Anax nigrofasciatus Oguma, 1915

Onishko, Vladimir V., Kosterin, Oleg E. & Emelyanov, Egor G., 2021, Anax nigrofasciatus Oguma, 1915 (Odonata, Aeschnidae): A new addition to the fauna of Russia, Amurian Zoological Journal XIII (4), pp. 516-519 : 517

Anax nigrofasciatus Oguma, 1915

Material. 1♂ (photographed in hand and released), Russia, Primorskiy Kray, Nadezhdino District, near the Sadko Garden Non-Commercial Fellowship , 43.4171 N, 131.9327 E, E. G. Emelyanov .

Habitat and observation. At ca 16:30 on 19 June 2021, a mature male was caught and photographed by E. G. Emelyanov at a small (9 × 9 m) artificial fire pond devoid of aquatic vegetation, with very scarce riparian vegetation and quite steep banks (Fig. 1). The male exhibited territorial behaviour, ranging at 2–2.5 m above the water surface along the banks and sometimes crossing the pond diagonally. The weather was sunny but with unevenly strong wind and an ongoing heavy thunderstorm front. Other Odonata at the pond were represented by Coenagrion johanssonii , Cordulia aenea amurensis and Pantala flavescens . Further search of this species there at later dates provided no result.