Revue d’Ecologie (Terre et Vie), Vol. 73 (4), 2018 : 537-549
537 ODONATA OF THE MAZAFRAN HYDROSYSTEM: DISTRIBUTION AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
Nassima SELLAM-BOUATTOURA1, Fouzia ATTOU1, Abdeslem ARAB1 & Boudjéma SAMRAOUI2
1 Laboratory of Dynamics and Biodiversity, FSB, USTHB, LP 32 El Alia, Bab Ezzouar. Algiers, Algeria. E-mails : sellamnassima@ gmail. com ; attou. fouzia@ yahoo. fr ; abdeslama@ yahoo. fr
2 Laboratoire de Conservation des Zones Humides, Université 8 Mai 1945 Guelma, Algeria & Department of Biology, University of Annaba, Annaba, Algeria. E-mail : bsamraoui@ yahoo. fr
The Odonata constitute a well-known and very old group of insects, dating from the Lower Permian. Their direct ancestors (Protodonata) are even known since the Carboniferous (Corbet 1999; Grand & Boudot, 2006). These insects spend their larval life in aquatic habitats and use a wide range of terrestrial habitats as adults. Over the last decades, numerous studies of North African odonates have appeared, among which the most recent are those of Dumont (2007), Boudot (2008) and Boudot & De Knijf (2012) in Morocco, Jödicke et al. (2000) in Tunisia. Jödicke et al. (2004) gave an overview of their conservation status covering both North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Useful updated
