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CALOPTERYGIDAE Atrocalopteryx atrata Selys Primorye![]()
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Calopteryx japonica japonica Primorye
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Calopteryx japonica Sel. altaica Bel. Kemerovo Province
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(= Calopteryx virgo alatica) Altai Mts. Calopteryx splendens Harris Novosibirsk
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Omsk
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Tomsk Province
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Tuva
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Moscow
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West Caucasus
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Kazakhstan
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Calopteryx virgo L. NW Caucasus
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LESTIDAE Lestes barbarus Fabr. NW Caucasus
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Lestes dryas Kirby Novosibirsk, Omsk. Altai Mts.
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NW Caucasus
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Lestes macrostigma Ev. Novosibirsk Province
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Altai, N Kazakhstan bw Lestes sponsa Hans. Kemerovo Province
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Novosibirsk Province
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Tomsk Province
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Altai Mts. Tuva
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Lestes virens v.d.Lind. Novosibirsk Province
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Altai Mts. Sympecma fusca v.d.Lind. Dzhungarian and Zailiiskiy Alatau Mts
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Caucasus
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Sympecma gobica Forster Dzhungarian Alatau Mts
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Sympecma paedisca Omsk
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Novosibirsk
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Tomsk Province
Altai, Dzhungarian Alatau Mts c COENAGRIONIDAE Coenagrion armatum Charp. Transbaikalia
Tuva
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Novosibirsk
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Omsk
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Coenagrion ecornutum Selys Novosibirsk
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Transbaikalia
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Coenagrion glaciale Selys Transbaikalia
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Coenagrion hastulatum Charp. Novosibirsk
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Altai Mts. bw Coenagrion hylas Trybom Tuva
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Kamchatka
Altai bw Coenagrion johanssoni Wallengren Krasnoyarskiy Kray
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Tuva
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Kamchatka
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Coenagrion lanceolatum Selys Transbaikalia
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Primorye
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Coenagrion lunulatum Charp. Transbaikalia (= Coenagrion vernale Hagen)
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Tuva
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Omsk
Novosibirsk
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Coenagrion puella L. Novosibirsk
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Moscow
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Kazakhstan
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Coenagrion pulchellum v.d.Lind. Novosibirsk
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Kazakhstan
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Enallagma cyathigerum Charp. Yakutia
Tuva c
Enallagma cyathigerum risi Schmidt Novosibirsk
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Tuva
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Krasnoyarskiy Kray
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Kazakhstan
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Transbaikalia Erythromma najas Hans. Novosibirsk
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Altai Mts. bw Moscow
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E. najas humerale Selys Tuva
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Transbaikalia
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Erythromma viridulum Charp. NW Caucasus
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Ischnura elegans v.d. Lind. Novosibirsk, Omsk
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NW Caucasus
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Central Russia
Kazakhstan
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Ischnura pumilio Vander Linden NW Caucasus
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Kazakhstan
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Paracercion calamorum calamorum Ris Primorye
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Paracercion hieroglyphicum Brauer Primorye
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Paracercion plagiosum Needham Primorye
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Paracercion v-nigrum Needh. Transbaikalia
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Nechalennia speciosa Tomsk Province
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PLATYCNEMIDIDAE Platycnemis pennipes Pall. Novosibirsk and Kemerovo Provicnes
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NW Caucasus
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Kazakhstan
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Platycnemis phyllopoda Djak Primorye
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Pseudocopera tokyoensis Asahina Primorye
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AESHNIDAE Aeschnophlebia longistigma Selys Primorye
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Aeshna affinis v.d. Lind. West Siberia
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North Caucasus
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Aeshna caerulea Altai
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Tuva
Kazakhstanean Altai
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Aeshna crenata Hag. Altai Mts. bw
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Novosibirsk Province
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Tomsk Province
Transbaikalia (larva)
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Kamchatka
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Aeshna grandis L. Novosibirsk
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Omsk
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Altai Mts. bw
Aeshna juncea L. Novosibirsk
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Tomsk Province
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NW Caucasus
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Altai Mts. bw Aeshna mixta Latr. Dzhungarian Alatau
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Novosibirsk
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Aeshna serrata Hag. Novosibirsk Province
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N Kazakhstan bw Aeshna subarctica Walk. Novosibirsk Province
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Aeshna viridis Ev. Novosibirsk
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Altai bw Omsk
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Anaciaeschna isoceles Mueller NW Caucasus
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Anax ephippiger Selys NW Caucasus
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Anax imperator L. North Caucasus
Anax parthenope parthenope Selys Omsk
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Brachytron pratense Mull. North Caucasus
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Caliaeschna microstigma Schneider North Caucasus
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GOMPHIDAE Anisogomphus maacki Selys Transbaikalia
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Gomphus vulgatissimus L. Novosibirsk Province
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Tomsk Province
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Nihonogomphus ruptus Selys Kemerovo Province
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Yakutia
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Transbaikalia
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Khabarovskiy Kray
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Onychogomphus f. forcipatus L. N Kazakhstan NW Caucasus
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Ophiogomphus cecilia Four. Novosibirsk Province
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Kazakhstan
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Ophiogomphus reductus Calvert Kazakhstan
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Ophiogomphus obscurus Bart. Kemerovo Province
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Todzha (NE Tuva)
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Ophiogomphus spinicornis Selys Transbaikalia
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Tuva
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Shaogomphus postocularis epophthalmus Sel. Novosibirsk Province
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Kemerovo Province
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Khabarovskiy Kray
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Shaogomphus schmidti Khabarovskiy Kray
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Primorye
Sieboldius albardae Selys Primorye
Sinictinogomphus clavatus Fabr. Primorye
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Stylurus flavipes Charp. Transbaikalia
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ssp. ubadschii Schmidt Kazakhstan
Trigomphus citimus Needham Primorye
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Trigomphus nigripes Selys Primorye
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Khabarovskiy Kray
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CORDULEGASTRIDAE Cordulegaster picta Selys NW Caucasus
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CORDULIIDAE Cordulia aenea L. Kemerovo Province
Novosibirsk
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Epitheca bimaculata Charp. Transbaikalia, Novosib
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This copula is intergeneric!!!
