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Less than a month before the deadline for submission of articles and news items for the July 2025 issue of Agrion. Deadline for articles is 20 June and for news items 29 June. Please send any submissions you may have to the Agrion editor, Keith Wilson [agrion@worlddragonfly.org]

Looking out for the little guy! 🧝 New distribution modeling study reveals ecological and conservation implications of the elfin skimmer, Nannothemis bella! worlddragonfly.org/article/tijo20…

Changing assemblages 📉📈 Decadal-scale study reveals potential lotic assemblage restructuring in northwestern Pennsylvania, USA worlddragonfly.org/article/tijo20…

Why here and not there? 🤔 Unraveling environmental determinants of odonate assemblages in northeastern Algeria. worlddragonfly.org/article/tijo20…

Colombian Odonates! 🇨🇴✨ Integrating new and old records, we present a thorough checklist of Odonata from Colombia, collated by dedicated odonatologists! worlddragonfly.org/article/tijo20…

High male density = intense male guarding behavior 🔥 New study reveals the interesting reproductive behavior of Erythrodiplax abjecta from the Andean Mountains! worlddragonfly.org/article/tijo20…

Upcoming deadline! ⚠️ It's now ~7 weeks till the submission deadline for articles and news items for the July 2024 Agrion issue. Deadline for articles is 20 June 2024 and news items 29 June 2024. Please send submissions to the Agrion editor, Keith Wilson [kdpwilson@gmail.com]

New Records! ✨ New study reports new records of Odonata in Northwestern Brazilian amazon! worlddragonfly.org/article/tijo20…

Climate change & odonate generations Using genomics, new research highlights the changes in Odonate effective population size in response to climate change! worlddragonfly.org/article/tijo20…

Same species, same stage, different sizes! New study uncovers geographical variation in final instars size of Cordulegaster boltonii in the Iberian Peninsula! worlddragonfly.org/article/tijo20…

Uncovering distributions! 🧭 New paleoecological study reveals a continuous distribution of the enigmatic Anisozygoptera - Epiophlebia during the Last Glacial Maximum, highlighting potential causes for its current distribution. worlddragonfly.org/article/tijo20…

Introgressive hybridization! A new study reveals recent introgression event in the western Palearctic between Pyrrhosoma nymphula and P. elisabethae! worlddragonfly.org/article/tijo20…

Rare and endangered #Odonata New study gives an update and insights into the vanishing Levant endemic #dragonfly fauna in Lebanon worlddragonfly.org/article/tijo20… #endangeredspecies #BiodiversityLoss

New species! ✨ New study from the Western Ghats of India describes a new Phylloneura species, a formerly monotypic genus; with notes on its reproductive behavior! worlddragonfly.org/article/tijo20…

Final stage! 🌟 New study from Yunnan, China reveals key diagnostic features of the final instar of Bayadera strigata larva! worlddragonfly.org/article/tijo20…

First article of the year! 🎉 New year, new emerging generation. New study reveals life cycle and seasonal regulation of Onychogomphus forcipatus in the Seybouse River, Algeria. worlddragonfly.org/article/tijo20…

Final form! ✨ New study describes the final instar of the beautiful neotropical Psaironeura tenuissima! worlddragonfly.org/article/tijo20…

Flight duality in Odes! Cool study reveals wingbeat frequency variation and its correlation with sex-dependent functionality! worlddragonfly.org/article/tijo20…

Time to emerge?⏳ Recent study reveals a novel hatching cue observed in the neotropical damselfly, Megaloprepus caerulatus, which has the potential to increase clutch size! worlddragonfly.org/article/tijo20…

What are the benefits and costs of low perching? New study shows the differences in perch height and response to intruders in Odes! worlddragonfly.org/article/tijo20…