ODONATA
photographed in Nature in different regions,
mostly in Siberia
Any use of images of this site must be accompanied with a reference to the author
All the pictures were taken in pure natural conditions without any restriction to a dragonfly freedom.
CALOPTERYGIDE (239 pictures) Last updated in December 2019
EUPHAEIDAE (83 pictures) Last updated in May 2018
CHLOROCYPHIDAE (79 pictures) Last updated in August 2019
PHYLOGANGIDAE (4 pictures of one species) Last updated in December 2016
MEGAOPODAGRIONIDAE (55 pictures) Last updated in December 2016
LESTIDAE (164 pictures) Last updated in September 2019
COENAGRIONIDAE (533 pictures) Last updated in December 2019
PLATYCNEMIDIDAE (169 pictures) Last updated in August 2019
PLATYSTICTIDAE (19 pictures) Last updated in December 2019
PROTONEURIDAE (48 pictures) Last updated in December 2016
AESHNIDAE (301 pictures) Last updated in November 2019
CORDULEGASTRIDAE (20 pictures) Last updated in August 2017
GOMPHIDAE (336 pictures) Last updated in December 2019
CORDULIIDAE, SYNTHEMISTIDAE and MACROMIIDAE (104 pictures) Last updated in November 2019
LIBELLULIDAE (1040 pictures) Last updated in January 2020
RUSSIA and KAZAKHSTAN (1324 pictures) Last updated in January 2020
JAPAN and SOUTH KOREA (124 pictures) Last updated in September 2007
THAILAND (509 pictures) Last updated in November 2010
CAMBODIA (782 pictures) Last updated in August 2019
INDONESIA (113 pictures) Last updated in July 2014
ETHIOPIA (96 pictures) Last updated in January 2013
WESTERN EUROPE (210 pictures) Last updated in January 2018
IRAN (101 pictures) Last updated in May 2018
"RUSSIAN ODONATOLOGICAL FRAGMENTS"
Miscelaeous fragments of Russian odonatological literature translated by O. Kosterin into English
View the list of dragonfly taxa preserved in Siberian Zoological Museum at the Institute of Systematicsand Ecology of Animals. Novosibirsk.
(including images of Belyshev's type specimens)
A LIST OF MY PUBLICATIONS ON ODONATA
Zaika, V.V., Kosterin, O.E. 1987. [Community structure and ethological
aspects of dragonflies of Lake Manzherok (Altai)]. In: [Ecology and
Geography of Arthropods of Siberia]. Nauka (Siberian Division),
Novosibirsk. pp. 73-74 (in Russian) Kosterin, O.E. 1987. [Dragonfly community of Lake Manzherok]. In:
[Problems of formation of communities terrestrial and aquatic
biocenoses]. OmGPI, Omsk. pp. 76-92. (in Russian) Kosterin O.E. 1989. To the dragonfly fauna of Altai Mts. Theses of the All-
Union Scientific-Practical Conference "Problems of Ecology of
Mountainous Regions" 9-13 October 1989. Dushanbe. pp. 6-10 (in
Russian) Kosterin, O.E. 1992. New distribution records of Somatochlora sahlbergi
Trybom (Odonata, Corduliidae). Acta Hydroentomo- logica Latvica -
Vol. 2 - P. 22-26.Russian text is available here Zaika, V.V., O.E.Kosterin. 1992. Some interesting observations of dragonflies
(Odonata) in South Tuva. Acta Hydroentomologica Latvica Vol.
2 - P. 81-84.Russian text is available here
By clicking highlighted references you'll see the very text (without illustrations)
Kosterin, O. 1996. Dragonflies (Odonata) of the city of Omsk. Acta Hydroentomologica Latvica - Vol. 3 - P. 10-21.
