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Dragonflies (Odonata) of thermal springs in Central Asia

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Sixteen species of dragonflies were recorded in 12 thermal springs of Central Asia. Of these, Ischnura forcipata, I. pumilio, Orthetrum anceps, O. brunneum, and Sympetrum haritonovi were widely distributed in hydrothermal waters. In the high mountains of Pamir, dragonflies can develop only in hot springs. The maximum altitude recorded for the habitat of O. brunneum was 3950 m a.s.l.

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Original Russian Text © S.N. Borisov, 2015, published in Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 2015, Vol. 94, No. 12, pp. 1400–1407.

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Borisov, S.N. Dragonflies (Odonata) of thermal springs in Central Asia. Entmol. Rev. 95, 1203–1211 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873815090080

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