Odonata attracted by light : a new topic for myth-busters
- Six Odonata species were collected during night light trapping on the Mambilla Pla-teau, Taraba State Nigeria. Being predominantly diurnal insects, odonates captured in light traps have always been considered as an anomaly. The new data initiated an extensive interrogation of all records on Odonata collected near artificial light sources.A total of 415 records (402 published and 13 new) are presented here with a sum-mary of previous discussions and new discussion points. The general conclusion is that odonates are mainly confused by, rather than attracted to the light. New ave-nues for further research in this field are suggested based on previous important stu-dies undertaken on Odonata morphology and physiology.
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| Author: | Danladi M. Umar, Milen G. Marinov, Martin Schorr, Hazel M. Chapman |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-348782 |
| Parent Title (English): | International Dragonfly Fund : Report |
| Series (Serial Number): | IDF-Report : newsletter of the International Dragonfly Fund (43) |
| Publisher: | International Dragonfly Fund e.V |
| Place of publication: | Zerf, Germany |
| Document Type: | Part of Periodical |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2012 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2012 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2014/09/08 |
| Tag: | light; morphology; physiology |
| Page Number: | 52 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 362728186 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
