A new locality for the endangered Calopteryx exul is reported from the Aurès mountains, Khenchela province, an eastern prolongation of the Sahara Atlas range. A total of 138 individuals of C. exul were recorded along a 20 km stretch of the Wadi Elhamma river from April to June 2021, suggesting that this species might penetrate deeper into semi-arid parts of the Atlas mountain system than currently known.
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3 June 2022
New records of the endangered Calopteryx exul in a semi-arid territory of north-eastern Algeria (Odonata: Calopterygidae)
Ali Elafri
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Notulae odonatologicae
Vol. 9 • No. 9
June 2022
Vol. 9 • No. 9
June 2022
damselfly
Maghreb
NORTH AFRICA
Sahara
semi-desert
Zygoptera