Kosterin, O.E. 1996. Items: Sympetrum croceolum Selye 1883; Ischnura pumilio Charpentier, 1825; Nechalenia speciosa Charpentier, 1840. Zaika, V.V., Kosterin O.E. Item: Anax parthenope Selys, 1839. In: The Red Book of Altai Republic. Animals. Novosibirsk. pp. 44-49, 54-56. (in Russian)
Kosterin, O. E. 1998. Vazhnye nakhodki v faune strekoz (Odonata) Daurskogo zapovednika i ego okrestnostei. [Important findings in the dragonfly (Odonata) fauna of the Dahurian Nature Reserve and its environs. In: Problems of Entomology in Russian]. Abstracts for XI Congress of Russian Entomological Society, Sanct-Petersburg, - Vol. 1 - P. 210-211< (in Russian). Available in Russian and English)
O.E. Kosterin. 1999. Dragonflies (Odonata) of the
Daurskii State Nature Reserve and its surroundings. In: Nasekomye
Daurii i sopredel'nykh territorii (Sbornik nauchnykh trudov). Vypusk II.
[Insects of Dauria and Adjacent Terrtories. (Collected scientific works).
Issue II]. - Novosibirsk - P. 5-40. (in Russian, Engl. res.)
English translation available here
O. E. Kosterin. 2000. Observation of an intergeneric copulation between a male Cordulia aenea (l.) and a female Epitheca bimaculata (Charp.) (Anisoptera: Corduliidae). Notulae Odonatologicae, Vol. 5, No. 5, p. 55-56.
Krasnaya Kniga Chitinskoi oblasti i Aginskogo Buryatskogo Avtonomnogo okruga. Zhivotnye [Red Book of Chita Province and Aginskii Buryat Autonomous Region. Animals.]. A. M. Vozmilov, ed. - 2000 - Poisk - Chita. Items: by O. E. Kosterin: Strelka v-chernoe, Cercion v-nigrum (Needham, 1930) - p. 140-141; Dedka Maaka, Anisogomphus maackii (Selys, 1872) [= Gomphus m-flavum (Selys, 1872)] - p. 141-142; Dozorshchik iyul'skii, Anax parthenope Selys, 1839, ssp. julius Brauer, 1866 - p. 142-143; Brodyazhka ryzhaya, Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798) - p. 145-146. By O. E. Kosterin and E. A. Maksimenko: Babka Zal'berga - Somatochlora sahlbergi Trybom, 1889 - p. 143-144. (in Russian)
Kosterin, O. E., Haritonov, A. Y., Inoue, K. 2001. Dragonflies of the part of Novosibirsk Province east of the Ob', Russia. - Sympetrum Hyogo - Vol. 7/8 - p. 24-49 (in English and Japanese).
Kosterin, O. E., Zaika, V. V. 2001. Odonate fauna of the Tyva Republic, or Tuva (Central Siberia). - The Fifteenth International Symposium of Odonatology. Abstracts. Novosibirsk, Russia, July 9-19, 2001 - pp. 10-11.
Krasnaya kniga Respubliki Tyva. Zhivotnye [Red Data Book of Tyva Republic. Animals, N. I. Putuintsev, ed.]. 2002. SO RAN Press, Geo Branch, Novosibisrk, 167 p. Articles: Kosterin, O. E. Dedka shiporogii Ophiogomphus spinicornis Selys, 1878 - p. 14. (in Russian)
Kosterin, O. E. 2002. Western borders and isolates of some generally East Asian odonate species in South Siberia and their putative origin. - In: The first Symposium of the SIOROEA (S.I.O. Regional Office in East Asia. Abstracts and program. - National Science Museum, Daejeon, July 26-29 2002 - p. 12-13.
Kosterin, O. E., E. I. Malikova, O. E. Haritonov. 2004. Critical species of Odonata in the Asian part of the former USSR and the Republic of Mongolia. International Journal of Odonatology 7: 341-370.
