Odonatological Abstracts

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OdonatologicalAbstracts
1972 (7733) [L1PPOLD, P.C.], 1979. Guidelinesfor inte-
gratedcontrolofriceinsectpests.FAO, Rome.
(7731) YOUSUF, M., 1972. Taxonomic studies of viii+115 pp.—[FAOPlantProduction&Pro-
Anisoptera(Odonatai)ofWestPakistan. PhD tection Pap. 14], — (Available from : Sales
diss. Univ. Agric,,Faisalabad. viii+125 pp., 13 Sect., FAO, Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 1-
pis, I map excl.— (DeptEnt., Univ. Agric., -00100 Roma).
Faisalabad,Pakistan. The odon. arementioned aspredatorsonrice
46spp. from Pakistan(formerly ’’West Pakis- leafhoppers,rice gallmidge, rice stem borers
tan”)aredescribed andkeyed,amongwhichthe and onrice defoliators. The spp. listed are:
followingareintroduced asnew: Cordulega- Agriocnemispygmaea, A.dabreui,Ceriagrion
stridae: Kuldanagasterpakistanicagen.n.,sp. olivaceum, Ischnura senegalensis and Acia-
n.;— Gomphidae:Anormogomphusexilo- grion occidentale.
corpus sp. n.,Anisogomphusvulvalis sp.n.,
Ophiogomphus caudoforcipussp. n., Ictino- 1981
gomphusaloquopterussp. n.,I.pugnovittatus
sp.n.;—Libellulidae: Trithemisparviaurora
(7734) MATTHEY, R., 1981. Quelques souvenirs.
sp.n.,T.trimaculatasp.n.,Sympetrumaurigi-
neumsp.n.,S,robustumsp.n.,S.jamrudensis [PFraosf.cDicru.leJ-ajucqbuileespdoeuBrealeum80oenta],nMnivilet.rsSacihreweidzu,
sopf.thne.,seanwdasOprtuhbelitsruhemdfilnavthuempaspp.enr.li—steTdheinfOirsAt eNnetu.cGheäst.e5l,4C(4H)-:2301030-31N5e.u—chä(Itnels).t.Zool.,Univ.
1496,all theother namesremain unavailable
Contains a portrait. For theobituary cf. OA
(ICZN, Art. 9/11).
7740.
1979
1982
(7732) LANG, G„G. REICH & M. REICH, 1979.
(7735) RAWAT, S.N. & M.C. DIWAKAR, 1982.
Red area"Kiesgrube”imKreis Ulm. Naturk.
BFBeitrB.ioDl.J/NNa1tu9r7s9c(h4)u;tz24,-U29n.iv—. M(TarhbirudrgA,uLathhno-r; SinuCrvhehyaotifsngaatruhra(lMeandemhyieasPorfapdaedsdhy),inInsedciat.peInsit.s
berge, D-3550 Marburg/Lahn,FRG). Rice Res. NewsI.7(1): 13-14.—(FirstAuthor:
Central Surveillance Stn, Bilaspur, Madhya
15 odon. spp.arelistedfromaNature Conser-
Pradesh, India).
vbeasntcywegrtlaavnedlphita,bwithaitchinisthseaicdittyoorefpUrelmsenatrtehae, "Heighprevalence”ofZyg.andAnis, predators
FRG. isstated for 1975-1980,but nospp. aremen-
tioned.
376 OdonatologicalAbstracts
1983 thelittleOwl(Athenenoctua[Scop.]in Bulga-
ria. Ekologiya, Sofia 11: 53-60. (Bulg.,with
(7736) ADAMOVlC,Z.& L. ANDJUS, 1983.Odo- Russ.& Engl.s’s). —(Biol.Fac., Univ. Sofia
natanaprodrudfjuObedskeBare. —[Odonates ”K1. Ohridski” BG-1421 Sofia).
inthearea oftheObedska Bara],In:ZaSStita, Data onthe diet werecollected during 1968-
uredivanje i unaoredjenjeObedske bare, pp. 1980,from24localities inBulgaria.62animals
47-50. Pokrajinsizavodzazaütituprirode,Novi spp.orgroupswereidentified,incl.the”odon.”.
Sad. (Serbian). — (FirstAuthor: Inst,Med.
Res., P.O, Box 721, YU-11001 Beograd). 1985
FromtheObedskaBaramarsh,Serbia,34spp.
arerecorded and thefaunaisbrieflydiscussed (7740) BESUCHET, C, 1985.[Necrologie],Jacques
de Beaumont (1901-1985).Bull, romand Ent.
(7737) ALI,M.A., 1983. Studies onpopulationand 3(2): 161-163,—(Author’saddressnotstated).
feedinghabits ofdragonfliesoninsectpests of Abrief biography,appreciationofwork anda
cotton.M.Sc.thesis,Univ. Agric.,Faisalabad. portrait are given ofthis Swiss entomologist
x+29pp.—(DeptEnt.,Univ. Agric.,Faisala- (born:Sept.26, 1901,Geneva;deceased Sept.
bad, Pakistan). 29, 1985;Professor attheUniv. ofLausanne,
3experimentalcotton plotsattheUniv. Cam- Director of theNat. Hist. Mus. Lausanne).
pusofFaisalabad,Pakistan,arefrequentedby Most ofhis work is in the field ofHymeno-
Brachythemiscontaminata,Orthetrumsabina, ptera, but his 1941 odon. fauna of western
Crocothemis servilia and Pantala flavescens. Switzerland remains of national importance
Fed by hand in the laboratory, the adults of (Bull. Soc. vaud. Sei. nal. 61: 441-450).The
these consumed onaverage, within 12h, the bibliographyisnotincluded. Forabetter por-
following numbers of resp. cotton jassids, trait cf, OA 7734.
