Natura Croatica Issue number: Natura Croatica, Vol. 25 No.2

Novi nalaz razmnožavanja vrste Lindenia tetraphylla (Vander Linden, 1825) (Odonata, Gomphidae) na sjeverozapadnoj granici njene rasprostranjenosti

Authors: Marina Vilenica, Antun Alegro, Nikola Koletić, Zlatko Mihaljević

Authors and affiliation

  • Marina Vilenica University of Zagreb, Faculty of Teacher Education, Trg Matice hrvatske 12, 44250 Petrinja, Croatia
  • Antun Alegro University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Botany, Marulićev trg 20/II, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Nikola Koletić University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Botany, Marulićev trg 20/II, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Zlatko Mihaljević Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

A total of 12 dragonfly species were recorded at Vlačine Reservoir in the Dinaric Western Balkan region (ER 5) in Croatia. Habitat conditions, i.e. vegetation structure and physico-chemical water properties of the reservoir, are presented and discussed. Habitat conditions were suitable for life cycle completion of Mediterranean species such as Lindenia tetraphylla and Selysiothemis nigra. Exuviae of L. tetraphylla represent new evidence of the species’ reproduction in the north-western border of its distribution

Keywords

exuviae, breeding site, emergence, Dinaric Western Balkan region, ER 5, Croatia