Faunistic Note. Fifty years later: the rediscovery of Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Odonata: Libellulidae) in Romania

Abstract

Leucorrhinia pectoralis is included in the Bern Convention (Appendix II), the Habitats Directive (Council Directive 92/43/EEC) (Annexes II and IV), the IUCN European Red List of Dragonflies, the IUCN Red List of Mediterranean Dragonflies and in the Red List of Dragonflies of the Carpathians. Typical environments for this species are peatlands, a habitat that is in decline and needs special protection throughout Europe. In the summer of 2014 we investigated ROSCI0247 “Tinovul Mare Poiana Stampei” and identified two males of Leucorrhinia pectoralis. At 4.5 km from this protected area, within the same period, we found several dozen individuals of L. pectoralis in a peat exploit area, called “Turbamin”, an example of human activities contributing accidentally to maintain a rare and protected species in nature.

New record of Leucorrhinia Pectoralis (Charpentier, 1825) (Insecta: Libellulidae) in the Republic of Moldova

“…In the summer of 2014, after fifty years, Leucorrhinia pectoralis was rediscovered in Romania. Two males of this species were registered in the "Tinovul Mare Poiana Stampei", Succeava country [6].In Ukraine the species is regularly observed in the Volynska, Zhytomyrska, Kharkivska, Dnipropetrovska, Kyivska and other regions [10].At international level the species Leucorrhinia pectoralis is protected and included in the Bern Convention (Appendix II), the Habitats Directive (Council Directive 92/43/EEC) (Annexes II and IV), the IUCN European Red List of Dragonflies, the IUCN Red List of Mediterranean Dragonflies and in the Red List of Dragonflies of the Carpathians [6].…”