp., spanning12or- Survey,BishopMuseum: observations andfindings ders. Theodon.arerepresentedby“Lybellacyanea” from7April2003sitevisitofunnamed streamflow- and shown in phylogenetictrees (totalbias level: ingintoPila’a Bay,Kauai.PreparedforEarthTech, medium),butnotextreference ismadetothe order. Honolulu. Hawaii Biol. Surv.,Honolulu. 15pp. - (HawaiiBiol. Surv., BishopMus„Honolulu, HA (16057) KIRTI, J.S,&A. SINGH, 2003. Studies on 96817,USA). the male secondary genitaliaofIndian species of Ischnuraposita,I.ramburii,Megalagrionvagabun- genus DiplacodesKirby(Odonata:Anisoptera,Li- dum,Anaxjunius,Crocothemis servilia,Orthemis bellulidae).Ann. Ent.21(1/2):5-10. - (DeptZool., ferrugineaandPantalaflavescenswereencountered; PunjabiUniv.,Patiala-147002,India). — Hawaii. The 3 accessorygenitalstructures ofD.lefebvrei, D. nebulosa and D. trivialis aredescribed and il- (16054) FERREIRA-PERUQUETTI,P.&S.TRIV- lustrated,based onspecimensfromHarayanaand INHO-STRIX1NO, 2003. Notas sobre relates Uttaranchal. Akeyforseparationofthe 3 spp. is foreticas entre especies de Chironomidae eOdo- appended. natadoEstadodeSaoPaulo,Brasil.Entomolropica 18(2): 149-151. (WithEngl. s.). — (FirstAuthor: (16058) OGDEN, T.H. & M.F. WHITING, 2003. PraqaJardineira 24,Jardim Asteca,BR-29104-500 Theproblemwith“thePaleopteraProblem”: sense VilaVelha,ES, Brazil). andsensitivity. Cladistics 19:432-442. - (DeptIn- The phoresis between Chironomidae larvae and tegrativeBiol.,BirghamYoungUniv.,401 WIDG, odon.larvaeinthestreamsofCamposdoJordaoand Provo,UT84602-5255,USA). LuizAntonio (SaoPaulo,Brazil)isreported.Thie- WhilethemonophylyofPterygotaiswellsupported, manniella sp,wasfoundattachedonArgiamodesta, phylogeneticrelationshipsamongthemostbasalex- and Rheotanytarsussp.onHeteragrionsp.,Casto- tantpterygotelineagesareproblematic.Ephemero- raeschna sp. and onElasmothemis connacrioides. pteraandOdonatarepresentthe2mostbasalextant lineagesofwinged insects, and determiningtheir (16055) GARCIA,J.V.&G.PEREIRA,2003.Diver- relationshipwith regardtoNeopterais acritical sityofbenthic macroinvertebrates fromtheCaura step toward understandinginsect diversification. riverbasin,BolivarState,Venezuela. RAPBull.hiol. Arecentmolecular analysisconcluded that Paleo- Assmnt28: 49-55(Engl.), 144-150(Span.),235-239 ptera(Odonata+Ephemeroptera)ismonophyletic. (Appendix). (Bilingual). - (Inst. Biol. Tropical, However,hereit isdemonstratedthatthisresultis Fac.Cien.,Univ. CentralVenezuela,AptdoCorreos supportedonlyunderanarrowrange ofalignment 47058,Caracas-1041-A,Venezuela). parameters.ThemonophylyofPaleopterawasfur- The Caurawatershed is located in the Esectorof ther tested usingadditional sequence data from the Bolivar State, representingavast expanse of ISSrDNA,28SrDNA,and Histone3forabroader relatively pristineforests and rivers and is a ma- selection oftaxa and awider range ofanalytical jortributaryto the Orinoco R. Thebenthic mac- methodologies.Theresultssuggestthatthecurrent roinvertebrate diversitywasassessedat25localities suite of molecular data ambiguouslyresolve the throughouttheupperandlowersectionsoftheriver. 3 basalwingedinsect lineagesand donotprovide 18 odon. genera,pertainingto7 fam.,arelistedin independentconfirmation ofOdonata+ Neoptera the Appendix. assupportedviamorphologicaldata. OdonatologicalAbstracts 311 (16059) STROO, A., 2003. Het ruggengraatloze nata: Insecta)in atropical riverbasin, Malaysia. soortenbeleid. - [Aspinelessspeciesconservation Welland Sci. 2(1): 1-9. — (Sch. Biol. Sci., Univ. policy].Nieuwsbr. Europ.Invert.Surv.Nederland 36: SainsMalaysia, Minden-11800,Pulau Pinang,Ma- 8-14. (Dutch).— (Author’saddress notstated). laysia). A detailed descriptionof, and critical comments Duringboth rainy and dry seasons, odon. larvae onspeciesconservation managementin the Neth- weresampledfrom 16tributaries oftheKerianR., erlands. A list of 35 odon. spp. isprovided,with N Malaysia.Thedistribution ofodon. generawas statementson their legalstatus in Europeand in significantlydifferentamongriversinbothseasons, theNetherlands. butnoseasonal influence wasdetected.Achecklist ofspp. orgen. isnotprovided,but many taxaare (16060) VAN SWAAY, C,D. GROENENDIJK & commentedupon.Thedistribution oflarvaeiscon- R. KETELAAR, 2003. Monitoringbutterfliesand ditionedbyphysico-chemicalparameters, whichare dragonfliesinthe Netherlands in2002. DeVlinder- possibly influenced byhuman activitiesintheadja- stichting,Wageningen&Centraal Bureau voorde centareas.The mostdominant spp.,Prodasineura Statistiek, Voorburg. 29pp. ISBN none.(Dutch, autumnalis andBrachythemiscontaminata,favour with Engl,s.). — (De Vlinderstichting, P.O. Box slightlyacidicwater. 506,NL-6700 AMWageningen). In2002,odon.werecountedeveryfortnightbetween (16064) CHE SALMAH, M.R. & A.A. WA- MayandSept,at306sites.Theaveragenumbersof HIZATUL, 2004. Distribution ofOdonata (In- individuals pertransectwerehigherthaninprevious secta)invariousecosystemsinnorthernPeninsular years. Enallagmacyathigerumwasagain themost Malaysia. WetlandSci.2(3): 184-191. - (FirstAu- commonspp.,with almost 80000 individuals. For thor:Sch.Biol.Sci.,Univ.SainsMalaysia, Minden- thefirsttimeindices arepresentedforanumber of -11800,Penang,Malaysia). spp. Analarmingdecreasingtrendwasdetectedfor Odon,larvaeandadults(51spp.)werecollectedfrom Leucorrhinia pectoralis,whereas anotherRed List 14sitesofvarious habitats,inch rivers, ricefields, sp.,Lestesvirens,showsapositivetrend. mountain streams, freshwater and peat swamps, oilpalm-, sugarcane- and rubberplantations, and 2004 alake.Theriverine andstreamecosystems hadthe highestspeciesdiversity;thepoorestfaunawasre- (16061) BAMBARADENIYA,C.N.B.,J.P.EDIRIS- corded from a lake. Manyspp. wererestricted to INGHE, D.N.DE SILVA,CVS. GUNATILLE- certain habitats orwaterparametergradientsand K.E,K.B.RANAWANA& S.WIJEKOON,2004. couldbe used asbioindicators ofthese. Biodiversityassociated withanirrigatedrice agro- ecosystemin SriLanka. Biodiv. Conserv. 13: 1715- (16065) CLUBB,L.,2004. Huntingdragons.Cygnus -1753. - (FirstAuthor: IUCNSriLankaOffice,53 2(1):2,6. - (MixedwoodForest Soc.,Box 22021, Horton PI.,Colombo-07,SriLanka). Brandon,MB,R7A 6Y9,CA). Thestudywasconducted ina1haricefieldatBatha- On theManitobaDragonflySurvey. Theresponsi- lagoda,Kurungeladistr.,IntermediateZone,during ble person: Dr J.Duncan,Wildlife Br., Manitoba Nov. 1995-March 1998, 19odon.spp. arereported Conserv., Box 24, 200 SaulteauxCrescent,Winni- (inch4taxaidentified tothegen.only). peg, MB,R3J 3W3,Canada. (16062) BERNAtH,B., J. gAl& G. HORVATH, (16066) COSTA, J.M.,J. PUJOL-LUZ & L.L.P.B. 2004. Whyisitworth flyingat duskforaquaticin- REGIS,2004. Descrigao delarva deZenithoptera sects?Polarotactic waterdetectioniseasiest atlow anceps (Odonata,Libellulidae).Iheringia(Zool.) solarelevations. J.exp.Biol.207: 755-765. - (Third 94(4): 421-424. (WithEng. s.). — (First Author: Author;BioopticsLab.,DeptBiol. Physics,Eotvos DeptEnt.,Mus.Nac.,UFRJ,QuintadaBoaVista, Univ.,Pazmanysetany 1,H-l117Budapest). SaoCristovao,BR-20940-040,Riode Janeiro,RJ). Hasonly apassingreference totheOdon. The final instar larva is described and illustrated, basedonspecimensfromPernambuco,Brazil,and (16063) CHESALMAH,M.R.,A.ABUHASSAN& akey to the neotropicalPalpopleurinaegenera is Z.S,AMEILIA,2004.Odonatecommunities (Odo- provided. 312 OdonatologicalAbstracts (16067) ECHOLS, K.R., D.E. TILLITT, J.W.NI- Asummaryoftheresultsofasystematicinventari- CHOLS, A.L.SECORD & JRMcCARTY, 2004. sation (2000-2003) atBrdo estate, Slovenia. 