MACROMIA SCIENTIFIC
Dragonflies of Southern Iberia
Macromia Scientific have been working on dragonfly projects in southern Iberia since 1992; it is one of the most under recorded areas in western Europe and a stronghold of some of our rarest species. The scope for additional recording is limitless and in order to tempt more observers to work this fascinating region we have produced a set of pdf files that we hope will help naturalists, photographers etc. understand the fauna better, identify habitats and, most importantly, enable you to identify those species that occur, or are likely to occur, in the region.
But first a few explanations:
Most of the photos in the files are ours and are never going to win any prizes.
If you find good photos they will almost certainly be supplied by www.dragonflypix.com. If you want to see really top quality pictures of the species shown here, we recommend that you visit this website.
Secondly, you may be new to dragonflies and want more general information. There are the references quoted in the pdf files but the British Dragonfly Society can almost certainly help. Visit their website at www.british-dragonflies.org.uk
If you do visit the area and make observations then you can send them to me at dgc@davidchelmick.com
And to the regional recorders:
- Spain – Adolfo Cordero – adolfo.cordero@uvigo.es
- Portugal – Sonia Ferrera – hiporame@gmail.com
Your information will be added to my own database of the area and to the recording scheme of the European Invertebrate Survey and therefore providing vital distribution information for the region.
Click on the pictures surrounding the wheel to access the files. (Password available from dgc@davidchelmick.com )
Start with Southern Iberia (orange) to give you a flavour for this fabulous area. You can then click on the other pictures (green slices – damselflies. blue slices – dragonflies) to help you to identify the species likely to be found.
Each slice represents a family with the number of species stated in each slice.
If you would like more details about the life history etc, the Southern Iberia section has a number of references that will be useful.
The Systematic List provides a check list for your own records.
The files are all in pdf format so can be read for free. Our research work is on-going and these guides are not perfect. If you find some features that are incorrect or other things that will improve the keys please let us know.
Good hunting.
