01248nas a2200133   4500008004100000245009100041210006900132300001000201490000700211520075700218653001200975100001600987856011101003       1997                        eng d00a<i>Platycnemis pennipes </i>(Pallas) on European islands (Zygoptera: Platycnemididae).0 aiPlatycnemis pennipes iPallas on European islands Zygoptera Plat  a17-330 v263 aIn its northern and western range the sp. is known only from a few islands. It occurs in S England and E Wales, the Isle of Wight and the Polish island  Wolin. Records prior to 1913 are available from Sjaelland and Vendsyssel.  From 5 further islands only single and doubtful records are known which, apart from Bornholm, are all more than a century old; viz. Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, and Crete. The sp. has not been recorded from any other island in the  Baltic, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Atlantic Ocean, or in the western Mediterranean. In SE Europe it inhabits numerous islands in the  Ionian and Aegean Seas. - Four different hypotheses for the absence of P. pennipes on the islands in its northern and western range are  discussed.10aOdonata1 aMartens, A.  uhttps://icgf.myspecies.info/content/platycnemis-pennipes-pallas-european-islands-zygoptera-platycnemididae