782 Accumulation of PCB congeners in nestlingtree plant-and 989 animal spp.wererecorded,incl. 32 swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) onthe Hudson odon.spp. Amongthe latter,Anaciaeschna isosce- river, NewYork.Envir. Sci. Technol. 38(23):6240- lesistherecentmostaddition (cf.OA 16029).Some -6246. — (SecondAuthor:U.S.Envir.Prot.Agency, noteworthytaxaarelisted. NHEERL, MED-Duluth,6201 CondgonBlvd,Du- luth,MN 55804,USA). (16071) [HANCOX, X], 2004. Early and late dates Treeswallows wereused asa sentinel sp. tomoni- 1998-2003. Polleric CarrNature Reserve Recorder torthecontamination and bioavailabilityofpoly- 7:12. — (57Braithwell Rd,Ravenfield,Rotherham, chlorinated biphenyls(PCBs) in the Hudson R. S654LH,UK). watershed. The congener PCBs patternsin eggs, Includes acomparativereview (1998-2003)of the nestlingsand adultswerecomparedtothose found first and lastflyingperioddates for 17odon. spp. inemergentOdon.andDipterausingprincipalcom- atPottericCarrNature Reserve,Yorkshire,UK. ponents analysis.TotalPCBs (ng/g,wetweight)in Odon. (swallows’food items),collected with hand (16072) HANCOX,X,2004.Variedsuccessfordrag- netsalongtheshoreline from4sites ontheHudson onflies. Potteric CarrNature ReserveRecorder 7: 3. R.,NY,USAwere;lipid (%)3.6-S.5,andsumofall — (57Braithwell Rd,Ravenfield,Rotherham,S65 PCB congenersanalysed(ng/g) 290-1200. 4LH,UK). A summary ofthe2003 records of 18spp. atPot- (16068) ENGLUND,R.A., 2004.Reportforthe2003 teric CarrNatureReserve, Yorkshire,UK. PacificBiologicalSurvey, Bishop Museum Austral islands, FrenchPolynesiaexpedition toTubuai and (16073) KJER, K.M.,2004. Aligned18Sandinsect Rurutu. Fac. Biol. Surv., BishopMus., Honolulu. phylogeny.Syst. Biol.53(3):506-514. - (DeptEcol. v+29 pp. (WithFr.s.). —(BishopMus.,Honolulu, Evol. &Nat. Resour., 14CollegeFarm Rd,Cook HA96817,USA). Coll.,RutgersUniv., New Brunswick, NJ08901, Thebiodiversityassessment oftheFrenchPolyne- USA). sian islands ofTubuai and Rurutuwasconducted Thenuclear smallsubunit rRNA(18S)has played during9-28Nov.2003,ThefollowingOdon. arere- adominant role in theestimation ofrelationships portedfromTubuai:Ischnuraaurora,Anaciaeschna amonginsect orders frommolecular data. There- jaspidea,Anax(?)guttatus.Diplacodesbipunctata. lationships among Odon. are unexpected. Many Pantalaflavescens andTholymistillarga,and thefol- studies haveshownbothAnisopteraandZygoptera lowingfromRurutu: I.aurora,Ischnura sp. n..A, to be monophyletic,asdo unpublisheddata from jaspidea,D.bipunctata,P.flavescensandT.tillarga. the28SandEF-lafromAuthor’slaboratory.There Theundescribed Ischnurasp.n.isthethirdendemic arevery few variable characters among Odon. in zygopteran found in theAustral Islands and indi- the entire 18S.This mayexplainwhy theBayesian cates thisgenus hasamazingdispersalabilities by analysesfailtorecoverAnisoptera,whileparsimony findingevensmall,isolated islands suchasRurutu succeeds; becauseagroupwithvirtuallynochange (surface32.3km2) and Raivavae (16.7km2). on the terminal branches is both “unlikely” and parsimonious. (16069) ESENKO, I., 2004.Blosdica innjeniraki. - [TheBlosCica streamand itscrabs]. Mojmali Svet (16074) KOSKIMAK1,J„M.J,RANTALA,J.TASK- 36(10):54-55. (Slovene). - (Author’saddress not INEN,K.TYNKKYNEN&J.SUHONEN,2004. stated). Immunocompetenceandresourceholdingpotential Calopteryxvirgoismentioned fromthestream;— in the damselflyCalopteryx virgo L. Behav. Ecol. Slovenia. 15(1): 169-173. - (DeptBiol. &Envir. Sci.,Univ. Jyvaskyla, P.O. Box 34,FIN-40014Jyvaskyla). (16070) GEISTER,I.,2004. Aninventoryofplants Itis generallybelieved thatresource holdingpo- and animals of Brdo near Kranj. Kronika 52(2): tentialreliablyreflects 6 quality,butempiricalevi- 273-284. (Slovene, with Engl. & Germ. s’s). — dence showingthisisscarce.Hereitis shownthat (KocjanciiSi18,SI-6276Pobegi). the outcome of 6-6 competitionmaypredict 6 OdonatologicalAbstracts 313 immunocompetenceintheterritorialC.virgo.Con- 181-193);—Jourdain,B.:Decouverte deMacromia testswerestagedbetween 27pairsof33 anditwas splendens(Pictet,1843)enGironde (Odonata,Ani- found that winners ofthecontests showed higher soptera,Macromiidae)(pp.194-196);- Deschanel, immunocompetence,measured asencapsulation M.:Observationsd’odonates danslamontagnear- response, comparedwith that of losers.Further- dechoise (p. 196); - Meurgey, F: Sur la collec- more,thewinners hadlargerfatreserves.29 33 that tion d’odonates deGuyanefranyaisedu Museum had notbeenused in stagedcontests werealsocol- d’Histoire naturelle de Nantes (pp. 197-198);— lected,anditwasfoundthatin theseencapsulation Pont, B.: Contribution alaconnaissance des ©do- response correlated positivelywith anindividual’s natesdeGuadeloupeetdeMartinique(pp.199-203); fatreserves.Bothimmunocompetenceandresource Dommanget,J.-L:.Calopteryx haemorrhoida- holdingpotentialseemtodependonenergyreserves, lis(VanderLinden, 1825)dansle departementde suggestingatrade-off between parasiteresistance 1’Aveyron(Odonata,Zygoptera,Calopterygidae)(p. and energeticallycostly territorial behaviour. The 204); - Grand,D.:Calopteryxh.haemorrhoidalis results suggestthatthe outcome of 3-3 contest (VanderLinden, 1825),uneespeceaccidental du canbeusedtopredict6qualityintermsofimmune departementdu Doubs(Odonata,Zygoptera,Ca- defense. lopterygidae) (p.205); — Dommanget,J.-L:. Ru- briquebibliographique(pp.206-210). (16075) KOTARAC, M„ A. SALAMUN & M. GOVED1C, 2004. Natura 2000 vrste v naravnih (16078) TYNKKYNEN, K., M.J. RANTALA & in antropogenihvodnih habitatih: primer kacjih J. SUHONEN, 2004. Interspecificaggressionand pastirjev. — [Natura2000;species in natural and characterdisplacementinthedamselflyCalopteryx anthropogenicaquatichabitats,the caseofdrag- splendens.Jevol. Biol. 17:759-767. - (FirstAuthor: onflies]. MiksiCevvodarskiDan. PSSN 1318-2226] DeptBiol. &Envir, Sci.,P.O. Box35, FIN-40014 15:91-97. (Slovene).- (CKFF,Zemljemerska 10, University ofJyvaskyla). SI-1000Ljubljana). Problemsinspeciesrecognitionarethoughttoaffect Deals with Coenagrionornatum,Ophiogomphus theevolution ofsecondarysexualcharactersmainly cecilia,Cordulegasterherosand Leucorrhiniapec- through avoidance ofmaladaptivehybridization. toralis. - Forthecomprehensiveoriginalpublica- Another,butmuch lessstudied avenuefortheevo- tion,seeOA 15133. lution ofsexual characters duetospeciesrecogni- tionproblemsisthroughinterspecificaggression.In (16076) kovAcs, t, a.ambrus,p. juhAsz& C.splendens, d3have pigmentedwingspots asa K. BANKUTI, 2004. Larval andexuvial data on sexualcharacter. Large-spotted<J 3 resemble <J3 theOdonatafauna ofHungary.Foliahisl.-nat. Mas. ofanothersp.,C.virgo,causingpotentialproblems malraensis 28: 97-110. (Hung., with Engl. s.). — in species recognition.Inthisstudy, it wasinvesti- (FirstAuthor: Matra Muz., Kossuth Lajosu.40, gatedwhether there ischaracter displacementin HU-3200 Gyongyos). wingspotsizeandwhether interspecificaggression 1458recordsarepresentedfor 54spp.from363sites couldcausethispattern.Itwasfoundfirstthatwing in Hungary,coveringtheperiod 1988-2002, spotsizeofC,splendensin populationsdecreased withincreasingrelative abundance ofC.virgo.Sec- (16077) MARTINIA. RevuescientifiquedelaSociete ondly, C. virgo 33weremore aggressivetowards frangaised’odonatologie(ISSN0297-0902),Vol.20, large-than small-spottedC.splendens66.Thirdly, No.4(Dec.2004).(MostlywithEngl.s’s).—(c/oJ.-L. ininterspecificcontestsC.virgo33hadbetterter- Dommanget,7rueLamartine,F-78390Bois-d'Arcy). ritoryholdingabilitythanC.splendens33.These Faton,J.-M.