whiteflies,aphidsand thrips: B. contaminata
(162.00, 221.99, 204.66, 264.83), O. sabina (7741) RÖSEL VON ROSENHOF, A., 1975-1985
(178.16, 235.83, 231.33, 326,83), C. servilia
[reprint],Insecten-Belustigung.Vols 1-4(in7),
(168.83,226.33,201.83,275.50)and P. flaves-
ca.3000pp., 300col.pis. Withanintroductory
cens(91.49,131.16,109,33,142.00).Thefemales vol.(80pp., 20figs,incl. 7col.pis)by E.Bauer.
ofall spp, consumed muchhighernumbers of Miiller &Schindler, Stuttgart.—Price: DM
prey than the males. I960. — incl. the introductoryvol.,the latter
separate:DM85.-;theothervolsarenot avail-
(7738) JELENKOVlC, V„ 1983. Fauna Odonala able separately. — (Available from the SIO,
Lonskog potja. — [Odonate fauna of the Bilthoven).
Lonsko Polje], M. Sc. thesis, Univ. Zagreb. This isafacsimilereprint(17.3x21.5cm)ofthe
iv+52 pp. (Croatian).—(c/o Dr M.Franko- work published originally 1746-1761. The
vic. DeptAnim. Physiol.,Univ. Zagreb,P.O. Odon. aredealtwith inVol. 2.— Forthespp.
Box 933, YU-41001 Zagreb, Croatia). inventory cf. the paper listed in OA 7851.
21 spp.arelisted fromtheLonjaR,lowlands,E
ofthe city ofSisak, central Croatia, and the
(7742) ZETTELMEYER, W., 1985. Faunistisch-
biogeographiccompositionofthefaunais dis- -ökologischeBestandsaufnahmedesgeplanten
cussed. —For Leucorrhinia caudalis fromthis NSG Schwarzes Bruch, unter besonderer
area(andwhichisnotmentioned inthepresent Berücksichtigung der Libellen (Odonata).
work) cf. OA 7420. Diplomarbeit Gesamthochschule Paderborn,
Höxter,vi+l14pp.—(c/oProf.DrB.Gerken,
(7739) S1MEONOV,S.D., 1983,Novi material;v’rhu Abt. Tierökol., Univ. Paderborn, An-der-
hranata na kukumyavkata (Athene noctua -Wilhelmshöhe 44,D-3470 Höxter-1, FRG).
[Scop.])vBlgariya.—Newdataonthedietof Autecology and population dynamics were
OdonatologicalAbstracts 377
studied,toadifferentextent,in 17spp.,Pader- Gainesville, FL 32602-1269,USA).
born Distr.,Eggegebirge,FRG.An abstractis The 147spp.knownfrom Honduras arelisted,
listed inOA5767. PaperslistedinOA 5827and along with their distribution by political
6424 are based on this work. departments.Ofthese,54arenewforHondu-
ras, incl.9, whoserecords extend theirknown
1987 ranges northward or southward.
(7743) FRANKOVlC,M„ 1987. Citogenetilkaicilo- (7747) GAED1KE, R., 1988. Bibliographieder Be-
taksonomska istrahvanja vrsle Libellula de- stimmungstabellen europäischer Insekten
pressa L. (Imecta:Odonata). — [Studieson (1984-1985).Beitr. Ent.38(1): 239-276. (With
cytogenetics and cylotaxonomy of Libellula Engl. & Russ. s’s). —(Abt.Taxon, Insekten,
depressa L.(Insecta:Odonata)].M.Sc.thesis. Inst. Pflanzenschutzf., Schicklerstr. 5, D-O
Univ.Zagreb, vi+40pp.(Croatian,with Engl, 1300 Eberswalde-Finow-1, FRG).
Continuation ofthework listed in OA 1621,
s.). — (Dept Anim. Physiol., Univ. Zagreb,
3729,5805, containing2 odonatol. titles (OA
P.O, Box 933, YU-41001 Zagreb,Croatia).
Summarieswerepublishedinthepaperslisted 3949 [ed. 1984], 5062).
in OA 5653 and7118. C-bandingrevealed the
presence of2 distinctbands, interminal posi- (7748) MAES, J.-M.,J.-P. DESMEDT& V.HEL-
tion, on each chromosome. LEBUYCK, 1988.CatalogodelosOdonatade
Nicaragua. Revta nicaraguenseEnt. 4:29-43.
(7744) UBUKATA, H„M.K1MURA & N. KIMU- (WithEngl. s.). —(FirstAuthor: Mus. Ent.,
Serv. Entomol, Auton.,A.P.527,Leön,Nica-
RA, 1987. [Some dragonflies collected at
ragua).
Yayeyama-Shoto(June,1986)].Sylvicola5:48.
(Jap.)—(FirstAuthor:DeptSei. Educ.,Kush- A checklist is given ofthe 90 spp. hitherto
iroColl.,Hokkaido Univ.Educ.,Shiroyama1, knownfromNicaragua,37ofwhicharerepor-
tedhereforthefirsttime.Theworklisted inOA
Kushiro, 085, JA).
Annotated list of 8 spp,, collected at the 7244 is based on this publication, which is
Ishigaki-Jima and Iriomote-Jima, Japan. intended toserveasareferenceworkforfurther
explorationoftheodon. faunaofNicaragua.
1988
(7749) THÖRNER,V.,1988.Ökologische Bewertung
vonFliessgewässernunterbesonderer Berück-
(7745) COMPTE SART,A., 1988. Biogeografiade sichtigungder Odonaten. Diplomarbeit Univ.
las especias espanolas del genero Ischnura Giessen, Giessen, iv-t-102 pp. — (c/o Inst.