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Altai Mts. bw Somatochlora alpestris Selys Krasnoyarskiy Kray
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Somatochlora exuberata Tuva
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Somatochlora graeseri Selys Altai Mts. bw Tuva
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Kamchatka
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Primorye
Somatochlora flavomaculata v. d. Lind Novosibirsk
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Tomsk Province
Somatochlora metallica v.d. Lind. Novosibirsk
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Tomsk Province
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Somatochlora sahlbergi Trybom Kamchatka
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MACROMIIDAE Epopthtalmia elegans Brauer Primorye
Macromia amphigena Selys fraenata Mart. Novosibirsk Province (= Macromia sibirica Djak.) metamorphosis
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LIBELLULIDAE Crocothemis erythraea W Caucasus
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Deielia phaon Selys Primorye
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Leucorrhinia albifrons Burmeister Novosibirsk
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Leucorrhinia caudalis Charp. Novosibirsk
Leucorrhinia dubia v. d. Lind Tomsk Province
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Novosibirsk
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Krasnoyarskiy Kray
Leucorhinia dubia circassica Bartenev NW Caucasus
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Leucorrhinia dubia orientalis Selys Tuva, Transbaikalia
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Altai Mts. Kemerovo Province
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Leucorrhinia pectoralis Charp. Novosibirsk Province
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Kemerovo Province
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Leucorrhinia (rubicunda) rubicunda L. Novosibirsk Province
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Omsk
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Kemerovo Province
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L. (rubicunda) intermedia Bart. Transbaikalia
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Libellula depressa L. Krasnodar, Crimea (= Leptherum depressum)
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Kazakhstan
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Libellula quadrimaculata L. Omsk, Altai Mts. bw Novosibirsk Province
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Tuva
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Lyriothemis pachygastra Fabr. Primorye
Orthetrum albistylum albistylum Selys North Caucasus
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Orthetrum brunneum Fons. NW Caucasus
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Kazakhstan
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Orthetrum cancellatum L. Omsk
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Novosibirsk Province
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Kemerovo Province
Altai Mts. Tuva
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Kazakhstan
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Orthetrum coerulescens Fabr. North Caucasus
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Selysiothemis nigra (Vander Linden) NW Caucasus
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Sympetrum cordulegaster Selys Khabarovskiy Kray
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Sympetrum croceolum Selys Altai Mts.
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Sympetrum danae Sulzer Novosibirsk (= Sympetrum scoticum Don.)
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Tomsk Province
Sympetrum depressiusculum Selys Dzhungarian Alatau Mts.
Sympetrum eroticum Selys Primorye
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Sympetrum flaveolum L. Altai Mts.
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Sympetrum fonscolombii Sel. NW Caucasus
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Sympetrum infuscatum Selys Khabarovskiy Kray
Sympetrum meridionale Selys Kazakhstan
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NW Caucasus
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Sympetrum pedemontanum Mull. Altai Mts.
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Omsk
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Kazakhstan
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Primorye
Sympetrum sanguineum Mull. Novosibirsk, Omsk
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Altai Mts. bw
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Sympetrum striolatum Charp. Dzhungarian Alatau Mts
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NW Caucasus
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Primorye
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Sympetrum vulgatum L. Novosibirsk, Tuva
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S. v. decoloratum Selys Dzhungarian Alatau Mts
S. v. imitans Selys Transbaikalia
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