The Dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata) Collection of Ia i Museum of Natural History (Romania)

The dragonfly specimens deposited in the Ia i Museum of Natural History were inventoried and analyzed, resulting a total of 3162 adult specimens from 45 species. The majority of these specimens were collected by Constantin Visarion Mandru in 51 localities of Romania. The material includes important new distribution records of three Natura 2000 species (Coenagrion ornatum, Cordulegaster heros and Gomphus flavipes). Coenagrion scitulum, Somatochlora meridionalis and Sympetrum danae are species rarely reported from Romania.