TAXONOMIC STUDY OF THE ORDER ODONATA IN KORÇA REGION

The purpose of this paper is to provide a contribution to the recognition and identification of the biodiversity of the order Odonata, the class Insecta, in Korça region. This is done in order to complement the data on entomofauna in Albania. This study was conducted in 2013. The collection of the material was performed within 22 days of expeditions in 11 stations. Each station has been visited 2 times. Expeditions were conducted near areas with rivers, reservoirs, lakes, during 9oo-13oo. According to the analysis of the collected data, 16 species, 11 genera and 7 families of the order Odonata are determined. The most represented is suborder Zygoptera with 9 species, and suborder Anisoptera represented by 7 species. Family Coenagrionidae and Libellulidae are represented, both with 3 genera and five species. Of the 11 stations in the study, Boboshtica is the station with the largest number of species, that is 9. In this paper were reported 8 new species of Odonata order for the region of Korça. New species are: Lestes barbarus Fabricius, 1798; Enellagma cyathigerum Charpentier, 1840; Ischnura pumilio Charpentier, 1825; Orthetrum albistylum Selys, 1848; Orthetrum brunneum Fonscolombe, 1837; Crocothemis erythroea Brulle, 1832 Sympetrum depressiusculum Selys, 1841 and Anax imperator Leach, 1815. This number is added to the 17 species referred to in the literature, bringing the number of known species of the order Odonata in Korça to 25.