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New Data on the Fauna of Dragonflies and Damselflies (Insecta, Odonata) of Southeastern Belarus

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Ecological and faunistic studies into members of the order Odonata in southeastern Belarus have been carried out. New data for 38 odonata species are provided in the report; three species, Erythromma viridulum, Epitheca bimaculata, and Leucorrhinia pectoralis, are new for the region. Zoogeographically, trans-Eurasian and European odonata species predominate. The most numerous is the family Libellulidae. Most of the collected odonata species are widespread and numerous on the territory of southeastern Belarus; rare for the region are Sympecma fusca, S. paedisca, Erythromma viridulum, Ophiogomphus cecilia, Epithecia bimaculata, Somatochlora metallica, Orthetrum brunneum, and Leucorrhinia rubicunda. The data on finding sites, distribution, and ecological and biological characteristics of each species is given.

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Ostrovsky, A.M. New Data on the Fauna of Dragonflies and Damselflies (Insecta, Odonata) of Southeastern Belarus. Inland Water Biol 16, 999–1010 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082923060172

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