ADDITIONS TO THE ODONATA FAUNA OF IRAN

Abstract

Forty eight species of Odonata families, including Libellulidae (23 species), Aeschnidae (7species), Gomphidae (5 species), Cordulegastridae (1 species) from suborder Anisoptera and Euphaeidae (1species), Calopterygidae (1 species), Lestidae (3 species), Platycnemididae (1 species) and Coenagrionidae (6species) from suborder Zygoptera were collected from 46 sampling sites in Iran between early May 2001 tomid June 2002. Two species of Libellulidae (Libellula fulva and Sympetrum sinaiticum), and one species ofGomphidae, (Paragomphus sinaiticus) are recorded from Iran for the first time.