Charp. 1840 (Odonata).Actas 3 Congr. iber. Pflanzenökol.,Univ. Giessen,Giessen,FRG).
Ent., pp. 149-155. (With Engl. s.). — (Secc. Habitat requirementsofCalopteryxsplendens,
Em., Mus. Nac. Cien. Nat., J.-Gutierrez- C.virgo,Cordulegasterbidentatus and C.bol-
-Abascal 2, ES-28006 Madrid). toniiwereexamined intheareaN ofGiessen,
The exclusion principleseemstobe governing FRG. The work does not present any fresh
theIberian distribution ofI.graellsii,1.elegans evidence, but does contain detailed data on
andI.pumilio,but itsnaturestill remains ob- vegetationand physicaland chemical features
scure.Foreachsp.analphabetic&referenced of the local habitats.
listisalso givenofall itsknown Iberianlocali-
ties.
(7750) UBUKATA,H., 1988.[Adistribution table of
dragonfliesin theKushiro mire,with therela-
(7746) DUNKLE, S.W.,1988.AlistoftheOdonataof ted bibliography],Sylvicola 6; 41-44. (Jap.).
Honduras. Ceiba29(1):41-49.(WithSpan.s.). —(Dept Sei. Educ., Kushiro Coll., Hokkaido
— (Int.Odonata Res. Inst., P.O. Box 1269, Univ.Educ.,Shiroyama 1,Kushiro,085, JA).
378 Odonatological Abstracts
Atabularreview of44spp.,basedonliterature, (7755) CHOWDHURY, S.H.& M.I.MIAH, 1989,
andspecifiedper localitiesinthemire,Kushiro, Notes on some damselflies (Odonata; Zygo-
Hokkaido Japan.— Cf. also OA 7751. ptera)ofChittagongUniversity Campus.Chit-
tagong Univ. Stud. (II) 13(1): 65-70. (With
(7751) UBUKATA, H., 1988. [Some new dragonfly Bengalis.).—(DeptZool.,Univ. Chittagong,
Chittagong, Bangladesh).
r3e9c-o40rd.s(Jfraopm.) t—heK(DueshpitroSemi.irEed].ucS.y,lvKicuoslahir6o: p1h6esnpop,lo,gwyi;thBaannngolatadteiosnhs. onhabitatsand local
Coll., Hokkaido Univ. Educ., Shiroyama 1,
Kushiro, 085, JA),
Records for 17 spp., Kushiro, Hokkaido, (7756) EVERS,A.M.J., 1989, Gedanken zur Grün-
Japan. — Cf. also OA 7750. dungeinesInstitutsfürentomologischeTaxo-
nomie und Systematik. Milt. dt. Ges. allg.
(7752) ZURWERRA,A., 1988. Inventaire des insec- angew. Ent. 7(1/3): 41-48. — (Dürerstr. 13,
D-4150 Krefeld, FRG).
tesaquatiquesdelareservenaturelle dePouta Contains noreference totheOdon., but gives
Fontana et propositions d’amenagement
anexcellent picture ofthecurrent "catastro-
(communesdeGrone etdeSierre).Bull. Muri-
phic” situation in systematic entomologyin
thienne 106: 51-73. (WithGerm. s.).—(Büro Germany (and elsewhere in the "western
für Umweltfragen,CH-3186 Düdingen).
world”), where high-quality taxonomic re-
18odon,spp.arelistedfromthisnaturereserve, searchin themuseumslargelycontinues solely
canton Valais, Switzerland, incl. Sympecma
due tovolunteer work byretired and unpaid
braueri(withS.fusca), Cercion lindenii,Ana-
(oftennon-professional) workers. These were
ciaeschna isosceles and Somatochlora flavo-
also the first to draw attention tothe recent
maculata that are ofsome local interest.
declineinthefauna,andgladlycollaborated in
preparationofsocalled"RedLists”.Thelatter,
1989 however,were"takenover”by thepoliticians,
who misuse themforthepromulgationofcol-
(7753) AFONSO,O.,1989.Contribution totheknow- lectingprohibits, in consequence ofwhichthe
ledgeofthemacroinvertebrate communities of proper monitoringto the status ofthe fauna
Tejo River (Portugal). Publifoes Inst. Zool. became virtually impossible or illegal. The
"DrAugustaNobre"2U\ 1-17.—(Inst.Zool. Author isoftheopinionthat the latter is the
"Dr Augusto Nobre”, Fac. Cien., PT-4000 ultimatepolitical objectivebehind theunbiolo-
gicalspeciesconservation legislation, and the
Porto).
The abundance and dominance are stated Abstracter continues to be astonished by the
for 7 higher odon.taxa. numbersofyoungnaturalistswhoarestilluna-
bletoseethedamagecausedbyrefrainingfrom
voucherdocumentation,andbypublicationof
(7754) CARVALHO, A.L.&N. FERREIRA, 1989. erroneous, doubtful and undocumented re-
Describe da larva de Gynacanthamexicana cords. —(TheAuthorisasenior coleopterolo-
Selys, 1869,e notas sobresuabiologia(Odo- gist, and for the past 4 decades one ofthe
nata, Aeshnidae).Revta brasil. Ent.33(3/4); foremost entomologicalpublishers and anti-
413-419.(Port.,withEngl.s.).—(DeptoZool., quarians in Germany).
Inst.Biol.,Univ.Fed, RiodeJaneiro,BlocoA,
Ciudade Universitaria, llha do Fundao,
BR-21941 Rio de Janeiro, RJ). (7757) FEILER,M„1989,ÜberNachweise derHelm-
Thedescriptionandfigsarebasedonareared$ -Azurjunfer(Coenagrionmercuriale)imSüden
fromBrazilian "restinga”.Notes onthehabitat des Bezirkes Potsdam (Odonata,Zygoptera).
andarecord oflaboratoryobservationarepro- Veröff. Potsdam-Mus. 30: 5-8.—(Abt. Natur
vided,and thehitherto knownneotropicallar- &Umwelt,Potsdam-Mus.,Wilhelm-Külz-Str.
vae of the genus are keyed. 13,Postfach239,D-O 1563 Potsdam,FRG).
