Südliche Azurjungfer

© Salvatore Canu (Foto) & Clemens M. Brandstetter (Text)

     (from Boudot & al. 2009:46): The species is a western Mediterranean endemic, which is rare in southern France but is reasonably common further south.

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IUCN-Red-List: This species is widespread in most of southwestern Europe and northwestern Africa. It is more scattered in mainland Italy than elsewhere and is very rare in France. A progressive degradation of the habitat is obvious in many areas, due to over-irrigation and pollution in southern Europe. However, the species is not threatened in its North African range; it is not uncommon in poorly impacted areas such as mountain areas. Overall in the Mediterranean region, the species is Least Concern, but is perhaps more vulnerable to habitat degradation in the European part of its range.

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Die Südliche Azurjungfer, Coenagrion caerulescens (Fonscolombe 1838), kommt im westlichen Mittelmeergebiet vor. Wie alle Coenagrionidae ist auch diese Art schwer bestimmbar. Sie bevölkert mit Pflanzen bewachsene Weiher und Gräben, auch sogenannte Sekundärbiotope.

Männchen vom Lago Baratz, Prov. Sassari, Sardinien.

 

Paarung der Südlichen Azurjungler: Ittiri/Usini, Prov. Sassari, Sardinien.

Lago di Baratz, Prov. Sassari, Sardinien.

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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.   

Fonscolombe de M. B. 1838: Annales Societe Entomologique France 7: 547-575, incl. pl. 13-15.