Area Checklists

Since the publication of the Atlas in 2015 the following new country records have been published in the literature (and/or on reliable internet sources) and have now been incorporated into our area checklists and distribution maps:

• Northern Banded Groundling (Brachythemis impartita) has been added as new to the area Italy: mainland
• Hairy Hawker (Brachytron pratense) has been added as new to the area Italy: Sicily
• Turkish Goldenring (Cordulegaster picta) has been added as new to the area Russian Federation: mainland
• Broad Scarlet (Crocothemis erythraea) has been added as new to the area Denmark
• Eurasian Baskettail (Epitheca bimaculata) has been added as new to the area Bulgaria
• Western Clubtail (Gomphus pulchellus) has been added as new to the area Albania
• Bladetail (Lindenia tetraphylla) has been added as new to the area Italy: Sicily
• White-Tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum albistylum) has been added as new to the area Belgium
• Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens) has been added as new to the area Poland
• Black Pennant (Selysiothemis nigra) has been added as new to the area Macedonia
• Southern Darter (Sympetrum meridionale) has been added as new to the area Lithuania
• Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata) has been added as new to the area Hungary
• Red-Veined Dropwing (Trithemis arteriosa) has been added as new to the area Greece
• Orange-Winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi) has been added as new to the areas France: mainland and Portugal: mainland

Note also that Western Willow Spreadwing (Chalcolestes viridis) has been removed from the area Russian Federation: mainland.

We would like to thank Jean-Pierre Boudot for kindly providing us with the above information.

In a further update, seven more new country records were added in 2019:

• Western Clubtail (Gomphus pulchellus) was added as new to the area Czech Republic
• Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens) was added as new to the area Belarus
• Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens) was added as new to the area France: mainland
• Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens) was added as new to the area Germany
• Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens) was added as new to the area Italy: mainland
• Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens) was added as new to the area Lithuania
• Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens) was added as new to the area Switzerland

We would like to thank Martin Sterik, Cyrille Deliry and Jean-Pierre Boudot for kindly providing us with the new information.

Then in 2020 three more new country records were added:

• Orange-Winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi) was added as new to the area Spain: Canary Islands
• Orange-Winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi) was also added as new to the area Malta
• Black Pennant (Selysiothemis nigra) was added as new to the area France: mainland

We thank Torben Sebro, Charles Gauci and Jean-Pierre Boudot respectively for providing us with the new information.

And, again in 2020, a new species was discovered in the Valencia region of Spain: Onychogomphus cazuma Barona, Cardo & Díaz, 2020. We have now incorporated this new species in our checklists and added our photographs to the relevant species page.

In 2021 four more country records were added or updated:

• Green-Eyed Hawker (Aeshna isoceles) was added as new to the area Cyprus
• Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata) was added as new to the area Slovenia
• The status of the Migrant Spreadwing (Lestes barbarus) for the area Cyprus was updated from "Present before 1990" to "Present before and after 1990"
• The status of the Green Hooktail (Paragomphus genei) for the area France: Corsica was updated from "Present before 1990" to "Present before and after 1990"

Many thanks to David Sparrow and Jean-Pierre Boudot for the information.

In 2022 three more country records were added or confirmed:

• Orange-Winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi) was - surprisingly - added as new to the area Belgium
• Dark Whiteface (Leucorrhinia albifrons) was confirmed for the area Belgium
• Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata) was added as new to the area Croatia

We are grateful to Geert De Knijf and Jean-Pierre Boudot for providing us with the new information.

Then in 2023 five more country records were added:

• Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens) was added as new to the area Spain
• Slender Skimmer (Orthetrum sabina) was added as new to the area Russian Federation: mainland
• Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata) was added as new to the area Bulgaria
• Broad Scarlet (Crocothemis erythraea) was added as new to the area Sweden
• Moorland Hawker (Aeshna juncea) was added as new to the area Greece

We thank Jean-Pierre Boudot, Milen Marinov and Alexandros Gassios for providing us with the latest information.

In 2024 four more country records were added:

• Common Winter Damsel (Sympecma fusca) was added as new to the area Denmark
• Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope) was added as new to the area Denmark
• Green-Eyed Hawker (Aeshna isoceles) was added as new to the area Finland
• Wandering Glider (Pantala flavecens) was added as new to the area Portugal: mainland

We thank Jesper Bay Jacobsen and Jean-Pierre Boudot for providing us with this information.

Then in 2025 four more country records were added:

• Eastern Spectre (Caliaeschna microstigma) was - belatedly - added as new to the area Serbia
• Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata) was added as new to the area Serbia
• Black Pennant (Selysiothemis nigra) was added as new to the area Serbia
• Bladetail (Lindenia tetraphylla) was added as new to the area Serbia

We are again indebted to Jean-Pierre Boudot for providing us with this information.

And finally, in 2026 one more country record has been added so far:

• Odalisque (Epallage fatime) has been added as new to the area Serbia

We once again thank Jean-Pierre Boudot for providing us with this information.