OdonatologicalAbstracts 379
The occurrenceofC.mercuriale in the Pots- (7762) GÜNTHER,A. & F. RANDOW, 1989. Zur
damarea,easternGermany,isoutlined,andthe Kenntnis der Libellenfauna der Unteren
synecology ofthe sp. is discussed. Havelniederung (Insecta, Odonata). Veröff.
Potsdam-Mus. 30: 15-21. — (FirstAuthor:
(7758) FEILER, M. & W. GOTTSCHALK, 1989. Kellermannstr. 5,D-O 9200Freiberg, FRG).
Funde der AsiatischenKeiljungfer(Gomphus The odon. fauna (37spp.) ofthe lowlands of
flavipes) im Havelgebiet (Insecta, Odonata). westernMarkBrandenburg,easternGermany,
Veröff. Potsdam-Mus. 30: 120-122, — (Abt, isoutlined,andtheoccurrenceofsomespp. is
Natur & Umwelt, Potsdam-Mus., Wilhelm- discussed.
-Külz-Str. 13,Postfach239, D-O 1563 Pots-
dam, FRG), (7763) MEIER,C.&W.SAUTER, 1989.ZurKennt-
The 1968-1987recordsofG.flavipesinthearea nis der Insektenfauna eines Auenwaldreser-
W ofPotsdam,eastern Germany,arestated vates ander Aare bei Villnachern AG. Milt,
and discussed. aarg. nalurf. Ges. 32; 217-258. — (Reprints
from the second Author: Ent. Inst., ETH,
(7759) FEILER, M., W. GOTTSCHALK & D. ETH-Zentrum, Clausiusstr. 21, CH-8092
Zurich).
HONSU, 1989. Wiederentdeckung der Zier-
lichen Moorjunfer(Leucorrhiniacaudalis) in Calopteryxsplendensand Gomphusvulgatis-
der DDR (Insecta, Odonata). Veröff. simusarerecorded fromtheAare R.,Switzer-
Potsdam-Mus. 30:9-14.—(FirstAuthor: Abt. land.
Natur & Umwelt, Potsdam-Mus,, Wilhelm-
-Külz-Str. 13,Postfach239, D-O 1563 Pots- (7764) PLAYOUST,C, J.J. MUSSO & G. PRfi-
dam, FRG). VOT,1989.£tudecompareedescommunautes
Newrecords ofL. caudalis ineasternGermany benthiquesetripicolesendogenesd\mreseau
arestated,its statusin CentralEuropeisout- mediterraneen perturbe: 1’Arc (Bouches-du-
lined,andtheecologyandsynecologyofthesp. -Rhone,France). Revue Sei. Eau 2:587-605.
are described. (WithEngl.s.).—(Lab.Biol. Anim.,Fac.Sei.
& Techn. Saint-Jeröme,av. Escadrille Nor-
(7760) FUCHS, K. & SCHRICKER, 1989. Unter- mandie-Niemen,F-13397 Marseille-13).
suchungenzurHabitatpräferenzdreier Klein- Ca. 18 odon, spp.(withsomeerrors)arelisted
libellenarten (Odonata: Zygoptera) im from the Arc R. system, southern France.
Landkreis Wunsiedel/Fichtelgebirge. Schr-
—Reihe bayer.Landesamt NatSchulz92;93-94. (7765) SAMMELBERICHT(1988) ÜBER LIBEL-
—(FirstAuthor; Carl-Burger-Str.22, D-8580 LENVORKOMMEN (ODONATA) IN
Bayreuth, FRG). BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG, No. 5 (1989).
Coenagrionhastulatum,C. puellaand Enal- Published bytheSchutzgemeinschaftLibellen
lagma cyathigerum are considered from the Baden-Württemberg,Freiburgi.Br,; compiled
pointofviewoftheiroccurrence in 5types of by C.Obenauer & A.Schanowski. ii+37 pp.
habitat in Bavaria, FRG). — (c/o Dr R. Buchwald, Sautierstr. 75, D-
-7800 Freiburg, FRG).
(7761) GERUND, R., 1989. Odonatologische Be- This is the continuation ofaseries the earlier
obachtungenan Fliessgewässern in der Pro- partsofwhich arelisted underthe compilers’
vence.Paiperlek11(2):99-117.(With Engl.s.). namesin OA2928,4562,6201 and 6247. For
— (35rue de Hellange, L-3487 Dudelange). each sp.thebreedinghabitatisbrieflycharacte-
28spp.arerecorded from6watercourses inthe rised, theregionalstatus is stated,and agrid
Provence, France (July, 1989).A brief clas- distribution map is given.
sification ofloticodon. habitats isgiven, and
notes onthe human impactonthese are pro- (7766) STROMMER, J.L. & LA. SMOCK, 1989.
vided.
380 OdonatologicalAbstracts
Vertical distribution and abundance of (7769) TYAGI, B.K., 1989. Controlofmosquitolar-
invertebrateswithinthesandysubstrateofalow- valpopulationbymonomolecularsurfacefilms
-gradientheadwater system.Freshw. Biol. 22: andtheirimpactonnontargetorganismsinclu-
263-274. — (Dept Biol., Virginia Common- dingdragonfly naiads. Handout ofa review
wealth Univ., Richmond, VA23284, USA). paper resume, circulated at 10th Int. Symp.
