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A revised and updated Odonata checklist of Samoa (Insecta: Odonata)
- Odonata records of the Samoan Archipelago are updated and an updated checklist provided. It is part of an ongoing assessment of the fauna, taxonomy and distributionof the Pacific island dragonflies. The checklist follows recent reviews published/prepared about the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Fiji and Kingdom of Tonga. This study draws on recent dragonfly records following general insect surveys spanning 2008-2012 funded by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) via Conserva-tion International (CI) to the authors and to Secretariat Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP) and also by funding from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Other unpublished data from Samoan Archipelago and Niue are included as well. All, but one, of the newly collected Odonata species are widespread within the Pacific region. Hemicordulia cupricoloris the only species from the recent collections which is endemic to Samoa, previously reported for Savai'i and Upolu Islands. It has neverbeen confirmed since its original description in 1927. The new study shows the species as an inhabitant of high altitude zones of Savai'i. It is recommended inland areas of Savai'i and other islands within the Samoan Archipelago should be targeted in further field studies.
Author: | Milen Marinov, Warren Chinn, Eric Edwards, Brian Patrick, Hamish Patrick |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-323057 |
ISSN: | 2195-4534 |
Parent Title (German): | Faunistic studies in South-East Asian and Pacific Island Odonata : journal of the International Dragonfly Fund |
Series (Serial Number): | Faunistic studies in South-East Asian and Pacific Island Odonata : journal of the International Dragonfly Fund (5) |
Publisher: | International Dragonfly Fund e.V. |
Place of publication: | Zerf |
Document Type: | Part of Periodical |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2013/08/19 |
Date of first Publication: | 2013/08/19 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2013/11/14 |
Tag: | Archipelago; Hemicordulia cupricolor; Niue; Samoa; Savai’i |
Issue: | 5 |
Page Number: | 25 |
First Page: | 1 |
Last Page: | 21 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 373810423 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
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