IUCN Red List Category (Northern Africa): LC. No change of status at the regional scale is proposed.Comments: The only species of Calopteryx recorded. In North Africa, C. haemorrhoidalis occupies fast flowing streams and rivers from high altitudes to sea-level (Samraoui & Corbet, 2000a). Relatively uncommon, the species was sampled at stations 3 and 4.
LESTIDAE LESTINAELestes barbarus (Fabricius, 1798) IUCN Red List Category (Northern Africa): Least Concern (LC). No change of status at the regional scale is proposed.Comments: The species is known to breed in lentic, often temporary, habitats (Utzeri et al., 1984). It aestivates as immature adults in wet forests at sea-level and in mountain forests (Samraoui, 2009). The species was locally abundant at Wadi Isser and only sampled at station 3. Samraoui, Weekers & Dumont, 2003 IUCN Red List Category (Northern Africa): DD. In the light of the new findings, we propose that the species be assessed as Near Threatened (NT) on the basis that its habitats in North Africa (temporary wetlands and mountain forests) are under severe anthropogenic pressures with a steep decline of known populations.
Lestes numidicusComments: Locally abundant but the species was only captured at station 3. This species is known to aestivate at high altitudes before moving to lowlands in autumn to breed (Samraoui, 2009). It is endemic to Algeria and is assessed as Data Deficient (DD) by IUCN (Riservato et al., 2009;Samraoui et al., 2010).Chalcolestes viridis (Vander Linden, 1825) IUCN Red List Category (Northern Africa): LC. No change of status at the regional scale is proposed.Comments: The species breeds in both lotic and lentic habitats (Grand & Boudot, 2007) and it also aestivates in the adult stage in cool, moist habitats (Agüero-Pelegrin et al., 1999;Samraoui, 2009). The species was moderately abundant at all stations 3, 4 and 5.
SYMPECMATINAESympecma fusca (Vander Linden, 1820) IUCN Red List Category (Northern Africa): LC. No change of status at the regional scale is proposed.Comments: Uncommon and limited to station 3. Another lestid that aestivates and hibernates at the adult stage (Samraoui, 2009).
PLATYCNEMIDAE Platycnemis subdilatata Sélys, 1849IUCN Red List Category (Northern Africa): LC. No change of status at the regional scale is proposed.Comments: A Maghrebian endemic, locally abundant, and recorded at stations 3, 4, and 5.
COENAGRIONIDAE COENAGRIONINAECoenagrion caerulescens (Fonscolombe, 1838) IUCN Red List Category (Northern Africa): LC. No change of status at the regional scale is proposed.Comments: Recorded in low numbers at stations 3 and 4.