Review and contribution to the odonata fauna of Sălaj county, Romania

November 17, 2014

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Article Title:	Review and contribution to the odonata fauna of Sălaj county, Romania
Authors:	Murányi D., Katona G., Fekete J., Kovács T.
Affiliation:	1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ehime University, Matsuyama and Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest 2Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest 3Department of Hydrobiology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen 4Mátra Museum of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Gyöngyös
Abstract:	An annotated list of 17 Odonata species from Sălaj county, Romania, collected in 2014 and 2015 are given. Twelve species (Calopteryx virgo virgo (Linnaeus, 1758), Lestes viridis Vander Linden, 1825, Coenagrion pulchellum (Vander Linden, 1825), Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier, 1825), I. elegans pontica Schmidt, 1938, Aeshna affinis Vander Linden, 1823, A. cyanea (Müller, 1764), Cordulegaster heros Theischinger, 1979, Somatochlora meridionalis Nielsen, 1935, Libellula depressa Linnaeus, 1758, Orthetrum coerulescens coerulescens (Fonscolombe, 1837), Orthetrum brunneum (Fonscolombe, 1837)) are new records for the area. The occurrence of Cordulegaster heros Theischinger, 1979 is the most important result, the rare L. viridis and S. meridionalis are also worth to mention.
Keywords:	Dragonflies, faunistic, new records, Cordulegaster heros
*Correspondence:	Murányi D., Ehime University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bunkyo-cho 3, 790-8577, Matsuyama, Japan and Hungarian Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology, Baross u. 13, H-1088, Budapest, Hungary, Tel. 080 6387 3897, +36-1-267-7007, Fax. +36-1-3171-669, emails: muranyi@cee.ehime-u.ac.jp, muranyi@zool.nhmus.hu,

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