Analysis of the zoogeographical odontogeny territory “The Armenian highland” Asian Mediterranean

The article is devoted to the analysis of the Armenian highlands odonatofauna, it is one of the zoogeographical addition of the Mediterranean, that is one of the key territory of the faunagenesis. This geographic country is a unified region in a faunagenetic meaning, but as it has difference in spelling, hidrographic net, peculiarity of landscape and climate, some of its parts have their own features. As the geographical position of the Mediterranean sea is close to the Europe Asia and Africa it can be devided into such submediterranean territories: European Asian and African parts. Such geographic division is also convenient to analysis of its odonafauna. With this we have analyzed Armenian highlands, as the constituent parts of the Asian Mediterranean, that is the inhomogenеous territory in spelling landscape and climatic meaning. It is stated that the highland is characterized by general poorness of fauna of dragonflies, especially of cordulegasteridae and calopteridae family reofilic species and by the magnificent number of eastern Mediterranean andemics. The research has shown that the peculiarity of the conformation climate and hydraulic regime of the Armenian highlands make the unfavorable conditions for the dragonflies to live. That is why the odonofauna of the region is not as rich as other parts of the subtropical areas. It has 70 species of 3 suborders (Anizoptera, Zygoptera, Caloptera), 9 familae(Gomphidae, Cordulegastridae, Aeshnidae, Corduliidae, Libellulidae, Coenagrionidae, Platycnemididae, Lestidae, Euphaeidae) and 25 types. The richest subtype is Anizoptera that includes 43 type taxons. Zigoptera includes 25 species. Caloptera suborder contains only 2 species. Among 70 Armenian highland species the 3 are endemics of the Asian Mediterranean. They are Onychogomphus flexuosus, Onychogomphus assimilis и Ischnura evansi.