Dubatolov, V. V., R. Yu. Dudko, V. G. Mordkovich, O. B. Korsun, S. E. Chernyshev, D. V. Logunov, Yu. M. Marusik, A. A. Legalov, S. V. Vasilenko, L. G. Grishina, G. S. Zolotarenko, A. V. Barkalov, V. P. Petrova, P. Ya. Ustjuzhanin, S. Yu. Gordeev, V. K. Zihcnenko, M. G. Ponomarenko, I. I. Lyubechanskii, N. N. Vinokurov, O. E. Kosterin, E. I. Malikova, A. L. L'vovskii, E. A. Maksimenko, E. E. Malkov, A. N. Streltzov, S. G. Rudykh, D. A. Mil'ko. 2004. Biodiversity of the Sokhondo Nature Reserve. Arthropoda. Sokhondo Nature Reserve, Institute of Systematics and ecology of Animals SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Chita, 415 p. (in Russian) [a part on Odonata, pp. 81-87, by O. E. Kosterin, E. I. Malikova, E. A. Maksimenko, O. V. Korsun].
Dumont, H., A. Y. Haritonov, O. E. Kosterin, E. I. Malikova, O. G. Popova. 2005. A review of the Odonata of Kamchatka peninsula, Russia. Odonatologica 34 (2): 131-153
Kosterin, O. E. 2005. Western range limits and isolates of eastern odonate species in Siberia and their putative origins. Odonatologica 34 (3): 219-242.
Kosterin, O. E., Dubatolov V. V. 2005. A dragonfly (Odonata) collection from the Bol'shekhekhtsirskii State Nature Reserve (Khabarovskii Krai, Russia) - Fauna of Russian Far East: collected research papers. Volume 5 - Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University, Blagoveshchensk - P. 9-14.
Kosterin O. R., Vikhrev N. E. 2006. Odonata seen during three days in a populated lowland part of Cambodia. Malangpo 21: 212-217.
Kosterin, O. E., O. V. Korsun. 2006. A collection of Odonata from the Argun' (Hailar) River basin in Transbaikalia, East Siberia, Russia. - Notulae Odonotologicae 6: 81-85.
Bernad, R., O. E. Kosterin. 2007. Odonatologiczne impresje z Riowniny Wasjuganu, zachodnia Syberia. Odonatrix 3 (2): 50-58.
Malikova E. I., O. E. Kosterin, V. V. Dubatolov. 2007. A dragonfly (Odonata) collection from the Bolshekhekhtsirskii State Nature Reserve (Khabarovskii Krai, Russia). II. Seasons 2006 and 2007. In: Zhivotnyi mir Dal'nego Vostoka [Animal World of the Far East], A. I. Streltzov ed., Issue 6, p. 5-9. A PDF-file
Bernard, R., O. Kosterin. 2008. Field notes of two hunters for Nechalennia speciosa in boggy Vasyugan Plain, West Siberia. IDF-Report 12: 1-34. A PDF-file
Kosterin, O. E. 2007. Strekozy (Insecta, Odonata) Akademgorodka [Dragonflies (Insecta, Odonata) of Akademgorodok]. In: Priroda Akademgorodka: 50 let spustya [The Nature of Akademgorodok: 50 years passed], I. F. Zhimulev (ed.), SO RAN Publishing House, Novosibirsk, pp. 74-91 (In Russian).
Kosterin, O. E. 2008. Observations on the crepuscular flight in Aeshna viridis Eversman in Omsk Province, West Siberia (Anisoptera: Aeshnidae). Notulae odonotalogicae 7 (2): 18-20.
Kosterin, O., N. Vikhrev. 2009. Some new provincial records of Odonata made in Thailand in 2007-2009 and a new record for Vietnam. Agrion 13 (2): 75-79, only this paper.
Bernard, B., O. E. Kosterin. 2010. Biogeographical and ecological description of Odonata of eastern Vasyugan Plain, West Siberia, Russia. Odonatologica 39: 1-28.
Kosterin, O. E., P. G. Gorbunov. 2010. Notes on the Odonata fauna of Kazakhstan, including the first record of Ischnura evansi Morton (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). // Notulae odonatologicae 7: 45-48.
