Dragonflies (Odonata) of the Poliskyi Nature Reserve, Ukraine

Twenty-eight Odonata species were recorded in the Poliskyi Nature Reserve (Zhytomyr oblast’, North Ukraine) in 2006 and 2007, 18 of which were reported for the first time from this location. This included such rare species as Somatochlora arctica (second record in the Ukraine, first record for 100 years), Leucorrhinia dubia, Leucorrhinia rubicunda and Leucorrhinia albifrons. A breeding site and a dense population of Nehalennia speciosa were found in a bog near the river. Zholobnytsya. The record of Orthetrum coerulescens is the northernmost in Ukraine.