Thestudywasconducted atafirst-orderblack- Odonatol.,JohnsonCity,TN, Aug.6-12,1989,
waterstreamin SurryCo;,Virginia,USA,and —(Reg. Med. Res. Cent.,1CMR, P.O. Box
contains also theinformation on4 odon. spp. 122, New Pali Rd, Jodhpur-342005,India),
(Cordulegaster fasciata, Gomphus cavillaris, [Verbatim]:Inview ofthedevelopmentofresis-
Ophiogomphussp.,Progomphusobscurus). tance in thelarvae ofthe target mosquitospp.
againsttheconventional larvicides, therecent
(7767) SYMPETRUM.Revued’odonatologie.No. 3 useofmonomolecular surfaceactiveandbiolo-
gicallydegradableagents,suchasthe Arosurf
(1989)[published1991].—(c/oC.Deliry,2rue
MSF ISA 20E, has been highlyencouraging
Lieutenant Chanaron, F-38000 Grenoble).
particularlydue totheir nonhazardous nature
Deliry, C;Editorial (pp.3-5);—Crochet, P-
towards the nontarget organisms including
-A.: Observations odonatologiques dans le
Zyg. and Anis, larvae, ostracods and diving
norddeI’Espagne(pp.7-15);—Grand,D.:Les beetleadults. Thesesurfaceagentsbringabout
odonates du departementdelaSaoneetLoire
etplusparticulierement du Brionnais (pp. 16- themortalityinthetargetmosquitospeciesby a
"physical factor”rather thanthe chemicalone
-21);—Notes complementairessurlapresence as common with the conventional larvicides.
d’Ophiogomphuscecilia(Fourcroy,1785)dans
Thesesurfaceactivefilmsformamonolayeron
ledepartementdelaSaoneetLoire(pp.23-26);
the treated watersurface and thus provide a
— Zannoni, C.:Aspectparticulierd’uneacti- physical barrierforthemosquitoimmaturesto
vity de pontechez Lestes sponsa(pp. 27-29); breatheairfromthefreeatmosphere.Thelower-
—Juliand, C.&P Juliand. Nolessur1’observa- ing ofthe surface tension (25-29dynes/cm2)
tiond’Hemianaxephippiger(Burmeister,1839)
causeswatertoenterintothetrachealsystemof
(Odonata,Anisoptera:Aeshnidae)(pp.31-33):
thepreimaginalforms and render suffocation
Zannoni, C.:EnigmatiqueHemianax (pp. 35-
oranoxia tolarvae whichlater onsuccumb to
-38);—Deliry. C.:Comportementreproductif
lowoxygensupply.Itisalso duetothelowered
d’Hemianax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)
surface tension thatthe newlyemergingadults
(Odonata,Anisoptera:Aeshnidae)lors de 1’in-
areunabletotaketotheirwingsandeventually
vasionde 1989(Gresivaudan-lsere)(pp.39-43).
fall ononeside oftheir body overthe water
—Publications duG.R.P.L.S.depuisleSym- surfaceanddie.Attheconstantrateof11.2 1/h,
petrum No. 2 (p. 44).
Arosurfhas beenfoundtocontrolthreemajor
vector species(Culex quinquefasciatus, Ano-
(7768) T1TTIZER.T„F,SCHÖLL& M.SCHLEU- phelesstephensi and Aedes aeypti indifferent
TER, 1989. Zur Bestandssituation vonGom- types ofbreeding habitats like drains, wells,
phus vulgatissimus (Linne, 1758) (Insecta, cesspits and cesspoolsetc. in India. This film
Odonata) an den Bundeswasserstrassen. has also been found tocontrol C,tarsalis and
Hessischefaun. Br.9(4): 63-68. (WithEngl.s.). C.peusforovertwoweeksattherateofS.5-7.8
—(Bundesanst,Gewässert«. Kaiserin-Augusta- 1/hin America, Due totheself-spreadingpro-
-Anlage 15-7, Postfach 309, D-5400 Koblenz, pertyofthesurfaceactiveagents,thesefilmsare
FRG). usable incombination withcertain conventio-
G.vulgatissimuswasstudiedintheriversMain, nallarvicides toprovidethelatterabettercove-
Rhine andintheDortmund-Ems-Kanal (1985- rage in relatively largerwaterbodies. Insuch
-1988). The Main R. harbours a particularly conditions therate ofapplicationofthefilmis
significant population,which is attributed to abouthalfthe originalrequirement. Itis sug-
theappreciableimprovementofwaterquality gestedthat theArosurf,asoneofthe several
in the past decade. surfaceactive agents tested sofar,canbe used
OdonatologicalAbstracts 381
in controllingeffectively immatures ofmany thedensityperperchincreased,demonstrating
vector mosquito species in certain breeding that there were behavioural responses to the
habitats,providedstrictvigilance isexcercised manipulation of habitat complexity. Food
about the doses and efficacy ofthe surface supplyandlarvaldensitystronglyaffectedsur-
activefilmswhenusedaloneorincombination vival,timingofemergence, and massatemer-
with conventional mosquito larvieides. gence. However,theproportion ofthevaria-
tionintheseperformancevariables attributable
to the habitat complexity manipulationwas
(7770) UBUKATA, H„ 1989. Odonate fauna of
tiny. Inspite oftheovert natureoftheinterac-
Kushiro-cho, Hokkaido. Sylvicola 7: 43-46.
(Jap., with Engl, title). — (Dept Sei. Educ., tionsamongindividuals,thecosts appeartobe
Kushiro Coll., Hokkaido Univ. Educ., Shi- verylow.Futureworkthat implicatesbehavio-
ral mechanisms in population processes will
rLoiysatmoaf316,Ksupsph.iro,085, JA). have toattemptmore directmanipulationsof
thebehaviour itselftotestthehypothesisbefore
concludingthat behavior is the cause ofan
1990 observed pattern.