Kosterin, O. E. 2010. Siberian taxonomical problems concerning European odonate species. 1st European Congress on Odonatology, Programme and abstracts, 2-5 July, Vaira~o - Vila do Conde, Portugal, p. 28
Kosterin, O.E., S.N. Borisov. 2010. Dragonflies (Odonata) of the Dzhungarskiy Alatau mountains, South-East Kazakhstan. Eurasian Entomological Journal 9: 299-302.
Kosterin, O.E., V.V. Zaika. 2010. Odonata of Tuva, Russia. International Journal of Odonatloogy 13: 277-328.
Kosterin, O.E., N. Makbun, P. Dawwrueng. 2012. Burmagomphus asahinai sp. nov., a new species from Cambodia and Thailand, with a description of the male of B. gratiosus Chaoi, 1954. // International Journal of Odonatology, Vol. 15, pp. 275-292.
Skalon, N.V. (ed.). 2012. Krasnaya Kinga Kemerovskoi oblasti. T. 2. Redkie i nakhodyashchiesya pod ugrozoi ischeznoveniya vidy zhivotnykh. [Red Data Book of Kemerovo Province. V. 2. Rare and threatened animal species] - Asia-Print, Kemerovo, 192 p. Articles: Dronzikova, M.V., O.E. Kosterin, T.N. Skalon: Calopteryx japonica Selys, 1869 - p. 23; Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839) - p. 24; Skalon, T.N., O.E. Kosterin, N.V. Skalon:. Gomphus vulgatissimus (Linnaeus, 1758) - p. 26 (in Russian).
Medvedev, A.F.m O.E. Kosterin, E.I. Malikova, W. Schneider. 2013. Description date of Somatochlora exuberata Bartenev, Leucorrhinia intermedia Bartenev and Sympetrum vulgatum grandis Bartenev, the fate of A.N. Bartenev’s type specimens and designation of the lectotype of L. intermedia (Anisoptera: Corduliidae, Libellulidae). Odonatologica – Vol. 42 – pp. 211-228.
Popova. O.N., S.N. Borisov, O.E. Kosterin, B. Kiauta. 2013. Obituary. Anatoly Yuryevich Haritonov. Odonatologica – Vol. 42 – pp. 409-425.
Kosterin OE, Constant J, Wilson KDP. 2014. Neotype of Pseudagrion approximans Selys, 1867 designated to resolve a nomenclatorial confusion in the genus Aciagrion Selys, 1891 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) // International Journal of Odonatology 17: 161-172. DOI:10.1080/13887890.2014.959075
Borisov, S.N., Kosterin O.E. 2014. On the fauna of Odonata of Chukotka and other northern regions of the Holarctic. // Eurasian Entomological Journal. 13 (4): 315-320.
Borisov, S.N., Kosterin O.E. 2014. Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) of north-eastern Kazakhstan. // 13 (4): 339-345.
Kosterin O.E. Risiophlebia guentheri sp. nov. (Odonata, Libellulidae) from southeastern Indochina. // Zootaxa 3964: 138-145.
Kosterin O.E. 2015. Taxonomic and faunal notes on Macromia Rambur, 1842 from Cambodia (Odonata: Macromiidae). // Odonatologica 44: 117-151
217. Kosterin O.E. 2015. Onychargia priydak sp. nov. (Odonata, Platycnemididae) from eastern Cambodia. // International Journal of Odonatology. Vol. 18. Iss. 2. P. 157-168.
Zhang H.-m., Kosterin O.E., Cai C.-h. 2015. New species and records of Burmagomphus Williamson, 1907 (Odonata, Gomphidae) from China. // Zootaxa. Vol. 3999. Issue 1. P. 62-78
Kosterin O.E. 2015. Prodasineura hoffmanni sp. nov. (Odonata, Platycnemididae, Disparoneurinae) from eastern Cambodia. // Zootaxa. Vol. 4027. Iss. 4. P. 565-577.
