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On October 7th, general elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its Constitution was meant to be an interim solution, setting up a complex structure of division of power between the three major ethnic groups leading to political paralysis. Constitutional reform is thus a pressing issue but the recent elections appear to reinforce the deadlock situation instead of paving the way for much needed change.
Karst poljes (or poljes) are specific geological formations of the Dinaric Alps and are important wetland areas of high biodiversity value. The dragonfly fauna of poljes in Bosnia and Herzegovina is poorly researched and mostly unknown. In order to in-vestigate dragonfly species and habitats in these specific and interesting habitats, field research was conducted from April to October 2011 in Livanjsko polje (west Bosnia), the largest periodically flooded karst polje in the world. The number of re-corded species indicates high species richness of this area, 41 dragonfly species in total were observed, of which 25 species are new for the research area. Description of habitats and dragonfly communities from 34 surveyed localities is presented. The most interesting are the records of Chalcolestes viridis (Vander Linden, 1825), na-tionally rare species and NATURA 2000 species Coenagrion ornatum (Selys, 1850). The results of this research significantly contribute not only the knowledge of dragonfly fauna of poljes but also the overall knowledge of dragonfly fauna of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Trogulus banaticus Avram, 1971 is characterised and recorded as new for Slovenia. This species was previously mistaken for T. coriziformis C. L. Koch, 1839 and T. graecus Dahl, 1903 which were later rejected from the Slovenian fauna. T. banaticus is compared with the similar, and partly sympatric, T. tingiformis C. L. Koch, 1847 with which it has often been confused. A table of distinguishing characters for both species is provided, and the ecology of T. banaticus and its general distribution are discussed.