« Elattoneura » aurantiaca male is an easily identifiable Platycnemididae; the face is black, the eyes are red like the pronotum, the dorsal part of the thorax is black, the lateral parts red, the base of the thorax light brown, like the lateral face of the first segment, the rest of the abdomen is black. I knew […]
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Ictinogomphus acutus male (1) is finally an Ictinogomphus that does not pose any identification problems; it should be remembered that this is not the case elsewhere in Asia, where Ictinogomphus decoratus (present in Borneo), rapax (here in Thailand) and pertinax (here in Vietnam) pose a problem and are awaiting revision, because many of us now think that they constitute
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Coeliccia nigrohamata male is part of a genus of Platycnemididae that currently includes 80 members in Asia, including 15 in Borneo, all endemic. Nine species were described in Asia in 2020, and others will certainly be added to the list.It immediately made me think of C. octogesima, which I encountered in 2013 in Peninsular Malaysia, for
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Tyriobapta kuekenthali male, Libellulidae, is part of a genus that includes three species, all found in western Sarawak. But this species is distinguished from the others, which are very similar in thoracic pattern and overall coloration, by the total absence of wing coloration. Indeed, Tyriobapta torrida shows a strong dark and beautifully iridescent wing patch, while T.
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Tyriobapta kuekenthali, Libellulidae, fait partie d’un genre qui compte trois espèces, toutes présentes dans l’ouest du Sarawak. Mais cette espèce se distingue des autres, très similaires pour les motifs thoraciques et la coloration globale, par l’absence totale de coloration alaire. En effet, Tyriobapta torrida montre une forte tache alaire sombre et magnifiquement irisée, tandis que
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