Kosterin O.E. 2015. Ischnura foylei sp. nov. (Odonata, Coenagrionidae) from the highlands of Sumatra. // Zootaxa. Vol. 4032. Iss. 4. P. 179-189.
Kosterin O.E. 2015. On the Odonata of North Kazakhstan Province. I. First data on Petropavlovsk. // International Dragonfly Fund Report. Vol. 86. P. 1-26.
Kosterin O.E. 2015. Odonata registered on a short excursion to Kyshtovka District, Novosibirsk Province. // International Dragonfly Fund Report. Vol. 86. P. 29-46.
Kosterin O.E. 2015. Dry season Odonata of the Cardamonean coast (Cambodia and Thailand) revisited. // International Dragonfly Fund Report. Vol. 89. P. 1-36.
Kosterin, O.E. & Yokoi N. 2016. Asiagomphus reinhardti sp. nov. (Odonata, Gomphidae) from eastern Cambodia and southern Laos. // Zootaxa Vol. 4103. Issue 1. P. 35-42.
Kosterin, O.E. 2016. Microgomphus alani (Odonata, Gomphidae) sp. nov. from Cambodia. // Zootaxa Vol. 4114. Issue 3. P. 341-350.
Joshi, S., Kosterin, O.E., Kunte, K. 2016. New status for Fraser’s forgotten Aciagrion approximans krishna, stat. nov. (Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae) from the Western Ghats of India. // International Journal of Odonatology, Vol 19. No. 1-2. P. 41-51.
Kosterin, O.E. 2016. Reconsideration of the genera Merogomphus Martin, 1904, and Anisogomphus Selys, 1857, including erection of a new genus, with a new species and discussion of additional specimens from Cambodia. // Zootaxa, Vol. 4171. Issue 1. P. 051-076.
Kosterin, O.E. 2017. Calopteryx virgo feminalis subsp. nov., a long known under the same name but hitherto formally nameless subspecies from the Caucasian Black Sea Coast. // International Dragonfly Fund Report. Vol. 107. P. 45-57.
Sasamoto A., Futahashi R., Kosterin O.E., Malikova E.I. 2017. Note on Orthetrum melania (Anisoptera: Libellulidae) from Kunashir Island with a reference to its subspecific status. // Tombo. Vol. 59. P. 74-76.
Kosterin, O.E., Kompier. T. 2017. Coeliccia rolandorum sp. nov. from eastern Cambodia and southern Vietnam, the eastern relative of C. kazukoae Asahina, 1984 (Odonata: Platycnemididae). // Zootaxa, Vol. 4341, Issue 4, P. 509-527.
Krasnaya Kniga Respubliki Altai. Zhivotnye [Red Data Book of Altai Republic. Animals]. 3rd edition. 2017.A.V. Bondarenko ed., Gorno-Altaisk, 368 p. Articles: O. E. Kosterin: Sympetrum croceolum Selys, 1883 (p. 33-35); Anax parthenope Selys, 1839 (p. 36-37); Ischnura pumilio Charpentier, 1825 (p. 37-38); Nechalennia speciosa Charpentier, 1840 (p. 39-41); A.Y. Haritonov, O.E. Kosterin: Macromia amphigena fraenata Martin, 1906 (p. 41-42). (In Russian)
Schorr, M., Kosterin, O.E., Borisov, S.N., Marinov, M. 2018. Anormogomphus kiritshenkoi Bartenev, 1913 (Odonata: Gomphidae): a literature review of the variable spelling of the species epithet, choice of the correct spelling and notes on the type locality of the species. // Zootaxa. Vol. 4370. Issue 4. P. 439-445.
Kosterin, O.E. 2018. Rediscovery of Lestes nigriceps Fraser, 1924 (Odonata: Lestidae) in eastern Cambodia. // Zootaxa. Vol. 4526. No. 4. P. 561-575.
