Discovery of Pyrrhosoma cf. nymphula (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) in Algeria

Lamia Ait Taleb; Rabah Zebsa; Rassim Khelifa

doi:10.5281/nodo.v9i9.a9

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3 June 2022 Discovery of Pyrrhosoma cf. nymphula (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) in Algeria

Lamia Ait Taleb, Rabah Zebsa, Rassim Khelifa

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Notulae odonatologicae, 9(9):455-460 (2022). https://doi.org/10.5281/nodo.v9i9.a9

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Although odonates of Algeria have been studied for more than 170 years, some habitats such as highland streams have been largely overlooked. Here, we report the first record of Pyrrhosoma cf. nymphula in the Kabylia region in a stream running through an oak forest at 1 200 m a.s.l., Algeria. The locality is 400 km from the nearest known population in Tunisia and 650 km from another population Morocco, suggesting a very patchy distribution at higher elevations for the species in North Africa. This new record increases the number of the Algerian odonates to 64 species. In addition, eight other species of Odonata were recorded, three of them range extensions. Further surveys of mountain streams in North Africa are needed to fully determine the distribution of rare odonates, including P. cf. nymphula.

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Lamia Ait Taleb, Rabah Zebsa, and Rassim Khelifa "Discovery of Pyrrhosoma cf. nymphula (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) in Algeria," Notulae odonatologicae 9(9), 455-460, (3 June 2022). https://doi.org/10.5281/nodo.v9i9.a9

Received: 5 January 2022; Published: 3 June 2022

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