A critical checklist of the Odonata of Portugal

Sónia Ferreiraa, José Manuel Grosso-Silvaa, Mathias Lohrb, Florian Weihrauchc, Reinhard Jödicked

  1. CIBIO-Centra de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos , Campus Agrário deVairão, Vairão, Portugal
  2. Fachhochschule Lippe und Höxter , Fachgebiete Tierökologie und Landschaftsökologie, Höxter, Germany
  3. Wolnzach, Germany
  4. Westerstede, Germany

International Journal of Odonatology, Volume 9, Issue 2, Pages 133-164, 2006
https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2006.9748273
Published: 1 October 2006 (Received: 28 January 2006, Accepted: 23 March 2006)

Abstract

The Odonata checklist of continental Portugal, Madeira and the Azores includes 65 species. Besides Sympetrum nigrifemur, an endemic of Madeira and the Canary Islands, and the unique population of the Nearctic Ischnura hastata in the Azores, the species composition reflects a higher proportion of western Mediterranean and Ethiopian elements than any other European country. An isolated occurrence of Coenagrion pulchellum was confirmed. Due to obvious misidentifications and to the loss of voucher specimens of questionable species, 22 taxa were rejected. Future records of additional species are predicted.

Keywords: Odonata, Dragonfly, Checklist, Iberia, Portugal, Madeira, Azores

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