&C.Deliry:Surveillance delapopula- resultssuggestthatinterspecificaggressionmayhave tiondeCoenagrionmercuriale (Charpentier,1840) causedcharacterdisplacementinwingspotsizeof dans la Reserve naturelle des Ramieres du Val de C.splendens, because the intensity ofaggression Drome(Odonata,Zygoptera,Coenagrionidae)(pp. towardslarge-spottedd dislikelytoincreasewith 163-179); - Ilbert, N. & J. Menegaux:Observa- relative abundance ofC. virgo 33.Thusinterspe- tionsd’odonates en Guadeloupe(PetitesAntilles cificaggressionmaybeanevolutionarily significant fran?aises)(p. 180); - Leroy, T:Les odonates du force thatisable tocausedivergencein secondary departementdu Cantal:etatdesconnaissances(pp. sexualcharacters. 314 OdonatologicalAbstracts (16079) VALVASOR,J.V.,2004. Rastlineiniivalina wasprobablycausedby waterpollutionandbyloss Kranjskem. —[TheCarniolian plantsandanimals]. ofhabitat,triggeredbyriver andstreamcanalisa- J.V. ValvasorFoundation atthe Slovene Academy tion andchangedmanagementofthewateredges. ofSciences andArts,Ljubljana,ii+50pp., 163col. Nowadaysthesp.hasreappearedinseveralWEuro- pis excl. Hardcover (32.5x40.0cm),weight4.1kg. peanrivers,mostlikelysoduetoclimatechange,as ISBN961-6242-56-3. [Bibliothecavalvasoriana,Vol. thelarvaeshowpreferenceforwarmersitesandthe 18,edited by L. Gostisa], Price: f 150.- approx. adultsmaybealsosensitivetohighertemperatures. Available also in bibliophilicedn. (Threelingual: Recent observations in the Rhine and the Meuse Slovene, Engl.,Croatian). rivers suggestthatthe habitatconnectivitymay be This impressivevolume ismarkedasa“dotisk”(= enhanced bytheimprovementofwaterqualityand supplementaryvolume) ofJ.V. Valvasor’s (1641- by thecreation oflarval and adulthabitats in na- -1693) graphiccollection,titled “Underschiedliche turedevelopmentprograms.Therequiredcorridors Fruchl/ Bluemen / Krautter wie auch VoglIFisch areoflinear typewith nodes(larvae)and stepping I Thier/ Ungeziffer anddergleichen...”and dated stones(adults). 1685. However,inthat year,onlythe(German)title pagewasprinted,while thepis actually remained (16081) VON DER OHE, PC.& M.LIESS, 2004. unpublished,therefore thepresentedn is the first Relative sensitivity distribution of aquaticinver- publishededn ofthecomplete1685 work. Thepis tebrates toorganic and metal compounds.Envir. (watercolours)arereproducedin theoriginalcol- Toxicol. Chem. 23(1): 150-156. —(DeptChem.Eco- ourand size.Theoriginaltitle pageisfacsimilere- toxicol., UFZCent. Envir. Res.,Permoserstr. 15, producedand itstranslations inSlovene,Engl,and D-04318 Leipzig). Croatian,printedinthesametypographicstyle,are Theavailable information isgroupedtoassignsensi- added. Thethreelingualtextconsistsofcomments tivitiestoaquaticinvertebratetaxarelative toDaph- andannotations onpis and ontherepresentedor- nia magna. Asfar asthe insects areconcerned, ganisms.Theodon.areshown onpis29-30,52and with respect toorganic compounds,most taxa of 74,andannotatedonpp. 11,25and39,Thetextwas Coleoptera,Diptera,Ephemeroptera,Heteroptera, providedby M.Gogala,and taxonomicidentifica- TrichopteraandOdon.(Ischnuraelegans,Lestidae, tionsby B.Kiauta.This istheearliestknownwork Orthetrum sp.)areless sensitive than D. magna, dealingwith theOdon. ofSlovenia. - SeealsoOA while Plecoptera aresignificantly more sensitive. 7316and 7706. For metal compounds,ca30% ofthe investigated taxa weremoresensitive than D.magna. (16080) VAN DER SLUIS, T„M. BLOEMEN& I.M.BOUWMA,2004. Europeancorridors. Strat- (16082) WANG, Z.J.,2004.Theroleofdragininsect egiesfor corridor developmentfor target species. hovering.J. exp.Biol 207:4147-4155. - (Theor.& ECNC, Tilburg & Alterra, Wageningen.32 pp. Appl.Mechanics,Cornell Univ.,Ithaca,NY 14853, ISBN 90-76762-16-3. - (Orders to: Alterra,RO. USA). Box47,NL-6700 AAWageningen). Studiesofinsectflighthavefocusedonaerodynamic Corridors facilitate biological processes such as lift,bothinquasi-steadyandunsteadyregimes.This dispersal,migrationor the regionalmovement of ispartly influenced bythe choice ofhoveringmo- animals. Theystrengthen the spatialcohesion of tionsalonga horizontal strokeplane,where aero- thenetwork ofhabitat patches, whichiscritical to dynamicdragmakesnocontribution tothevertical manyspp.Here,examplesofcorridordevelopment force.Incontrast,someofthebest hoverers,drag- arepresentedfor 9 spp,,suggestingpractical solu- onfliesandhoverflies,employinclined strokeplanes, tions for specific problems in the field ofhabitat wherethedraginthedown-andupstrokesdoesnot fragmentationandloss.Gomphusflavipesisamong canceleachother.Here,computationofanidealized thespp,treated. Itisincluded intheEuropeanRed- dragonflywingmotionshowsthatadragonflyuses List, the EU Habitats Directive (App. IV) and in dragtosupportaboutthree quarters ofitsweight. theBern Convention (App.II),anditislisted asan Thiscanexplainananomalousfactoroffourinpre- endangeredsp.ontheIUCN Red-List. G.flavipes viousestimates ofdragonflyliftcoefficients,where was extinctfromthe Rhine R. and most other W dragwasassumedtobesmall. —Toinvestigateforce Europeanrivers for almost acentury.The decline generationandenergycostofhoveringflightusing

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OdonatologicalAbstracts 1999 revealed asmallbutsignificantdecreaseintheaver- age number ofspp.presentwith increasingheight (16022) STEFFENS, W.P.& W.A. SMITH, 1999. abovetheground.Speciesrichness andabundance Status surveyforspecial concernand endangered weregreaterin largerholes. Similarpatterns were dragonfliesofMinnesota:populationstatus, inven- observedin206naturaltreeholes.Of7toppredator toryand monitoringrecommendations. Minnesota spp. (inch 3 odon. taxa),Megaloprepuscoerulatus DeptNaturalResourses (NaturalHeritage&Non- larvae werenotfound inartificial ornatural holes gameResearch Program).56pp. —(Addresses not above 7m. Chemical properties oftree holewater stated). did not ditferwith height, but canopy tree holes Status determination surveys forOphiogomphus dried outmorefrequentlyandwerethermallyless anomalus,O.susbehcha andSomatochlora hineana stablethan midstory andunderstoryholes. Harsh wereconducted throughouteastern, central and thermalconditions andhigherdisturbancefrequen- northern Minnesota,USA.Threats tothese rare cymayberesponsibleforthedeclineinspeciesrich- spp. wereevaluated and conservation andpopula- nesswith height. tion statusrecommendations forMinnesota Ani- sopteraarepresented.Baseline dataonotherAni- 2000 sopt. in undersurveyedhabitats arereported,in- cludingseveral staterecords andnumerouscounty (16024) BASS, D„ 2000. A preliminarystudy of records. Several Zygoptera collections arealsore- aquaticmacroinvertebrates fromtwospringsin the portedalongwithcountydistributioninformation, Pontotoc RidgeNaturePreserve,Oklahoma.Proc. andrecommendations forfuture odon.surveysand Okla.Acad. Sci. 80: 105-109. - (DeptBiol.,Univ. monitoringareoffered. Central Oklahoma,Edmond,OK73034,USA). 4odon. gen.arelisted,aspecieslist isnotprovid- (16023) YANOVIAK,S.P, 1999.Communitystruc- ed. turein water-filled tree holes ofPanama; effects ofhole heightand size. Selbyana20: 106-115. - (16025) CHE SALMAH, M.R., S.T.S. HASSAN (EvergreenSt.Coll.,Lab. I, Olympia,WA98505, & A.ABUHASSAN,2000, Local movement and USA). feedingpatternofadult Neurothemis tullia (Dru- Water-filledtreeholesarecommonaquatichabitats ry) (Odonata:Libellulidae)inarainfedrice field. inmanyneotropicalforests, yetlittle isknown of Prop.Ecol. 41(2):233-241,(WithSpan.