À Bornéo, c'était la quatrième fois que je rencontrais Onychargia atrocyana, mais c'est tout de même une découverte pour moi, à double titre ; je n'avais jamais rencontré de mâle isolé (ce qui est étonnant), hors tandem, et je n'avais jamais pu constater ces reflets bleus qui lui valent son nom d'espèce.Ce Platycnemididae (ou Coenagrionidae,
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In Borneo, it was the fourth time I had encountered Onychargia atrocyana, but it was still a discovery for me in two ways: I had never seen an isolated male (which is surprising) outside of a tandem, and I had never been able to observe the blue reflections that give it its species name.This Platycnemididae
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It is undoubtedly necessary first to explain why this Platycnemididae was given such a curious name: Coeliccia new sp. cf. nemoricola. It is quite simply a new species of Coeliccia very close (cf. for confer) to nemoricola. Strictly speaking, and I am indeed surprised, sp. nov. for species nova (rather than "new sp.") should have
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Il faut sans doute d'abord expliquer pourquoi on a donné à ce Platycnemididae un nom si curieux : Coeliccia new sp. cf. nemoricola. Il s'agit tout simplement d'une nouvelle (new) espèce (sp.) de Coeliccia très proche (cf. pour confer) de nemoricola.En toute rigueur, et je suis d'ailleurs surpris, on aurait dû utiliser sp. nov. pour
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Dysphaea dimidiata belongs to a genus that comprises nine species (1), three of which are present in Borneo and in Sarawak (2) in particular. Considered by Selys (3) as a subgenus of Euphaea, it has been a full genus in the family Euphaeidae since Kirby (a family that resembles Calopterygidae, which explains why Selys described
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