Orientalische Flussjungfer

© Clemens M. Brandstetter

     (from Boudot & al. 2009:134): A specimen of Ophiogomphus reductus was collected as O. serpentinus (Charpentier, 1825) prior to 1887 in eastern Turkey, but has not been found since. The closest records are from central Asia. 

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Die Orientalische Flussjungfer, Ophiogomphus reductus Calvert 1898, ist eine asiatische Art, die ihr westlichstes Vorkommen in Kleinasien besitzt, das allerdings vor 1900 festgestellt wurde. Kalkman & van Belt (2010) schreiben: "The record from Malatya published by Selys (1887) is still the only Turkish record of this species (see Kalkman & al. 2003 for more information). The nearest locations where this species is found are in Turkestan and Afghanistan. lts close relative, Ophiogomphus cecilia, has not seldom small unobtrusive populations and it is therefore possible that also O. reductus has been overlooked during fieldwork in the last decades." Schröter (2010) meldet die Art aus Kirgisistan und Subramanian (2010) aus Indien. 

 

Männchen und ….    

 

…. Weibchen aus Süd-Kazakhstan, Vorberge des Boroldaytau – Fotos: © Eugene Davkaev    

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Literatur:

Boudot J.-P., V. J. Kalkman, M. Amorín, T. Bogdanović, A. Rivera,G. Degabriele, J.L. Dommanget, S. Ferreira, B. Garrigós, M. Jović, M. Kotarac, W. Lopau, M. Marinov, N. Mihoković, E. Riservato, B. Samraoui & W. Schneider 2009: Atlas of the Odonata of the Mediterranean and North Africa. – Libellula Supplement  9:1-256.

Kalkman V. J. & G. J. van Belt 2010: The distribution and flight period of the dragonflies of Turkey. – Brachytron 10: 83-153.

Schröter A. 2010: The Odonata of Kyrgyzstan, part I – Critical national checklist, annotated list of records and collected data of the summer half-years 2008 and 2009. – International Dragonfly Fund – Report 28 (2010): 1-72.  

Subramanian K. A. 2010: A checklist of Odinata (Insecta) of India. – Zoological Survey of India, Maharashtra. 36 pp.