&Port,s’s). factors influencingtheir biodiversity.Here, com- —(Sch. Biol. Sci.,Univ. SainsMalaysia, Minden- munityparameters (species richness, abundance -11800,Pulau Penang,Malaysia). andcomposition) oftreeholemacroorganismsare The investigationwasconducted in an 11 ha rice comparedat different heights (canopy, midstory, fieldinBandar Barudistr.,Kedah,PeninsularMa- understory) in the forest of Barro Colorado Isl., laysia, July 1994-Apr. 1995,usingmark-release- Panama. Data from multiplecensusesof40 arti- -recapture method.Both 6 Sand 99werewidely ficial treeholes during3 wetseasons(1995-1997) distributedwithintheir homerange ofca30mra- 306 OdonatologicalAbstracts dius. Adult movementswerehighlylocalized and nearKranj\.Zavod zafavnistiko,Koper.(Slovene). the longestdistance travelled wasca 130 m. Diur- - (KocjandiCi18,SI-6276 Pobegi). nalfeedingpatternswerestudiedbyexamininggut During 1991-2000,31spp. wereevidencedatthees- contents. Someindividuals hadtakenprey asearly tate,Slovenia, Acommentedlist,with field notes,is as07.30h,but feedingactivity peakedat 10.30and presentedhere. 17.30 h. Thedailyfood intakewashighlyvariable between sexesand at different daytimes, 99 fed (16030) HASSAN,K.S.,M.A.HABEEB&N.J.AL- moreactivelyinthemorningandtheirbodyweights MOUSAWI, 2000. Occurrence ofaquaticinsects werehigherthan those of66 at all hoursofthe withalgaeinBasrahprovince. Marinamesopotamica day. 15(1):137-143. - (DeptBiol.,Coll.Sci.,Univ. Bas- rah,Basrah,Iraq). (16026) [COOK, C]LAUDERMILK, E.L., 2000. Ischnura evansi and Anax sp. larvaeoccurred in CarlCook receivesCommission’s BiodiversityPro- algaesamplescollected from 9 stations alongthe tectionAward,NaturallyKentucky32;2. - (doC. Shattal-Arab R.,between Qurnaand Abul-Kasib. Cook, Box 16, Highway 218, Center, KY 42214, Iraq; March-Sept.1997. USA). On9Dec. 1999,C.Cook received the annual Bio- (16031) KINVIG, R„ 2000. Odonata surveyofthe logicalDiversity ProtectionAwardoftheKentucky ZambeziDelta. Occ. PubisBiodiv. Bulawayo8:559- , State Nature Preserves Commission. Some high- -564. - (Author’saddress notstated). lightsofhisodonatologicalcareerareoutlined and Acommentedlist of25spp.,collected (June 1999) aportraitisprovided. from 7 sitesatthe Marroraeu wetlandcomplexin the lowerZambezi Delta. Thespp. werecaptured (16027) DOMMANGET, J.-L.,2000. Laconserva- in a random samplingofthe sites, usingasweep tion des couleurs etla preparationdes libellules net duringwalking throughthe vegetation. The destinees alacollection dereference. Bull.Entomo- sitesaredescribed,and fieldnotes onthe spp. are faune 22:3-7. - (7rueLamaratine,F-78390 Bois- provided. d’Arcy). Thecolourpreservationmethodisdescribed,based (16032) POLHEMUS,D..R.ENGLUND,S. JOR- ontheclassical O.P.Wenger’sacetoneprocessingof DAN&J.POLHEMUS. 2000. Tripreportfor 1999 odon,specimens. Itsadvantagesand disadvanages entomologicalandfreshwatersurveysofthe Smith- arepointedout,based ontheexamples from the sonianInstitutionandBishopMuseumexpeditionto Europeanfauna. the MarquesasIslandsand Tahiti.Pac. Biol. Surv.. BishopMus., Honolulu, vi+17 pp. [Contrib, No. (16028) FITZPATRICK,M.,2000. ReviewofOdo- 2000-002 Pac. Biol. Surv.]. — (FirstAuthor: Dept nataassociated with the wetlands ofthe Zambezi Ent., MRC 105, Natn Mus. Nat. Hist.,Smithson. Basin. Occ.PubisBiodiv.,Bulawayo8:527-557. — Instn,Washington,DC 20560,USA). (Author’saddressnotstated). Collections ofaquaticinsects and otheraquatic Anannotated and commented list of217 spp. (77 macroinvertebrates weremade from streams and Zygopt., 140Anisopt.),withnotes ontheirecology, wetlands in the Marquesas and Society island andsectionsonconservation and potentialthreats, groupsofFrenchPolynesia,from17Oct.to6Nov. andonthe areasofhighspeciesrichness. Thegaps 1999.Alistispresentedofodon.spp.recorded from inourknowledgearepointedoutwith reference to MarquesasIsisof Nuku Hiva,Hiva Oa,Tahuata futureresearch.InanAppendix(p.557)achecklistis andUaHuka,inch a“Pantalanewsp.?”,abundant givenof39spp. (identificationofsomeisuncertain butrestricted totheFaakua R.mouthonHivaOa. andsometaxa areidentified tothe gen.only)col- The Hemicordulia assemblagesfromboth theSo- lected (20March-4 Apr. 1999)fromBarotseland. cietyIsisand theMarquesasareclearlyin needof revision.For odon. andotherspp.itispossiblethat (16029) GEISTER,L, 2000. Popisfameinflarena the Marqueseanstreams may representstepping Urdu priKranju. Kacjipastirji (Odonala): Brda stonestothenearest highislands ofHawaii. priKranju — [Fauna andflora inventoryof Brdo estatenear Kranj. Dragonflies(Odonata) atBrdo (16033) RAMSAY,R.L,& S.G.CANNINGS,2000. OdonatologicalAbstracts 307 DragonfliesatriskinBritishColumbia. Proc.Conf. 73034,USA). Biol. MngmlSpecies& HabitatsatRisk,Kamloops BoehlerLakeisa2.5ha,dystrophicbeaverpond. 11 1:89-93. - (Brit.Columbia Conserv. Data Cent., odon.spp. arelisted,aspecieslistisnotprovided. P.O.Box9344,Stn Prov. Govt,Victoria,BC, V8W 9M1,CA). (16036) [NIELSEN, M.C.,submittedthemanuscript, In 1993,British Columbia’s (Canada)Odon. were theactualAuthorunknown],2001.Whydoyoucol- listedand rankedastotheirconservation statusin lectinsects?News!. Mich. ent.Soc. 46(3):4. theprovince,basedupontheknowledgeatthetime. [Verbatim,concluding paragraphs:] The number Inventoryeffortswerethenfocusedonthespp.con- ofinsects takenbycollectorsamountstolessthan sideredatrisk,inordertomoreaccuratelydetermine tenthousandths ofonepercentoftheinsectskilled theirstatusandtoidentifyspecificsites forconserva- byman, yetfromthis minutepercentagecomesall tion,For 3yrsurveyswereconducted in5regionsof the material used for aesthetic purposes such as theprovince:theNE corner, theLowerMainland, books,illustrations,andartwork;allthespecimens southernVancouver Island,theOkanagan,andthe used to compilelearningand teachingcollections Columbia Basin.Duringthecourseofthesesurveys, forschools,universities,museums and public dis- knownranges ofmanyspp. wereextended,knowl- plays; all thematerial necessary tocompilescien- edgeofhabitat requirementsincreased,and 3new tificstudies and revisionary works oflittle-known spp.wereconfirmed fortheprovince.While many groups;andallthespecimensusedinscientificwork of the targetedspp. werefound only sparsely or inagricultureandhealth. —Mostprivatecollectors notatall,anumber ofthem werediscovered tobe eventuallydonatetheircollections tomuseumsand moreabundantthan previously thought,and their universities,[...]makingaworthwhile contribution conservationrankswerechangedaccordingly. toposterity. (16034) VANBUSKIRK,J.&B.R.SCHMIDT,2000. (16037) O’BRIEN, M., 2001, A peekat Michigan Predator induced phenotypic plasticity in larval Odonata. News/. Mich. ent.Soc. 46(3):11. —(Insect newts: trade-offs,selection andvariation innature. Div.,Mus. Zool.,Univ. Michigan,Ann Arbor,MI Ecology81(11): 3009-3028. - (Inst.Zool.,Univ. 48109-1079,USA). Zurich,Winterthurerstr. 190,CH-8057 Zurich). 