The dragonflies of the peat bogs and heathlands in Western Münsterland (Westphalia, Germany)

Olthoff, M., 2010. The dragonflies of the peat bogs and heathlands in Western Münsterland (Westphalia, Germany). Brachytron 12 (1/2): 32-37. Summary The dragonflies of the peat bogs and heathlands in Western Münsterland, most of them situated nearby the Dutch-German borderline, were investigated between 1999 and 2005. Altogether 42 species of dragonflies were recognized, among them stenotopic moorland dragonflies (e.g. Aeshna subarctica, Somatochlora arctica). The peat bogs and heathlands are of a great importance for the protection of dragonflies in an otherwise well-fertilized landscape of the Western Münsterland.