Libellula pontica, Selys, 1887

K. J. Morton, 1924, The Dragon-flies (Odonata) of Palestine, based primarily on collection made by Dr. P. A. Buxton, with Notes on the Species of the Adjacent Regions., Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1924, pp. 25-44 : 42

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5522638

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scientific name

Libellula pontica
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Libellula pontica View in CoL Selys.

Jisr Banat Yakob , Jordan Valley, ♂, 6.iv.22 ; Lake Huleh, ♂♂ ♀♀, 24.v.22. A ♂ was also taken by Barraud in the Kishon plain, 16.v.20 .

An interesting species of comparatively limited distribution, other known localities being Antioche, Kellemisch, and Malatia. As recorded by Ris (op. cit. p. 1098), it has also been taken in the Tiflis region by Bartenef, who described it as a new species under the name of Leptetrum rubruin (Arb. Zool. Abt. Univ. Warschau, 1912, p. 5 seep.).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Odonata

Family

Libellulidae

Genus

Libellula

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