160spp,arecurrentlyknown fromMichigan,USA. Evolutionarymechanismsmaintaininganinduced Somatochlorahineana isonthefederalendangered response topredators(Aeshnacyanealarvae)were spp. list. Some poorly-sampledhabitats, such as studiedinTriturusalpestrisandT.helveticus larvae. seepsand fens, need monitoringonaregularba- Whenexposedtocaged(nonlethal)Aeshna,newts sis. spentmoretimehidingintheleaf litter,haddarker pigmentationin the tail fin,and developedlarger (16038) YANOVIAK,S.P.,2001.Predation,resource heads andlargertailsrelative totheirbody size, in availabilityandcommunitystructureinneotropical comparisonwith newtsinpredator-freeponds.The water-filled tree holes. Oecologia 126: 125-133. - 2phenotypesfacedaperformancetrade-off across (EvergreenSt.Coll.,Lab. I,Olympia, WA98505, environments with and without odon.: thepreda- USA). tor-induced phenotype survived twice as well as Predation and resourceavailabilityinfluence com- thenon-predatorphenotypewhenexposedtofree munitystructureinmanyaquaticecosystems. Preda- dragonflies,but thepredator-inducedphenotypeof tors(Megaloprepuscoerulatus larvae)andresources both spp. grewmoreslowlyuntiljustbeforemeta- (leaflitter)were manipulatedto determine their morphosis. independenteffectsonmacroorganismspeciesrich- ness,abundance,andcompositioninwater-filled tree 2001 holes ofBarro Colorado Isl.,Panama. Interactive effectsofthesefactorswere alsoinvestigatedinarti- (16035) BASS,D,& C.POTTS, 2001. Invertebrate ficialtreeholes.Largeodon,reduced speciesrichness communitycompositionandphysicochemicalcon- innaturaltreeholes,butdidnotsignificantlyreduce ditionsofBoehlerLake,Atokacounty,Oklahoma. macroorganismabundance.The presenceoflarvae Proc. Okla.Acad. Sci. 81: 21-29. - (FirstAuthor: ofCulexurichii andtheceratopogonidmidge,Bez- DeptBiol.,Univ.CentralOklahoma,Edmond,OK zia snowi,werenegativelyassociatedwith thepres- 308 OdonatologicalAbstracts enceoflargeodon.larvae. Innaturaltreeholes,leaf Pinang,Malaysia). litter addition and removal respectively increased The studywasconducted in a40-acrefield plotin and decreased richness byca 1sp. relative tocon- Bandar Baru distr.,Kedah,Peninsular Malaysia. trols, and macroorganismabundance was greater 16fam.of5aquaticinsectorderswererecorded. In in litteraddition holesthanin litterremovalholes. general,aquaticinsectsweremostabundant during Independenteffectsofpredationshowed similar fallowphaseand decreasedattheonsetofplough- patternsin artificial holes,but therewasnopreda- ing.Libellulidae werefoundinabundance inyoung tor-resource interaction,partly due to the short and tillerphases.Duetotheirhighpopulationden- duration oftheexperiment. Predators grewfaster sities,theyappear tobethe mostimportantpreda- when litter wasabundant,and indirectly reduced tors. litterdegradationrateswhen resourceswerescarce in artificial holes. Both resourceavailabilityand (16042) CHE SALMAH,M.R.,A.ABU HASSAN predationinfluence speciesrichness in water-filled &J,GR1NANG,2002.Aquaticinsectsdiversitiesin treeholes,butact atdifferent timescales;richness Kedah,Pinangand Bongorriversand theirpoten- followsproductivity(litterquantity)overa period tialuseasindicatorofenvironmental stress.In:C.N, ofweeks, whereas effectsofpredation may span Wehg,[Ed.],Riverstowardssustainabledevelopment, severalmonths. pp. 335-343,Penerbit Univ. Sains Malaysia,Pulau Pinang. — (Sch. Biol. Sci.,Univ, Sains Malaysia, 2002 Minden-11800,Pulau Penang,Malaysia). 5odon.fam.wererepresentedinthepollutedKedah (16039) CANNINGS, R., 2002. Rare dragonfliesof andPinangrivers(3fam.per river), but therepre- British Columbia. BC Ministry Sustain. Resour. sentativesof11fam.occurinthe mountainous,al- Mngmt&BC MinistryWaterLandAirProt.,Vic- mostundisturbed BongorR.Thebiologicalindices toria. 5pp.Brochure. ISBN0-7726-7699-2. - (Au- werecalculated for all stations. 2biotic indices,the thor:RoyalB.C.Mus.,P.O.Box 9815StnProv.Govt, FamilyBiotic Index(FBI)andtheBritishMonitor- Victoria,BC, V8W9W2,CA). ingWorkingParty(BMWP),aswellastheShannon BritishColumbia (Canada)is home to 87 spp., 23 DiversityIndex areused tocategorizewaterquality. ofthese areconsidered rare orpotentiallyatrisk. Achecklistofspp.isnotprovided. Red-listed are:Calopteryxaequabilis,Argiavivida, Enallagmacivile,Ischnura damula,Octogomphus (16043) COLIGNON, P,2002.Etudefaunistiquedes specularis, Stylurusolivaceus, Somatochlora brev- odonates deBelgique.Bull. Inst.roy. Sci.not. Belg. icincta,S.forcipataand S.kennedyi. 72(Suppl.): 113.(With Engl. s.). - (Zool.gen. & appl.,Fac. Sci.Agron.,Passagedes Depones2,B- (16040) C'ELIK.K., 2002. Communitystructureof 5030Gembloux). macrobenthos ofaSoutheast Texas sand-pitlake [Synopsis ofa poster] A comparison of odon. relatedtowatertemperature,pH anddissolved oxy- recordsin Belgiumbetween theperiods 1955-1978 genconcentration.Turk. J.Zool. 26:333-339,(With and 1990-2000showsarecent decreaseintheabun- Turk.s.).- (DeptBiol.,BelikesirUniv.,TR-10100 danceofEuro-Siberian faunal elements andanin- Belikesir). creaseinmoresouthern spp. Theman-made Bary’s Lakeis locatedca 18km N of Beaumont(HardinCo.,Texas, USA); surface: (16044) COTTERILL,F.D.P., 2002.Notesonmam- ca 1ha;depth,fairly uniform: 7 m. Itsmacrozoo- malcollectionsandbiodiversityconservation inthe benthos wasstudied duringJune 1995-Feb. 1996. Ikelengepedicle, Mwinilungadistrict, northwest Dromogomphussp., Paragomophussp.,Libellula Zambia. Occ.PubisBiodiv.,Bulawayo 10; 1-18. - sp. and L.axilenaarelisted. (Author’saddress notstated). Includes achecklist of37 odon. spp.thatareeither (16041) CHESALMAH,M.R.&A.ABUHASSAN, endemicoroccurmarginallyintheIkelengepedicle, 2002. Distribution ofaquaticinsectsinrelation to NWZambia. rice cultivationphasesinarainfedricefield.J.Bio- sains 13(1):87-107, (WithMalays.).- (Sch. Biol. (16045) CURRY,J.,2002. RareOdonataofIndiana. Sci., Univ. Sains Malaysia, Minden-11800,Pulau NewsI. Mich.ent.Soc 47(3/4):10,withAuthor’spor- OdonatologicalAbstracts 309 trait.- (DeptBiol.,Franklin Coll.,501 E,Monroes (16048) HANCOX,1,2002. DragonfliesofPotteric Str.,Franklin,IN46131,USA). Can. YorkshireWildlifeTrustPottericCarrNature RareIndiana odon. spp.fall into 1of3 categories: Reserve, York. 20 pp. Brochure (14.6x20.7 cm). (1)southern spp. atthe northern fringeof their ISBNnone,- (Publishers: 1StGeorge’sPI.,York, ranges inSIndiana (e.g.Arigomphussubmedianus, Y024 1GN,UK). Gomphushybridus,Macromiapacifica,Neurocor- Anattractiveand veryinformative bookletonthe dulia molesta),(2) northern spp. atthe southern fauna (18 spp.)ofthe Reserve (Yorkshire,UK). fringe oftheir ranges in N Indiana (e.g.Aeshna General odon.morphologyandlifehistoryarecon- canadensis, A. tuberculifera,Gomphusventrico- ciselypresentedandtheregionalspp. arebrieflyde- sus, Epithecacanis, Libellula Julia,Nannothemis scribedandtheirstatusontheReserveisoutlined.A bella),and (3)spp. oncemorecommontothe state keytotheadultsisappended.Althoughthepublica- which have apparentlybecomeraredueto habitat tionrelates torecordsuptothe2001 season,further changes(e.g.Tachopteryxthoreyi,Anaxlongipes, recordingworkisbeingcarriedouteachyearandthe Cordulegasterobliqua,andperhaps,Somatochlora resultsarepublishedannuallyintheReserve’snews- hineana). letter.Recorder. —Withthisbookletthevisitorsof theReservewillbemorethanadequatelyinformed (16046) FELLOWS, J.R.etal„[Eds], 2002.Report onthelocal dragonflylifeand itspeculiarities. ofarapidbiodiversity assessment atWutongshan National Forest Park,Shenzhen SpecialEconomic (16049) LAUDERMILK, E.L., 2002. Kentucky’s Zone,China,16to 17May2001.SthChinaForestBi- streamdragons.NaturallyKentucky 37: 1. - (Au- odiv. Sun. Rep.Ser. 11:1-20.