<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><italic>Gomphus pulchellus</italic> is an unacceptable record from the Czech Republic in the past. This deciscion is based on the revision of the material deposited in all major Czech and Slovak museums, on the revision of several other dragonfly collections, as well as on an extensive faunistic research carried out by the authors during the last twenty years. In addition, the published data were critically evaluated. In summary, no documented specimen in museums or private collections was found, and there are no recent records from the Czech Republic. Hence deletion of <italic>G. pulchellus</italic> from the species list of the Czech Republic is suggested. Reasons for the absence in the Czech Republic are discussed.</p></abstract>

Gomphus pulchellus is an unacceptable record from the Czech Republic in the past. This deciscion is based on the revision of the material deposited in all major Czech and Slovak museums, on the revision of several other dragonfly collections, as well as on an extensive faunistic research carried out by the authors during the last twenty years. In addition, the published data were critically evaluated. In summary, no documented specimen in museums or private collections was found, and there are no recent records from the Czech Republic. Hence deletion of G. pulchellus from the species list of the Czech Republic is suggested. Reasons for the absence in the Czech Republic are discussed.

<italic>Gomphus pulchellus</italic> Sélys, 1840 does not belong to the dragonfly (Odonata) fauna of the Czech Republic

Na Bˇlidle 1, CZ-735 64 Havířov-Suchá, Czech Republic

Department of Forest Protection and Wildlife Management, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemˇdˇlská 3, CZ-613 00 Brno

Acta Musei Silesiae, Scientiae Naturales

 Sélys, 1840 does not belong to the dragonfly (Odonata) fauna of the Czech Republic

Gomphus pulchellus is an unacceptable record from the Czech Republic in the past. This deciscion is based on the revision of the material deposited in all...

Gomphus pulchellus Sélys, 1840 does not belong to the dragonfly (Odonata) fauna of the Czech Republic

Published Online: Jan 13, 2012

Page range: 217 - 222

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10210-011-0025-4

Keywords
Odonata, check list, unacceptable record, faunistics, Czech Republic

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