Contributions to the faunistics of Odonata in Thailand

Authors

Michael L. Ferro, Louisiana State Arthropod MuseumFollow
Robert W. Sites, University of Missouri-ColumbiaFollow
Akekawat Vitheepradit, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, ThailandFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

10-25-2009

Comments

Published in Insecta Mundi 0104: 1-24 Published in 2009 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc.
http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/

Abstract

Distribution and habitat information are provided for 1578 adult specimens of Odonata representing 127 species in 70 genera and 16 families that were collected from 143 locations throughout Thailand. Of the species collected, 25 (20%) were represented by a single specimen, and 40 (31%) were collected from a single location. Collections were made at 49 lentic and 85 lotic sites, and an average of 6.9 and 6.6 species were collected at each site in each habitat, respectively.