Brief Odonata survey in North Ethiopia during heavy rainy season of 2012
- A survey of Odonata in North Ethiopia, on the route Debre Libanos – Bahir Dar – Woldia – Hayk – Mile – Awash – Debre Zeyit crossing the provinces of Oromia, Amhara and Afar, in July 29 - August 10, 2012 yielded 38 species, including two endemics of Ethiopia and five species not hitherto reliably reported for this country in the literature: Pseudagrion commoniae (Forster, 1902), P. hamoni Fraser, 1955, P. salisburyense Ris, 1921, Bradinopyga strachani (Kirby, 1900) and Ictinogomphus ferox (Rambur, 1842). The number of Odonata species recorded in Ethiopia thus reached 104. Seventeen main localities were visited, on average showing 4.9 species per locality. A small branch of Jara River, Amhara, was the richest one (15 species). Comments on specimens of Pseudagrion spernatum Selys, 1881 and Nesciothemis farinosa (Forster, 1898) and notes on the country in general and particular habitats of Odonata are provided.
Author: | Oleg E. Kosterin |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-342090 |
Parent Title (English): | International Dragonfly Fund : Report |
Series (Serial Number): | IDF-Report : newsletter of the International Dragonfly Fund (56) |
Publisher: | International Dragonfly Fund e.V. |
Place of publication: | Zerf, Germany |
Document Type: | Part of Periodical |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2013 |
Year of first Publication: | 2013 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2014/09/08 |
Tag: | Nesciothemis farinosa; Pseudagrion spernatum; endemic species |
Page Number: | 58 |
Last Page: | 54 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 362677255 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
Licence (German): | Deutsches Urheberrecht |