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- Title
On the nature and distribution of Sympetrum tibiale, a rare Central Asian species spilling over into Europe (Odonata: Libellulidae).
- Authors
Dumont, Henri J.; Borisov, Sergey N.; Schröter, Asmus
- Abstract
Literature data, museum collections as well as fieldwork were used to produce an up-to-date distribution map and a list of records of Sympetrum tibiale, a species restricted to the semi-deserts of Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia and western China. The type locality is in Xinjiang province, China, and the type specimens are preserved in the Zoological Museum of Hamburg, Germany (ZMUH). Language barriers, publication in obscure journals and poor data exchange meant S. tibiale was little-known to non-Russian speaking odonatologists for a long time. Yet, it has been confirmed to breed in the steppes of the Kuma-Manych Depression on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, situated in the southern part of European Russia, making the species a genuine member of the European fauna. This article addresses these European sites, hitherto neglected in non-Russian language literature, and establishes the correct westernmost limit of the species' range. In addition, all currently certified records are mapped. Available knowledge on the species' ecology - a summer species with a larval preference for brackish water - is summarized. Identification characters of adults and larvae are provided; its closest relative is identified as Sympetrum depressiusculum.
- Subjects
SYMPETRUM; ODONATA; LIBELLULIDAE; SPECIES distribution; BRACKISH water ecology
- Publication
Odonatologica, 2018, Vol 47, Issue 1/2, p23
- ISSN
0375-0183
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5281/zenodo.1239943