Thirteen species in five genera of the Libellulidae family were collected in a survey of dragonflies (Odonata) of Shiraz and its vicinity, involving 19 locations, The presented records of the libellulid dragonflies taken from the Fars province comprise a first time collection of two genera, Sympetrum and Pantala, and seven species, Orthetrum anceps Schnider, Orthetrum taeniolatum Schneider, Ort...

Rarely have studies assessed Odonata diversity for the entire Nearctic realm by including Canada, United States, and Mexico. For first time, we explored in this region according to a definition of natural community assemblages generated species distribution models (SDMs). Species occurrence data were assembled reviewing databases specimens held significant repositories through an extensive sear...