An introduction to faunal study and checklist improvement of Fars Province Odonata

Faunal study of Odonata in Fars province began, in 1380 (2002) for the first time at the department of biology, Shiraz University, This article presents a part of the results of this study, which is related to their adult stage. According to accessible references, there was no other detailed study on this group of insects until this project started. In addition to some specimens which had been collected and kept at the Insect Collection of biology department, Shiraz University (CBSU), during the past few years, several new collections of Odonata were also added to this study from different habitats of the province. A total of 650 adults, 264 of the suborder Anisoptera (dragonfly) and 386 of the suborder Zygoptera (damselfly) were collected and identified during one-year sampling. Among 22 identified species, 15 species belonged to Anisoptera and 7 to Zygoptera. Nine species were reported from Fars province for the first time. Line drawings, photos and distribution maps of the species were prepared separately; some of them are presented in here as a sample.