Dès la première matinée de prospection, c’est un plaisir de rencontrer Gynacantha dohrni (1), un grand Aeshnidae. Dans la réserve Sama Jaya, dans la ville de Kuching, je me suis écarté du groupe pour trouver un peu de tranquillité… et ayant quelques dizaines de secondes pour scruter l’obscurité devant moi, j’ai eu la surprise de […]
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Unfortunately for him, this Mortonagrion indraneil male, Coenagrionidae, is one of the first photos of this prospecting trip; each time, I realize that the first shots are not good… It takes a few hours to get used to the light, or rather to the shade surrounding these odonates which often place themselves in a gap
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Selys a d’abord décrit Libellago stictica (Chlorocyphidae) comme une race supposée de Micromerus stigmatizans,1859 (1), puis comme Micromerus sticticus en 1869 (2). Le genre Micromerus est aujourd’hui disparu.C’est M.A. Lieftinck qui dans ce document (3), et adhérant à la proposition de Fraser, a réuni tous les Micromerus de Selys dans le genre Libellago.Et Selys ne
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« 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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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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