Hamalainen, M., Kosterin O.E., Kompier, T. 2019. Euphaea cyanopogon sp. nov. from the Cardamom ecoregion in Cambodia and Vietnam (Odonata: Euphaeidae). // Zootaxa, Vol. 4555, Issue 1, p. 28-44.
Kosterin O.E., Garrison, R., Kompier, T., Farrell, D. 2019. Taxonomical notes on Indolestes (Lestidae, Zygoptera). 3. Male and clarified type locality of Indolestes anomalus Fraser, 1946. // Zootaxa, Vol. 4555, Issue 1, p. 67-78.
Kosterin, O.E. 2019. New synonyms and a new subspecies of Macrogomphus Selys, 1858 (Odonata: Gomphidae) from continental south-east Asia. // Zootaxa. Vol. 4615. Issue 1. P. 057-090
Kosterin, O.E. 2019. Amendments and updates to F.C. Fraser’s key to Indian Lestes spp. (Odonata: Lestidae) to resolve confusion of L. patricia Fraser, 1924 and L. nigriceps Fraser, 1924, with notes on L. nodalis Selys 1891 and L. garoensis Lahiri, 1987. Zootaxa. Vol. 4671. Issue 2. P. 297-300.
Kosterin, O.E. 2019. Description of a female and variation of Microgomphus alani Kosterin, 2016 (Odonata: Gomphidae) in Cambodia, with a note on sexual dimorphism in Microgomphus spp. // Zootaxa. Vol. 4701. Issue 3. P. 276-290.
Onishko, V., Kosterin, O. 2021. Dragonflies of Russia. Illustrated Photo Guide. Phyton XXI. Moscow, 480 p. (in Russian; English abstract).
Onishko, V.V., Kosterin, O.E. 2022. Ischnura elegans malikovae subspecies nova (Odonata, Coenagrionidae) from the Far East of Russia, with discussion of other possible subspecies // Zootaxa. Vol. 5120. Issue 4. P. 573-585.
Kosterin O.E. 2023. Reconsideration of the three Odonata taxa described by A.N. Bartenev from the same place in West Caucasus. Odonatologica. Vol. 52, Iss. 1/2 p. 89-126.
Kosterin, O.E. 2023. Nomenclatural reconsideration of the genera Aeschnophlebia Selys, 1883 and Planaeschna McLachlan, 1896 (Odonata, Aeshnidae). Zootaxa, Vol. 5353, Issue 5, P. 495-500.
Vogt T.E., Kosterin O.E. Colby J. 2023. Single syntypes of Somatochlora exuberata Bartenev, 1910 (Odonata: Corduliidae), discovered in both the Milwaukee Public Museum and the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, U.S.A., with designation of the lectotype. Zootaxa, Vol. 5380, Issue 6, P. 577-586.
Ilyina, E.V., Kosterin, O.E., Onishko, V.V. 2024. First data on dragonflies (Odonata) of Dagestan highlands, Russia. Euroasian Entomological Journal 23 (1): 1-17.
Kosterin, O.E., Delflosse, E. 2024. Lectotypification of Macromia pyramidalis Martin, 1907 (Odonata: Macromiidae) and its nomenclatural consequences. Zootaxa 5447 (1): 145-150.
Schneider, T., Vierstraete, A., Kosterin, O.E., Ikemeyer, D., Hu, F.-S., Novelo-Gutiérrez, R., Kompier, T., Everett, L., Jr., Müller, O., Dumont, H.J. 2024. Molecular Phylogeny of the Family Cordulegastridae (Odonata) Worldwide. Insects 2024 (15): 622.
Kosterin, O.E. 2024. Photographic recording dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) of Cambodia by public over a decade. International Dragonfly Fund Report 189: 1-19.
Von Euler, F., Kosterin, O.E. Designation of the lectotype of Somatochlora sahlbergi Trybom, 1889 (Odonata: Corduliidae). Odonatologica, Vol. 53 (3/4), P. 439-445