[ISBN962-86552-5-6], thor’saddressnotstated). - (Publishers: Kadoorie Farm & Bot. Garden Anoteon theKentucky status ofOphiogomphus Corp., Lam Kam Rd, Tai Po,N.T., Hong Kong, howei,O.mainensis,O.aspersus andStylurusnota- SAR,China). tuswhichspp. arebeingmonitoredbytheKentucky Thefindingsofabrief triparedetailed. The Park StateNature Preserves Commission (address: 801 (surface31km2)isadjacenttoShaTau Kok, Hong Schenkel Lane,Frankfort,KY40601-1403,USA). Kong. 17odon.spp.arelisted.Themostinteresting arerecords ofDrepanostictahongkongensisandSi- (16050) SUBRAMANIAN,K.A.,2002.Whendrag- nostictaogataithatwerepreviously thoughttobe onsfly ... AnaturalhistoryofOdonata.Resonance endemictoHongKong.Mnaismneme,Philoganga 2002(Oct.):69-78. —(Cent.Ecol. Sci.,IndianInst. vetusta,AgriomorphafuscaandLeptogomphusel- Sci,,Bangalore-560012,India). egansareknownfromafewlocalities inHongKong, Afeature articleonthebiology andbehaviour. The butdo notappeartobe highlyrestricted within S Authoriscurrentlyworkingonthecommunityecol- China.All spp. recorded in the surveyareknown ogy of stream insectsofWesternGhats (India), fromHongKong. where ca38% ofodon. spp,areendemic.In order todesignafeasiblebiomonitoringtoolusingodon,, (16047) HAACK,R.A.,2002.Requestforcomments 2issues needtobe addressedimmediately,viz.:(1) onForest Service Sensitive species in Michigan. abetterknowledge oflarval ecology, and (2)an Newsl. Mich. ent.Soc. 47(3/4);23. - (USDAFor- analysisoftheeffectoflandscapechangesonodon. est Serv.,North CentralRes. Stn, 1407S.Harrison distribution and statusinWesternGhats. Rd,EastLansing,MI48823,USA), The 3 National Forests in Michigan (Hiawatha, (16051) TRIAL, L. & J. BELSHE, 2002. Atlasof Huron-Manistee,and Ottawa)arenowcollecting Missouri Odonata. Missouri DeptConserv., Co- data tobe used in revisingtheir Forest Plans. As lumbia /MO. iv+160 pp. Softcover,spiralbinding part ofthisprocess, theyareconductinga“Species (21.2x27.8cm).ISBNnone.Price(incl.revisededn): viabilityevaluation”,whichincludes Gomphusiridi- €34.-net. frons,G.quadricolor,Ophiogomphusanomalus,O. For descriptionoftherevised ednand theaddress, howei,Somatochloraforcipata,S.hineana,S.incur- seeOA 16123. vata, S.minor,Stylurusnotatus and Williamsonia fletcheri. (16052) WYKLE, J.,2002. The yearofthedragon- fly. W. VirginiaWildlifeDiversityNews 19(3):1,8. 310 OdonatologicalAbstracts —(W,VirginiaDiv. Nat.Resour., WildlifeResour. (16056) HERBECK, J.T.& J.NOVEMBRE, 2003. Sect.,Wildlife Div. Program,P.O. Box67, Elkins, Codon usage patterns in cytochrome oxidase I WV26241,USA), acrossmultipleinsectorders. J.mol. Evol. 56;691- Afeaturearticle,ontheoccasionoftheDSA meet- -701.— (FirstAuthor:JBPCent.Comp.Mol. Biol. ingatLewisburg(20-22June2002),withanappeal &Evol.,MarineBiol. Lab.,WoodsHole,MA02543, tothose interestedin theWVodon.togetintouch USA). with theAuthor. Synonymouscodon usagebiasisdetermined by a combination ofmutationalbiases, selection atthe 2003 level oftranslation,andgeneticdrift.Inastudy of insect mtDNA,patternsofcodon usagewereana- (16053) ENGLUND, R.A.,2003. HawaiiBiological lysedacrossaphylogenyof88spp., spanning12or- Survey,BishopMuseum: observations andfindings ders. Theodon.arerepresentedby“Lybellacyanea” from7April2003sitevisitofunnamed streamflow- and shown in phylogenetictrees (totalbias level: ingintoPila’a Bay,Kauai.PreparedforEarthTech, medium),butnotextreference ismadetothe order. Honolulu. Hawaii Biol. Surv.,Honolulu. 15pp. - (HawaiiBiol. Surv., BishopMus„Honolulu, HA (16057) KIRTI, J.S,&A. SINGH, 2003. Studies on 96817,USA). the male secondary genitaliaofIndian species of Ischnuraposita,I.ramburii,Megalagrionvagabun- genus DiplacodesKirby(Odonata:Anisoptera,Li- dum,Anaxjunius,Crocothemis servilia,Orthemis bellulidae).Ann. Ent.21(1/2):5-10. - (DeptZool., ferrugineaandPantalaflavescenswereencountered; PunjabiUniv.,Patiala-147002,India). — Hawaii. The 3 accessorygenitalstructures ofD.lefebvrei, D. nebulosa and D. trivialis aredescribed and il- (16054) FERREIRA-PERUQUETTI,P.&S.TRIV- lustrated,based onspecimensfromHarayanaand INHO-STRIX1NO, 2003. Notas sobre relates Uttaranchal. Akeyforseparationofthe 3 spp. is foreticas entre especies de Chironomidae eOdo- appended. natadoEstadodeSaoPaulo,Brasil.Entomolropica 18(2): 149-151. (WithEngl. s.). — (FirstAuthor: (16058) OGDEN, T.H. & M.F. WHITING, 2003. PraqaJardineira 24,Jardim Asteca,BR-29104-500 Theproblemwith“thePaleopteraProblem”: sense VilaVelha,ES, Brazil). andsensitivity. Cladistics 19:432-442. - (DeptIn- The phoresis between Chironomidae larvae and tegrativeBiol.,BirghamYoungUniv.,401 WIDG, odon.larvaeinthestreamsofCamposdoJordaoand Provo,UT84602-5255,USA). LuizAntonio (SaoPaulo,Brazil)isreported.Thie- WhilethemonophylyofPterygotaiswellsupported, manniella sp,wasfoundattachedonArgiamodesta, phylogeneticrelationshipsamongthemostbasalex- and Rheotanytarsussp.onHeteragrionsp.,Casto- tantpterygotelineagesareproblematic.Ephemero- raeschna sp. and onElasmothemis connacrioides. pteraandOdonatarepresentthe2mostbasalextant lineagesofwinged insects, and determiningtheir (16055) GARCIA,J.V.&G.PEREIRA,2003.Diver- relationshipwith regardtoNeopterais acritical sityofbenthic macroinvertebrates fromtheCaura step toward understandinginsect diversification. riverbasin,BolivarState,Venezuela. RAPBull.hiol. Arecentmolecular analysisconcluded that Paleo- Assmnt28: 49-55(Engl.), 144-150(Span.),235-239 ptera(Odonata+Ephemeroptera)ismonophyletic. (Appendix). (Bilingual). - (Inst. Biol. Tropical, However,hereit isdemonstratedthatthisresultis Fac.Cien.,Univ. CentralVenezuela,AptdoCorreos supportedonlyunderanarrowrange ofalignment 47058,Caracas-1041-A,Venezuela). parameters.ThemonophylyofPaleopterawasfur- The Caurawatershed is located in the Esectorof ther tested usingadditional sequence data from the Bolivar State, representingavast expanse of ISSrDNA,28SrDNA,and Histone3forabroader relatively pristineforests and rivers and is a ma- selection oftaxa and awider range ofanalytical jortributaryto the Orinoco R. Thebenthic mac- methodologies.Theresultssuggestthatthecurrent roinvertebrate diversitywasassessedat25localities suite of molecular data ambiguouslyresolve the throughouttheupperandlowersectionsoftheriver. 3 basalwingedinsect lineagesand donotprovide 18 odon. genera,pertainingto7 fam.,arelistedin independentconfirmation ofOdonata+ Neoptera the Appendix. assupportedviamorphologicaldata. OdonatologicalAbstracts 311 (16059) STROO, A., 2003. Het ruggengraatloze nata: Insecta)in atropical riverbasin, Malaysia. soortenbeleid. - [Aspinelessspeciesconservation Welland Sci. 2(1): 1-9. — (Sch. Biol. Sci., Univ. policy].Nieuwsbr. Europ.Invert.Surv.Nederland 36: SainsMalaysia, Minden-11800,Pulau Pinang,Ma- 8-14. (Dutch).— (Author’saddress notstated). laysia). A detailed descriptionof, and critical comments Duringboth rainy and dry seasons, odon. larvae onspeciesconservation managementin the Neth- weresampledfrom 16tributaries oftheKerianR., erlands. A list of 35 odon. spp. isprovided,with N Malaysia.Thedistribution ofodon. generawas statementson their legalstatus in Europeand in significantlydifferentamongriversinbothseasons, theNetherlands. butnoseasonal influence wasdetected.Achecklist ofspp. orgen. isnotprovided,but many taxaare (16060) VAN SWAAY, C,D. GROENENDIJK & commentedupon.Thedistribution oflarvaeiscon- R. KETELAAR, 2003. Monitoringbutterfliesand ditionedbyphysico-chemicalparameters, whichare dragonfliesinthe Netherlands in2002. DeVlinder- possibly influenced byhuman activitiesintheadja- stichting,Wageningen&Centraal Bureau voorde centareas.The mostdominant spp.,Prodasineura Statistiek, Voorburg. 29pp. ISBN none.(Dutch, autumnalis andBrachythemiscontaminata,favour with Engl,s.). — (De Vlinderstichting, P.O. Box slightlyacidicwater. 