Identification of Pyrrhosoma elisabethae with notes on its distribution and habitat (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)

Identification of Pyrrhosoma elisabethae with notes on its distribution and habitat (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) 00

Vincent J. Kalkmana, Wolfgang Lopaub

  1. National Museum of Natural History Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands
  2. Gnarrenburg, Germany

International Journal of Odonatology, Volume 9, Issue 2, Pages 175-184, 2006

https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2006.9748276

Published: 1 October 2006 (Received: 23 January 2004, Accepted: 22 June 2006)

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Abstract

Pyrrhosoma elisabethae is one of the rarest and least known odonate taxa in Europe and is often considered to be a subspecies of P. nymphula. The taxon is known from eight localities, four on the Peloponnisos, Greece, three on Kérkira (Corfu), Greece, and one in southern Albania. We describe structural differences between P. elisabethae and P. nymphula in both males and females, and present a key that distinguishes these two taxa. These structural differences, combined with the lack of intermediates, suggests that P. elisabethae should be treated as a full species. Notes on habitat associations and flying season of P. elisabethae are also given.

Keywords: Odonata, Dragonfly, Pyrrhosoma, Taxonomy, Greece, Albania

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