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\u3ci\u3eEnallagma Basidens\u3c/i\u3e (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) Expands Its Range Into Michigan [PDF]

, 2018
Enallagma basidens Calvert, a small bluet damselfly, has been expanding its range across North America since the early part of this century.
O\u27Brien, Mark F
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An updated list of Odonata of southwestern Bangladesh

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2018
An odonate survey was conducted throughout the southwestern region of Bangladesh, concentrating on eight districts and the Sundarban, from August 2014 to August 2016.
M. Sajjad Hossain Tuhin, M. Kawsar Khan
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Flight of the dragonflies and damselflies [PDF]

, 2016
This work is a synthesis of our current understanding of the mechanics, aerodynamics and visually mediated control of dragonfly and damselfly flight, with the addition of new experimental and computational data in several key areas.
Alexander DE, Alexander DE, Azuma A, Bomphrey RJ, Chadwick LE, Corbet S, Dijkstra K-DB, Ennos AR, Grimaldi D, Hertel H, Huai-Ti Lin, Kesel AB, Liu H, Luttges M, Magnan A, May ML, Neville AC, Newman BG, Newman DJS, Okamoto M, Per Henningsson, Rajabi H, Richard J. Bomphrey, Rudolph R, Rüppell G, Stepniewski WZ, Toshiyuki Nakata, Wakeling JM, Wakeling JM, Wakeling JM   +29 more
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Effects of geographic distance and abiotic variables on larval Odonata assemblages in western Amazon savannah lakes

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Odonata, comprising the suborders Anisoptera and Zygoptera, are important bioindicators of aquatic ecosystem health due to their sensitivity to environmental changes.
EMILY L. OLIVE, RENATO T. MARTINS, KARINA DIAS-SILVA, ULISSES G. NEISS, NEUSA HAMADA   +4 more
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Description of the final instar larva of argia serva hagein selys, 1865 (Odonata coenagrionidae) [PDF]

, 2018
The American genus Argia, with more than 100 species described, is the most speciose genus of Odonata in the world. In this contribution, the final stadium larva of Argia serva, the southernmost distributed species of Argia, is described and diagnosed ...
del Palacio, Alejandro, Lozano, Federico, Muzón, Javier   +2 more
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Mecistogaster linearis (Fabricius) (Odonata: Coenagrionidae): First Record from Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil

EntomoBrasilis, 2016
Commonly called “helicopter damselflies”, Mecistogaster species (Coenagrionidae) are recognized by their large body size in comparison with other Odonata species, ability to flap both anterior and posterior wings in opposite directions, and preference ...
Marciel Elio Rodrigues, Ricardo Koroiva, Eric Ragalzi-da-Silva, Emanuelle Batista de Moura   +3 more
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Historical changes in the phenology of British Odonata are related to climate [PDF]

, 2007
Responses of biota to climate change take a number of forms including distributional shifts, behavioural changes and life history changes. This study examined an extensive set of biological records to investigate changes in the timing of life history ...
Ando H, Aoki T, Bechly G, Butterfield JEL, Cannell MGR, Carle FL, Coope GR, Coope GR, Corbet PS, Corbet PS, Corbet PS, Corbet PS, Corbet PS, Davis MB, Fleming RA, Hilfert-Ruppell D, Hostetler SW, Jodicke R, Merritt R, Merritt R, Norling U, Norling U, Ott J, Pilgrim JM, Pritchard G, Pritchard G, Pritchard G, Sawchyn WW, Sawchyn WW, Sawchyn WW, Sokal RR, Stearns SC, Sternberg K, Sternberg K, Trueman JWH   +34 more
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Initial preference of oviposition sites: discrimination between living and dead plant material in Sympecma fusca and Coenagrion caerulescens (Odonata: Lestidae, Coenagrionidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2001
Sympecma fusca and Coenagrion caerulescens mainly deposit their eggs into floating dead parts of emergent plants. In their initial choice of oviposition site (selection of landing site) S. fusca does not distinguish between fresh and dead plant material,
Andreas MARTENS
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Observations on the Nesting of \u3ci\u3eCrabro Tenuis\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) [PDF]

, 2017
Three nests of Crabro tenuis were studied during June 1971-1972 in Oswego County, New York. Females constructed shallow but lengthy, multicelled nests in sand with the cells being built in clusters, sometimes in series. Females plugged the entrances with
Kurczewski, Frank E, Miller, Richard C
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Long range movements by individuals as a vehicle for range expansion in Calopteryx splendens (Odonata: Zygoptera)

European Journal of Entomology, 2007
1. Flight activity in zygopterans is generally restricted to short-range movements associated with foraging, reproductive activity and escape. Indeed, previous studies have suggested that Calopteryx species, including C.
Louise WARD, Peter MILL
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