Distributional Notes on New England Odonata

Odonata of Maharashtra, India with Notes on Species Distribution

Odonata are freshwater insects spread world-wide. Tropical areas are high Odonata diversity areas. However, there has not been accumulation of extensive baseline data on spatial distribution of these insects from such places. Maharashtra, the third largest state of India, harbors a variety of land-use and occupies six biogeographic provinces. We carried out Odonata surveys in Maharashtra during...

Notes on the Odonata of the Cedar-Iowa River Basin

New taxa and distributional notes on Abbottella and related taxa (Gastropoda: Littorinoidea: Annulariidae).

Seven new species of Abbottella and related taxa are described from Hispaniola: Abbottella calliotropis n. sp., Abbottella diadema n. sp., Abbottella dichroa n. sp., Abbottella nitens n. sp., Abbottella paradoxa n. sp., Abbottella tenebrosa n. sp., and Leiabbottella thompsoni n. sp. Distributional and habitat notes are given for additional taxa.

Perspectives on Odonata

This thesis considers the phylogeny of Odonata from two different viewpoints. The first article, “The Palaeoptera Problem”, is an attempt at placing Odonata in the pterygote insect phylogenetic tree. The second, “A phylogenetic perspective on larval spine morphology in Leucorrhinia (Odonata, Libellulidae)”, is an in-depth view of the whiteface dragonflies, a monophyletic group that only contain...

odonata from southwest of central desert of iran with occurrence notes on ischnura intermedia dumont 1974

karizes (qanat) prepare a part of fresh water sources in main desert of iran. the arid regions in deserts have isolated suitable aquatic habitats as strong barriers, thus only a few places with surface waters have remained accessible for water- related insects. this paper represents the results of only study on dragonfly species of karizes. we identified 10 species of typical desert dragonflies...