506,NL-6700 AMWageningen). In2002,odon.werecountedeveryfortnightbetween (16064) CHE SALMAH, M.R. & A.A. WA- MayandSept,at306sites.Theaveragenumbersof HIZATUL, 2004. Distribution ofOdonata (In- individuals pertransectwerehigherthaninprevious secta)invariousecosystemsinnorthernPeninsular years. Enallagmacyathigerumwasagain themost Malaysia. WetlandSci.2(3): 184-191. - (FirstAu- commonspp.,with almost 80000 individuals. For thor:Sch.Biol.Sci.,Univ.SainsMalaysia, Minden- thefirsttimeindices arepresentedforanumber of -11800,Penang,Malaysia). spp. Analarmingdecreasingtrendwasdetectedfor Odon,larvaeandadults(51spp.)werecollectedfrom Leucorrhinia pectoralis,whereas anotherRed List 14sitesofvarious habitats,inch rivers, ricefields, sp.,Lestesvirens,showsapositivetrend. mountain streams, freshwater and peat swamps, oilpalm-, sugarcane- and rubberplantations, and 2004 alake.Theriverine andstreamecosystems hadthe highestspeciesdiversity;thepoorestfaunawasre- (16061) BAMBARADENIYA,C.N.B.,J.P.EDIRIS- corded from a lake. Manyspp. wererestricted to INGHE, D.N.DE SILVA,CVS. GUNATILLE- certain habitats orwaterparametergradientsand K.E,K.B.RANAWANA& S.WIJEKOON,2004. couldbe used asbioindicators ofthese. Biodiversityassociated withanirrigatedrice agro- ecosystemin SriLanka. Biodiv. Conserv. 13: 1715- (16065) CLUBB,L.,2004. Huntingdragons.Cygnus -1753. - (FirstAuthor: IUCNSriLankaOffice,53 2(1):2,6. - (MixedwoodForest Soc.,Box 22021, Horton PI.,Colombo-07,SriLanka). Brandon,MB,R7A 6Y9,CA). Thestudywasconducted ina1haricefieldatBatha- On theManitobaDragonflySurvey. Theresponsi- lagoda,Kurungeladistr.,IntermediateZone,during ble person: Dr J.Duncan,Wildlife Br., Manitoba Nov. 1995-March 1998, 19odon.spp. arereported Conserv., Box 24, 200 SaulteauxCrescent,Winni- (inch4taxaidentified tothegen.only). peg, MB,R3J 3W3,Canada. (16062) BERNAtH,B., J. gAl& G. HORVATH, (16066) COSTA, J.M.,J. PUJOL-LUZ & L.L.P.B. 2004. Whyisitworth flyingat duskforaquaticin- REGIS,2004. Descrigao delarva deZenithoptera sects?Polarotactic waterdetectioniseasiest atlow anceps (Odonata,Libellulidae).Iheringia(Zool.) solarelevations. J.exp.Biol.207: 755-765. - (Third 94(4): 421-424. (WithEng. s.). — (First Author: Author;BioopticsLab.,DeptBiol. Physics,Eotvos DeptEnt.,Mus.Nac.,UFRJ,QuintadaBoaVista, Univ.,Pazmanysetany 1,H-l117Budapest). SaoCristovao,BR-20940-040,Riode Janeiro,RJ). Hasonly apassingreference totheOdon. The final instar larva is described and illustrated, basedonspecimensfromPernambuco,Brazil,and (16063) CHESALMAH,M.R.,A.ABUHASSAN& akey to the neotropicalPalpopleurinaegenera is Z.S,AMEILIA,2004.Odonatecommunities (Odo- provided. 312 OdonatologicalAbstracts (16067) ECHOLS, K.R., D.E. TILLITT, J.W.NI- Asummaryoftheresultsofasystematicinventari- CHOLS, A.L.SECORD & JRMcCARTY, 2004. sation (2000-2003) atBrdo estate, Slovenia. 782 Accumulation of PCB congeners in nestlingtree plant-and 989 animal spp.wererecorded,incl. 32 swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) onthe Hudson odon.spp. Amongthe latter,Anaciaeschna isosce- river, NewYork.Envir. Sci. Technol. 38(23):6240- lesistherecentmostaddition (cf.OA 16029).Some -6246. — (SecondAuthor:U.S.Envir.Prot.Agency, noteworthytaxaarelisted. NHEERL, MED-Duluth,6201 CondgonBlvd,Du- luth,MN 55804,USA). (16071) [HANCOX, X], 2004. Early and late dates Treeswallows wereused asa sentinel sp. tomoni- 1998-2003. Polleric CarrNature Reserve Recorder torthecontamination and bioavailabilityofpoly- 7:12. — (57Braithwell Rd,Ravenfield,Rotherham, chlorinated biphenyls(PCBs) in the Hudson R. S654LH,UK). watershed. The congener PCBs patternsin eggs, Includes acomparativereview (1998-2003)of the nestlingsand adultswerecomparedtothose found first and lastflyingperioddates for 17odon. spp. inemergentOdon.andDipterausingprincipalcom- atPottericCarrNature Reserve,Yorkshire,UK. ponents analysis.TotalPCBs (ng/g,wetweight)in Odon. (swallows’food items),collected with hand (16072) HANCOX,X,2004.Variedsuccessfordrag- netsalongtheshoreline from4sites ontheHudson onflies. Potteric CarrNature ReserveRecorder 7: 3. R.,NY,USAwere;lipid (%)3.6-S.5,andsumofall — (57Braithwell Rd,Ravenfield,Rotherham,S65 PCB congenersanalysed(ng/g) 290-1200. 4LH,UK). A summary ofthe2003 records of 18spp. atPot- (16068) ENGLUND,R.A., 2004.Reportforthe2003 teric CarrNatureReserve, Yorkshire,UK. PacificBiologicalSurvey, Bishop Museum Austral islands, FrenchPolynesiaexpedition toTubuai and (16073) KJER, K.M.,2004. Aligned18Sandinsect Rurutu. Fac. Biol. Surv., BishopMus., Honolulu. phylogeny.Syst. Biol.53(3):506-514. - (DeptEcol. v+29 pp. (WithFr.s.). —(BishopMus.,Honolulu, Evol. &Nat. Resour., 14CollegeFarm Rd,Cook HA96817,USA). Coll.,RutgersUniv., New Brunswick, NJ08901, Thebiodiversityassessment oftheFrenchPolyne- USA). sian islands ofTubuai and Rurutuwasconducted Thenuclear smallsubunit rRNA(18S)has played during9-28Nov.2003,ThefollowingOdon. arere- adominant role in theestimation ofrelationships portedfromTubuai:Ischnuraaurora,Anaciaeschna amonginsect orders frommolecular data. There- jaspidea,Anax(?)guttatus.Diplacodesbipunctata. lationships among Odon. are unexpected. Many Pantalaflavescens andTholymistillarga,and thefol- studies haveshownbothAnisopteraandZygoptera lowingfromRurutu: I.aurora,Ischnura sp. n..A, to be monophyletic,asdo unpublisheddata from jaspidea,D.bipunctata,P.flavescensandT.tillarga. the28SandEF-lafromAuthor’slaboratory.There Theundescribed Ischnurasp.n.isthethirdendemic arevery few variable characters among Odon. in zygopteran found in theAustral Islands and indi- the entire 18S.This mayexplainwhy theBayesian cates thisgenus hasamazingdispersalabilities by analysesfailtorecoverAnisoptera,whileparsimony findingevensmall,isolated islands suchasRurutu succeeds; becauseagroupwithvirtuallynochange (surface32.3km2) and Raivavae (16.7km2). on the terminal branches is both “unlikely” and parsimonious. (16069) ESENKO, I., 2004.Blosdica innjeniraki. - [TheBlosCica streamand itscrabs]. Mojmali Svet (16074) KOSKIMAK1,J„M.J,RANTALA,J.TASK- 36(10):54-55. (Slovene). - (Author’saddress not INEN,K.TYNKKYNEN&J.SUHONEN,2004. stated). Immunocompetenceandresourceholdingpotential Calopteryxvirgoismentioned fromthestream;— in the damselflyCalopteryx virgo L. Behav. Ecol. Slovenia. 15(1): 169-173. - (DeptBiol. &Envir. Sci.,Univ. Jyvaskyla, P.O. Box 34,FIN-40014Jyvaskyla). (16070) GEISTER,I.,2004. Aninventoryofplants Itis generallybelieved thatresource holdingpo- and animals of Brdo near Kranj. Kronika 52(2): tentialreliablyreflects 6 quality,butempiricalevi- 273-284. (Slovene, with Engl. & Germ. s’s). — dence showingthisisscarce.Hereitis shownthat (KocjanciiSi18,SI-6276Pobegi). the outcome of 6-6 competitionmaypredict 6 OdonatologicalAbstracts 313 immunocompetenceintheterritorialC.virgo.Con- 181-193);—Jourdain,B.:Decouverte deMacromia testswerestagedbetween 27pairsof33 anditwas splendens(Pictet,1843)enGironde (Odonata,Ani- found that winners ofthecontests showed higher soptera,Macromiidae)(pp.194-196);- Deschanel, immunocompetence,measured asencapsulation M.:Observationsd’odonates danslamontagnear- response, comparedwith that of losers.Further- dechoise (p. 196); - Meurgey, F: Sur la collec- more,thewinners hadlargerfatreserves.29 33 that tion d’odonates deGuyanefranyaisedu Museum had notbeenused in stagedcontests werealsocol- d’Histoire naturelle de Nantes (pp. 197-198);— lected,anditwasfoundthatin theseencapsulation Pont, B.: Contribution alaconnaissance des ©do- response correlated positivelywith anindividual’s natesdeGuadeloupeetdeMartinique(pp.199-203); fatreserves.Bothimmunocompetenceandresource Dommanget,J.-L:.Calopteryx haemorrhoida- holdingpotentialseemtodependonenergyreserves, lis(VanderLinden, 1825)dansle departementde suggestingatrade-off between parasiteresistance 1’Aveyron(Odonata,Zygoptera,Calopterygidae)(p. and energeticallycostly territorial behaviour. The 204); - Grand,D.:Calopteryxh.haemorrhoidalis results suggestthatthe outcome of 3-3 contest (VanderLinden, 1825),uneespeceaccidental du canbeusedtopredict6qualityintermsofimmune departementdu Doubs(Odonata,Zygoptera,Ca- defense. lopterygidae) (p.205); — Dommanget,J.