(7771) ADAMOVlC,Z, 1990. Odonata ofDaicsko (7773) ARAI,Y., 1990. Hibernal ecologyoftwospe-
jezero,Serbia. Bull. Acad, serbeSei. Arts(Sei. ciesofdragonflies.Inseclarium, Tokyo27(10);
math.nat. 102(32):15-20. —(Inst,Med. Res., 334-338. (Jap., with Engl, title.). — (1233-2,
P.O. Box 721, YU-11001 Beograd). OazaSuezo,Yorii-machi,Osato-gun,Saitama,
Thefauna(10spp.)and habitataredescribed of 369-12, JA).
asmallsphagnummoorpond(Daicskojezero), [Abstract not available].
atMtGolija,Serbia(alt. 1556m).Coenagrion
hastulatum isfor the firsttimeproperly docu-
(7774) ARNOLD,A., 1990. Wirbeobachten Libellen.
mented from Serbia, while C. scitulum and
Leucorrhinia dubia are newfor the Serbian Urania, Leipzig-Jena-Berlin. 152 pp., nume-
rous textfigs (partly in 2 col.), 68 col. phot.
fauna, Yugoslavia.
(40pis) inch Hardcover (13x22cm).— ISBN
3-332-00259-7. — (Available from the SIO,
(7772) ANHOLT,B.R.,1990. Anexperimentalsepa- Bilthoven, at HfL 38.- net).
rationofinterferenceandexploitativecompeti- A refreshinglittle work that differsmarkedly
tion in a larval damselfly. Ecology 71(4): from all other books on Europ. Odon. cur-
1483-1493. — (Dept Biol., Queen’s Univ., rentlyonthe market.Itisnotconcerned with
Kingston, K7L, 3N6, CA). speciesdescriptionsand"species monographs”
Density-dependent reduction in survival, (thoughitdoescontaingoodkeysfortheadults
growth,and developmentratesoflarvalZygo- andlarvae, illustrated with line drawingsin 2
pteracan be theresult ofdepletion offood colours),butratherdeals withvariousaspects
resources or increased interference costs ofbiology,organisedin thestyle ofa"hand-
(energy ortime) associated with behavioural book” on all kinds offield observations and
interactions. While interference has been research thatcanbeeasilyconducted without
implicatedin severalstudies, nodirecttest of sophisticatedequipment,andmostofwhichare
this hypothesis by manipulatinginteraction popular among non-professional dragonfly
frequencyorintensity has been attempted.To students in Europe.
separatethesemechanisms,habitatcomplexity
(numberofperches), wassimultaneouslyma-
(7775) BACCETTI, B„ G. CALLA1NI, R. AR-
nipulated in Enallagmaboreale to alter fre-
GANO, M. BIONDI, M.COBOLLI SBOR-
quencyofbehavioural interactions,larvalden-
DONI V. COTTARELLI, M. ME1, C.
sity, and food supply. Larvae became more
UTZERI, A. VIGNA TAGLIANT1, R.
evenly distributed among availableperchesas POGG1, A. M1NELLI, M. BOLOGNA, G.
382 OdonatologicalAbstracts
OSELLA, C. MAN1CASTRI, B.LANZA & 28, ES-4600I Valencia).
N. BACCETTI, 1990, Zoogeographicalexpe- A"classical style”regionalmonographonthe
ditions ofthe C.N.R. ship"Minerva” around odon.fauna ofValencia,Spain(43spp.),based
the smallcircumsardinian islands; asynthesis. onvery substantial material from 20 areasin
Atti Convegni lincei 85 (Biogeographical the province. Emphasis is on species-wise
aspects ofinsularity): 521-532.—(Odon. byC. treatmentandontheaffinityanalysis ofodon.
Utzeri: Dipto Biol. Anim. & Uomo, Univ. communities ofthe habitats studied.
Roma”LaSapienza”,Viale dell’Universitä 32,
1-00185 Roma).
(7779) BREENE, R.G., M.H. SWEET & J.K.
7Zyg. and 13Anis. spp. werecollected in23of OLSON, 1990.Analysis ofthegutcontents of
the 63 islets visited,representing50% ofthe
naiads ofEnallagmacivile (Odonata:Coena-
Sardinian odon.fauna.Coenagrionlindenii,C.
grionidae)fromaTexaspond. J.Am. Mosq.
scitulum, Aeshna affmis, A. isosceles and
ControlAss. 6(3); 547-548. —(FirstAuthor:
Hemianaxephippigerareofsomeinterest.Les- DeptEnt.,Texas A& M Univ.,CollegeSta-
tesmacrostigma, usuallyreportedfrombrack- tion, TX 77843, USA).
ish water, wasfound breedingina freshwater Foregutcontentsofthelarvae,collectedfroma
pond. permanentpond, wereanalyzedto determine
thenatural prey forimmatures ofthis sp.The
(7776) BELF10RE.C.&C.UTZERI, 1990.Gestirela analysesrevealed theodon. larvaehad fedpre-
bibliografiazoologicaconil personalcompu- dominantly on chironomid larvae. Corixid,
ter: ilprogramma"Biblion” AttiS3Congr. Un. cladoceran,ostracod andaquaticmiteremains
zool. Hal.,Palermo,1p.[sep.]— (FirstAuthor; werefoundin someofthespecimensexamined.
DiptoZool.,Univ. Napoli,ViaMezzocannone However,noremains ofmosquitolarvaewere
8, 1-80134 Napoli). detectedin any ofthespecimens,eventhough
Abstractonly;for thefull papercf. OA 7484. mosquitolarvae were observed asbeingconti-
nuously present in the pond sites where the
odon. larvae specimens were collected.
