Evidence of reproduction of Lindenia tetraphylla in Bulgaria (Odonata: Gomphidae)

摘要

Lindenia tetraphylla was found reproducing in a warm man-made lake strongly influenced by one of the nearby lignite-fired Maritsa Iztok thermoelectric power stations in the Thracian Bulgarian plain. The records included a great number of imagines andsome exuviae. A significant number of adult individuals were also found in various smaller ponds around, part of them considered as individuals in search of new breeding habitats. The reasons for the species’ establishment in this highly disturbed areaare discussed.