-L:. Ru- briquebibliographique(pp.206-210). (16075) KOTARAC, M„ A. SALAMUN & M. GOVED1C, 2004. Natura 2000 vrste v naravnih (16078) TYNKKYNEN, K., M.J. RANTALA & in antropogenihvodnih habitatih: primer kacjih J. SUHONEN, 2004. Interspecificaggressionand pastirjev. — [Natura2000;species in natural and characterdisplacementinthedamselflyCalopteryx anthropogenicaquatichabitats,the caseofdrag- splendens.Jevol. Biol. 17:759-767. - (FirstAuthor: onflies]. MiksiCevvodarskiDan. PSSN 1318-2226] DeptBiol. &Envir, Sci.,P.O. Box35, FIN-40014 15:91-97. (Slovene).- (CKFF,Zemljemerska 10, University ofJyvaskyla). SI-1000Ljubljana). Problemsinspeciesrecognitionarethoughttoaffect Deals with Coenagrionornatum,Ophiogomphus theevolution ofsecondarysexualcharactersmainly cecilia,Cordulegasterherosand Leucorrhiniapec- through avoidance ofmaladaptivehybridization. toralis. - Forthecomprehensiveoriginalpublica- Another,butmuch lessstudied avenuefortheevo- tion,seeOA 15133. lution ofsexual characters duetospeciesrecogni- tionproblemsisthroughinterspecificaggression.In (16076) kovAcs, t, a.ambrus,p. juhAsz& C.splendens, d3have pigmentedwingspots asa K. BANKUTI, 2004. Larval andexuvial data on sexualcharacter. Large-spotted<J 3 resemble <J3 theOdonatafauna ofHungary.Foliahisl.-nat. Mas. ofanothersp.,C.virgo,causingpotentialproblems malraensis 28: 97-110. (Hung., with Engl. s.). — in species recognition.Inthisstudy, it wasinvesti- (FirstAuthor: Matra Muz., Kossuth Lajosu.40, gatedwhether there ischaracter displacementin HU-3200 Gyongyos). wingspotsizeandwhether interspecificaggression 1458recordsarepresentedfor 54spp.from363sites couldcausethispattern.Itwasfoundfirstthatwing in Hungary,coveringtheperiod 1988-2002, spotsizeofC,splendensin populationsdecreased withincreasingrelative abundance ofC.virgo.Sec- (16077) MARTINIA. RevuescientifiquedelaSociete ondly, C. virgo 33weremore aggressivetowards frangaised’odonatologie(ISSN0297-0902),Vol.20, large-than small-spottedC.splendens66.Thirdly, No.4(Dec.2004).(MostlywithEngl.s’s).—(c/oJ.-L. ininterspecificcontestsC.virgo33hadbetterter- Dommanget,7rueLamartine,F-78390Bois-d'Arcy). ritoryholdingabilitythanC.splendens33.These Faton,J.-M.&C.Deliry:Surveillance delapopula- resultssuggestthatinterspecificaggressionmayhave tiondeCoenagrionmercuriale (Charpentier,1840) causedcharacterdisplacementinwingspotsizeof dans la Reserve naturelle des Ramieres du Val de C.splendens, because the intensity ofaggression Drome(Odonata,Zygoptera,Coenagrionidae)(pp. towardslarge-spottedd dislikelytoincreasewith 163-179); - Ilbert, N. & J. Menegaux:Observa- relative abundance ofC. virgo 33.Thusinterspe- tionsd’odonates en Guadeloupe(PetitesAntilles cificaggressionmaybeanevolutionarily significant fran?aises)(p. 180); - Leroy, T:Les odonates du force thatisable tocausedivergencein secondary departementdu Cantal:etatdesconnaissances(pp. sexualcharacters. 314 OdonatologicalAbstracts (16079) VALVASOR,J.V.,2004. Rastlineiniivalina wasprobablycausedby waterpollutionandbyloss Kranjskem. —[TheCarniolian plantsandanimals]. ofhabitat,triggeredbyriver andstreamcanalisa- J.V. ValvasorFoundation atthe Slovene Academy tion andchangedmanagementofthewateredges. ofSciences andArts,Ljubljana,ii+50pp., 163col. Nowadaysthesp.hasreappearedinseveralWEuro- pis excl. Hardcover (32.5x40.0cm),weight4.1kg. peanrivers,mostlikelysoduetoclimatechange,as ISBN961-6242-56-3. [Bibliothecavalvasoriana,Vol. thelarvaeshowpreferenceforwarmersitesandthe 18,edited by L. Gostisa], Price: f 150.- approx. adultsmaybealsosensitivetohighertemperatures. Available also in bibliophilicedn. (Threelingual: Recent observations in the Rhine and the Meuse Slovene, Engl.,Croatian). rivers suggestthatthe habitatconnectivitymay be This impressivevolume ismarkedasa“dotisk”(= enhanced bytheimprovementofwaterqualityand supplementaryvolume) ofJ.V. Valvasor’s (1641- by thecreation oflarval and adulthabitats in na- -1693) graphiccollection,titled “Underschiedliche turedevelopmentprograms.Therequiredcorridors Fruchl/ Bluemen / Krautter wie auch VoglIFisch areoflinear typewith nodes(larvae)and stepping I Thier/ Ungeziffer anddergleichen...”and dated stones(adults). 1685. However,inthat year,onlythe(German)title pagewasprinted,while thepis actually remained (16081) VON DER OHE, PC.& M.LIESS, 2004. unpublished,therefore thepresentedn is the first Relative sensitivity distribution of aquaticinver- publishededn ofthecomplete1685 work. Thepis tebrates toorganic and metal compounds.Envir. (watercolours)arereproducedin theoriginalcol- Toxicol. Chem. 23(1): 150-156. —(DeptChem.Eco- ourand size.Theoriginaltitle pageisfacsimilere- toxicol., UFZCent. Envir. Res.,Permoserstr. 15, producedand itstranslations inSlovene,Engl,and D-04318 Leipzig). Croatian,printedinthesametypographicstyle,are Theavailable information isgroupedtoassignsensi- added. Thethreelingualtextconsistsofcomments tivitiestoaquaticinvertebratetaxarelative toDaph- andannotations onpis and ontherepresentedor- nia magna. Asfar asthe insects areconcerned, ganisms.Theodon.areshown onpis29-30,52and with respect toorganic compounds,most taxa of 74,andannotatedonpp. 11,25and39,Thetextwas Coleoptera,Diptera,Ephemeroptera,Heteroptera, providedby M.Gogala,and taxonomicidentifica- TrichopteraandOdon.(Ischnuraelegans,Lestidae, tionsby B.Kiauta.This istheearliestknownwork Orthetrum sp.)areless sensitive than D. magna, dealingwith theOdon. ofSlovenia. - SeealsoOA while Plecoptera aresignificantly more sensitive. 7316and 7706. For metal compounds,ca30% ofthe investigated taxa weremoresensitive than D.magna. (16080) VAN DER SLUIS, T„M. BLOEMEN& I.M.BOUWMA,2004. Europeancorridors. Strat- (16082) WANG, Z.J.,2004.Theroleofdragininsect egiesfor corridor developmentfor target species. hovering.J. exp.Biol 207:4147-4155. - (Theor.& ECNC, Tilburg & Alterra, Wageningen.32 pp. Appl.Mechanics,Cornell Univ.,Ithaca,NY 14853, ISBN 90-76762-16-3. - (Orders to: Alterra,RO. USA). Box47,NL-6700 AAWageningen). Studiesofinsectflighthavefocusedonaerodynamic Corridors facilitate biological processes such as lift,bothinquasi-steadyandunsteadyregimes.This dispersal,migrationor the regionalmovement of ispartly influenced bythe choice ofhoveringmo- animals. Theystrengthen the spatialcohesion of tionsalonga horizontal strokeplane,where aero- thenetwork ofhabitat patches, whichiscritical to dynamicdragmakesnocontribution tothevertical manyspp.Here,examplesofcorridordevelopment force.Incontrast,someofthebest hoverers,drag- arepresentedfor 9 spp,,suggestingpractical solu- onfliesandhoverflies,employinclined strokeplanes, tions for specific problems in the field ofhabitat wherethedraginthedown-andupstrokesdoesnot fragmentationandloss.Gomphusflavipesisamong canceleachother.Here,computationofanidealized thespp,treated. Itisincluded intheEuropeanRed- dragonflywingmotionshowsthatadragonflyuses List, the EU Habitats Directive (App. IV) and in dragtosupportaboutthree quarters ofitsweight. theBern Convention (App.II),anditislisted asan Thiscanexplainananomalousfactoroffourinpre- endangeredsp.ontheIUCN Red-List. G.flavipes viousestimates ofdragonflyliftcoefficients,where was extinctfromthe Rhine R. and most other W dragwasassumedtobesmall. —Toinvestigateforce Europeanrivers for almost acentury.The decline generationandenergycostofhoveringflightusing

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