(7777) BLOIS-HEULIN, C., 1990. Familiarization
and spatial distribution in Anax imperator
Leach larvae (Aeshnidae Odonata). Elhol. (7780) BROWNETT,A., 1990. Thedragonfliesofthe
Ecol. & Evol. 2: 335-344. — (Lab. Ethol. & Banburyarea. 40pp. Brookside Books, Ban-
Psychophysiol., Univ. Tours, Parc deGrand- bury, Oxfordshire. —ISBN0-951547-0-6. —
mont, F-37200 Tours). Price: £ 3.-, postage excl. — (Publisher; 28
The influence ofthepresence ofaconspecific Colesbome Rd, Bloxham, Banbury, Oxford-
andfamiliarization withthesite,onthespatial shire,OX15 4TB).— Not available from the
distribution ofA. imperator larvae has been SIO.
investigatedexperimentally. These larvae mo- This is anattractive and excellently executed
dified their patterns ofspatial occupation in up-to-datemini-monograph-cum-atlas onthe
relation tothenumber oflarvae presentinthe dragonfliesofa 1200 km2 areaaround Ban-
container. Larvae reared aloneexploitedtheir bury, Oxfordshire, includingparts ofNorth-
container morethan didlarvaereared inpairs. amptonshireand Warwickshire,UK. Itcovers
Familiarization with the site also influenced 22regional spp.(out ofthe 51 known in the
their spatialoccupation. Residents moved less British Isles),Inaddition tothe usualdistribu-
than intruders. tion maps, therecords arediscussed indetail
andtheearliestandlatestdatesfortheadultsof
(7778) BONETBETÖRET,C„ 1990. Contribucional allspp.aregiven(statingalso the duration of
flight period in days).
estudiodelosodonalosadultosdelaprovincia
de Valencia, viii+467 pp.Tesisdoctoral,Univ.
Valencia, Valencia. — (Author: C. Lintema (7781) BUB,H., 1990.Gebänderte Heidelibelle inWit-
OdonatologicalAbstracts 383
tenberg.Milvus 9: 85.— (Postfach3306, D- (7784) DELL’ANNA,L.& C.UTZERI, 1990.Com-
2940 Wilhelmshafen-31,FRG). portamentodi termoregulazionein Trithemis
Sympetrumpedemontanumisrecorded froma annulata(Odonata). Atti 14Congr. Soc.ital.
locality in the region of Cottbus, Sachsen- Etoi, Lerici, p. P26. — (Dipto Biol. Anim.
-Anhalt, eastern Germany. & Uomo, Univ. Roma ”La Sapienza”, Viale
dell’Universita 32, I-OOI85 Roma).
(7782) BULLETIN OF THE HOKKAIDO ODO- Systematicobservations inthe fieldindicate a
NATOLOGICALSOCIETY. Vol. 4(March correlation between the sunorientation and
31, 1990).—(c/oDr H.Ubukata, Dept. Sei. bodyposture(inch the obelisk position), sug-
Educ.,Kushiro Coll.,Hokkaido Univ. Educ., gestingthe thermoregulatoryfunction ofthe
Shiroyama I, Kushiro, 085, JA). phenomenon.Itisarguedthatitisunlikelythat
Ubukata, H. & M. Tachibana: Coenagrion theobeliskpositionwouldeverbeadoptedasa
hylas collectedin Kamikawa District(pp. 1-2); threatdisplay,sinceT.annulataisusuallynon-
—Sato, M.:OvipositionofAeshnanigroflava -territorial andthispositionisexhibitedby$as
into planttissues(p.3);—Behaviourofteneral well.
individuals of Macromia amphigena masaco
(p,4);—Hiratsuka,K.:Dragonfliescollected (7785) DELL’ANNA,L.& C.UTZERI, 1990.Varia-
in Soya District (pp. 5-6);—Dragonfliescol- zioniposturalietermoregulazioneinTrithemis
lectedinSakhalin andKhabarowskUSSR (pp. annulata (Odonata, Libellulidae). Atti 53
7-8; — Sato, M.: A record of Macromia Congr. Un. zool. ital., Palermo,pp. 119-120.
amphigenamasacofromHidakaDistrict(p,8); —(DiptoBiol. Anim.&Uomo,Univ. Roma
— [Hiratsuka, K.}. Records ofSympetrum ”LaSapienza,Viale dell’Universitä 32,1-00185
uniforme in Siberia (pp.9-10);— Hiratsuka, Roma).
K.:Prospect ofthe futuredragonflysurveyin Cf. OA 7784.
northernHokkaido (pp.11-14);—[Hiratsuka,
K.\. District-wise dragonflydistribution table
(7786) DIONNE, M„ M. BEUTLER & C. FOLT,
ofHokkaido (pp. 15-17);—Distributiontable 1990.Plant-specific expressionofantipredator
ofdragonfliesofthe islets adjacent to Hok-
behaviour by larval damselflies. Oecologia
kaido (pp. 18-20);—Lettersfromthe H.O.S.
83(3):371-377. —(Biol. Dept,VirginiaPoly-
members (pp,21-23);—Ubukata,H.:Review
tech.Inst.&St.Univ.,Blacksburg,VA24061-
ofrecent odonatologicalliterature(pp.24-25);
-0406, USA).
