Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok IV. - Natura Somogyiensis 15. / Miscellanea 4. (Kaposvár, 2009)
Csordás Lilla et al.: Újabb adatok a ritka hegyiszitakötő (Cordulegaster haros, Theischinger, 1979) zselici elterjedéséhez
Natura Somogyiensis IS 53-56 Kaposvár, 2009 New data on the distribution of Large Golden Ringed Dragonfly (Cordulegaster heros Theischinger, 1979) (Odonata) in Zselic hills Lilla Csordás1, Árpád Ferincz2’3, Andor Lőkkös4, György Rozner5 'Western Hungary University, Institution of Forest Protection and Forest Cultivation H-9400 Sopron, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Endre u. 4., Hungary, e-mail: lillaszitakotok@gmail.com 2Loránd Eötvös University, Department of Zootaxonomy and Ecology H-1117 Budapest Pázmány Péter Sétány 1/c, Hungary, e-mail: thorocatum@gmail.com 3Balaton Limnological Research Institute of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-8237 Tihany Klebelsberg Kúnó u. 3., Hungary 4University of Pannonia, Department of Animal Science and Animal Breeding, H-8360 Keszthely, Deák F. u. 16., Hungary, e-mail: a.lokkos@gmail.com ^Directorate of the Balaton-felvidéki National Park H-8229 Csopak, Kossuth u. 16., Hungary, e-mail: roznergyuri@gmail.com Csordás, L., Ferincz Á., Lőkkös A., Rozner Gy.: New data on the distribution of Large Golden Ringed Dragonfly (Cordulegaster hems Theischinger, 1979) (Odonata) in Zselic hills. Abstract: The earliest record of this species is dated back to 2005. Intensive investigations, habitat mapping and ecological research of C. heros were started in 2008. Our researches were focused on the larval instars and also on the conservation of the habitats. Most of the discussed C. heros populations were strong with high abundance. In the present study, we publish the results of the records done in 2008 and 2009. Keywords: Zselic, dragonflies, Cordulegaster hems, faunistic Introduction The Large Golden Ringed Dragonfly (Cordulegaster heros Theischinger, 1979) is our only one strictly protected dragonfly species included in the Hungarian Red Book and also on the red lists and red books of several other nation’s as well. It is also a Natura 2000 indicator species. Eralier, Ambrus et al. (1996) and Kovács et al. (2004, 2006) reported the species from Western Transdanubia and Tóth (2004, 2006a) from Mecsek and Zselic Hills. In the Zselic Hills, firstly, Tóth (2006) reported the species from Szenna: Denna forest on 17th of March, 2005. Two larvae were collected in Mátyás-kút (Mátyás well). In the same place, imagoes and exuviums were collected on 5th of July, 2006 (Tóth 2006). In 2007, one specimen was captured in Gyüríifü, during the Biodiversity Days (Tóth 2009).
