Sympetrum sinaiticum Dumont, 1977

Mairif, Mohamed, Bendifallah, Leila & Doumandji, Salaheddine, 2023, Diversity of Odonates (Odonata, Anisoptera & Zygoptera) in the Theniet El Had National Park-North West of Algeria, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 9 (1), pp. 155-182 : 163

Sympetrum sinaiticum Dumont, 1977 ( Fig. 5G)

The observation of this Sympetrum in the park is the first attempt for a tellian area. The available data ( Le Roi, 1915; Dumont, 1978; Samraoui & Menaï, 1999; Demnati et al., 2019) show that its distribution is Saharan and pre-Saharan. It supports the arid and semi-arid climate, but this time it is found in a sub-humid to humid bioclimatic stage, especially since the observation took place on the northern slope of the park, where an immature male was observed perched on a dry branch of dog rose ( Rosa canina ) far from the El Guerouaou Pond, at an altitude of about (1400 m) ( Fig. 5H): REG, 15.VIII.2017, 1♂. This observation represents the closest point to the Mediterranean coast and the first record of the species in the central-western part of the Tell, on the Ouarsenis mountain range.