—On the PC program, "Dragonflydistribu- Thisstudyofinteractionsbetweenunidentified
tionin Hokkaido”,developedbyDr S.Tsuda
coenagrionidlarvae andpumpkinseedsunfish
(p, 26); — Dragonfly library of the Kansai (Leptomis gibbosus) in a New Hampshire,
Research Group ofOdonatology (p. 26); — USA,pondisfocused onthebehaviour ofthe
Errata(pp.27-28).—AreportoftheSecretary-
-General,thelist ofnewmembers,andanedito- zygopt. prey. First, apreybehaviour is docu-
rial postscript conclude theissue (of30 pp.). mented inwhich thezygopt.useplantstems or
leaves to hide from pumpkinseeds. Sub-
sequently, 2 hypotheses are tested: (I) that
(7783) CARPI, S.& M.D’ANDREA, 1990. IImar- damselfly "hiding” is a specific antipredator
gine alare negli odonati./4/ri 53 Congr. Un. behaviour, and (2)that "hiding”occurs more
zool. itai, Palermo, p. 253. — (Dipto Biol. frequentlyin planthabitats where the zygopt.
Anim.&Gen.,Univ. Firenze,ViaRomana 17, experience greater risk of predation. Since
1-50125 Firenze). plant spp. growthformscan influencepreda-
Abstractonly;forthereferences to3fullpapers tion risk, the second hypothesis implies that
onthesubjectcf.Odonatologica19(1990):173- hidingbehaviour is conditional upon thetype
-179. ofvegetationprovidinghabitat structure.Con-
ditional expression ofantipredatorbehaviour
accordingtovegetationtypemaybeimportant
384 OdonatologicalAbstracts
in littoral environments, since predator-prey belasteten Feuchtgebietes im Süden Luxem-
interactions canoccurin habitats withawide burgs(Odonata).Paiperlek12(2):25-46.(With
range ofmacrophytegrowthforms. The first Engl.s.).—(35ruedeHellange,L-3487 Dude-
hypothesis is supportedbythe evidence that lange).
damselflyhidingincreased in frequencyinthe The odon. fauna(13spp.,incl. Ischnurapumi-
presence ofpumpkinseeds,thatitwasrelated to lio, Aeshnamixta and Orthetrumbrunneum,
thefrequencyofpredatorapproaches,andthat which areofconsiderable national interest)of
itsusereduced damselflypredationriskinhigh this highlyeutrophicwetland areainsouthern
risk habitats. Thesecond hypothesisissuppor- Luxembourgis described and discussed with
ted by the circumstance that zygopt, hiding reference tothestatus,abundanceand distribu-
rateswere greaterinthehighrisk Scirpushabi- tion ofeach sp.The generalstructure ofthe
tats than inthe lower risk Potamogetonhabi- different breedingsites is described andsome
tats. These observations indicate that prey aspects ofthe limnic and terrestrialfauna are
behaviour caninfluencepredator-preyinterac- stated. Somemanagement measuresaretenta-
tions,and that variation in plantgrowthform tively suggested.
caninfluencepreybehaviour,thuscontributing
totheimpact ofhabitatstructureonpredator-
(7790) GOMPHUS. Mededelingsbladvan belgische
-prey dynamics. libellenonderzoekers —Bulletin deliaison des
odonatologues beiges, Vol. 6, No. 4 (dec.,
(7787) DUMONT, H.J. & O. FOSSATI, 1990. On 1990).(Dutch& Fr.) —(c/o A.Anselin& P.
somedragonfliesfromtheNilevalleyinEgypt. Goffart,Inst. Roy,Sei. Nat.Belg.,29rueVau-
Bull. Annls. Soc. r. beige Eni. 126: 184-187. tier, B-1040 Bruxelles).
—(First Author: Inst. Animal Ecol., Univ. Contains thereport oftheDec, 1990Brussels
Ghent, Ledeganckstr. 35, B-9000 Ghent). meetingofBelgianodonatologists{A.Anselin;
11afrotropical spp. arereported, Mesocnemis pp.5-6),faunistic notesbyG. Jannis(p.7) and
robusta is anilotic endemic, forthe firsttime A. Anselin (pp. 7-8), anarticle on the early
recorded fromtheNile delta,andrepresentsan seasonaloccurrenceofSympetrumdepressius-
addition tothepalearcticfauna. Acertainlack culum(G.Jannis;pp.8-9),severalbookreviews
ofhomogeneityseemsapparent in certainspp. {A. Anselin, P. Goffart),and several announ-
across the valley. This phenomenon would cements, incl. onthe mappingofthefauna of
require a further study. the prov. of Limburg.
(7788) FRANKOVlC, M. & R. HALAPIR. 1990. (7791) GR1GEL1S, A., 1990. Struktura i fauna
Prilog poznavanju faune vretenaca (Insecta: donnyh biocenozov v vodoemah Litvy. 3,
Odonata)Nacionalnogparka”Krka”. —Con- Ekologo-sistematichesky sostav zoobentosa
tribution tofaunistic knowledge of Odonata vodoemov Litvy i sopredel’nyh territoriy. —
(Insecta) of Krka National Park. Ekol. Structure and fauna ofbottom biocenoses in
Monogr., Zagreb 2: 501-504. (Croatian,with Lithuania’s reservoirs. 3. Ecologico-systematic
Engl. s.). — (Dept Animal Physiol., Univ. structureofwaterbodies zoobenthos in Lith-
Zagreb, P.O. Box 933, YU-41001 Zagreb, uania and adjacentterritories. Ekologija, Vil-
Croatia). nius 1990 (2); 53-62. (Russ., with Lithuan. &
Listof13spp.,withpreliminaryannotationson Engl. s’s). —(Inst.Ecol., Lithuan. Acad. Sei.,
infraspecific statusofthe localpopulationsof Vilnius, Lithuania).
Calopteryx splendensandC. virgo.Dalmatia, Contains a bibliography on the Odon. of
Croatia. Lithuania.
(7789) GEREND, R., 1990. Die Odonatenfauna der (7792) HAACK.S, M„ J. HORSTKOTTE, D,
’’Laach" bei Monnerich, eines anthropogen LEOPOLD, W. WAGNER & N. WEL-