Borisov S.N.1, Kazenas V.L.2 2023. To the fauna of dragonflies (Odonata) of the Mangistauskaya Oblast, southwestern Kazakhstan // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.22. No.5: 227–234 [in English].
1 Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Frunze Str. 11, Novosibirsk 630091 Russia. E-mail: borisov-s-n@yandex.ru
2 Institute of Zoology of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Al-Farabi Ave. 93, Almaty 050060 Kazakhstan. E-mail: kazenas_vl@mail.ru
doi 10.15298/euroasentj.22.05.01
ABSTRACT. Data gained from specimens and photographs of dragonflies with known locations, as well as literary sources, is summerized for the dragonfly fauna of the Mangistauskaya Oblast of the south-western part of Kazakhstan. Data are provided for 22 species, of which 6, Sympecma fusca (Vander Linden, 1820), S. gobica Förster, 1900, S. paedisca (Brauer, 1877), Crocothemis erythraea chaldaeorum Morton, 1920, Selysiothemis nigra (Vander Linden, 1825) and Orthetrum cancellatum (Linnaeus, 1758), are recorded from the region for the first time, and that Sympetrum flaveolum (Linnaeus, 1758), previously registered for the region is erroneous. Under extremely arid areas lacking rivers and lakes, dragonflies live in occasional reservoirs formed by springs.
KEY WORDS: Odonata, Mangistauskaya Oblast, Kazakhstan, spring water reservoir.