The Odonata of Tunisia

Reinhard Jödickea, Jörg Arltb, Bernd Kunzc, Wolfgang Lopaud, Richard Seidenbusche

  1. Lindern, Germany
  2. Delmenhorst, Germany
  3. Langenburg, Germany
  4. Gnarrenburg, Germany
  5. Sulzbach, Germany

International Journal of Odonatology, Volume 3, Issue 1, Pages 41-71, 2000
https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2000.9748135
Published: 1 August 2000 (Received: 14 December 1999, Accepted: 2 May 2000)

Abstract

Between 1987 and 1999 several visits to 69 localities in Tunisia were made. Altogether 46 species of Odonata, including 10 new to Tunisia, were recorded, raising the Tunisian checklist to 52 species. Our observations cover early May to mid June and late September to early November. Using as a basis for inference data from nearby Numidia that cover the period missing from our own observations, we assume that many species have a long flight period. Among such species, some are known to be univoltine, exhibiting protracted aestivation as a prereproductive adult, whereas some others, we suggest, may be bivoltine.

Keywords: Odonata, dragonfly, Tunisia, distribution, phenology, voltinism

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