{"id":30008,"date":"2026-07-10T16:16:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/?page_id=30008"},"modified":"2026-07-10T16:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:16:32","slug":"platycnemis-acutipennis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/platycnemis-acutipennis\/","title":{"rendered":"Platycnemis acutipennis  Selys, 1841"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platycnemis-acutipennis-male-accueil.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2803\" height=\"1504\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platycnemis-acutipennis-male-accueil.webp\" alt=\"Platycnemis acutipennis m\u00e2le, Le Fuilet (F-49), 16\/06\/2011\" class=\"wp-image-30010 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2803px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2803\/1504;aspect-ratio:1.8637396396684693;width:566px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platycnemis-acutipennis-male-accueil.webp 2803w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platycnemis-acutipennis-male-accueil-768x412.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platycnemis-acutipennis-male-accueil-1536x824.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platycnemis-acutipennis-male-accueil-2048x1099.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2803px) 100vw, 2803px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Platycnemis acutipennis m\u00e2le, Le Fuilet (F-49), 16\/06\/2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Platycnemis acutipennis, Platycnemididae, est un plaisant zygopt\u00e8re dont la coloration orang\u00e9e des m\u00e2les matures facilite l'identification. Il appartient \u00e0 une immense famille qui compte 494 esp\u00e8ces actuellement, absente du Nouveau-Monde et tr\u00e8s pr\u00e9sente en Asie du Sud-Est et en Oc\u00e9anie, dont les individus sont parfois tr\u00e8s proches et difficiles \u00e0 identifier.ce<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Description - Identification de Platycnemis acutipennis<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Le m\u00e2le<\/strong><\/span> mesure 35 \u00e0 37 mm au total et est sur ce point tr\u00e8s proche de ses deux cousins europ\u00e9ens, P. pennipes et P. latipes.<br \/>On retrouve la t\u00eate large aux yeux tr\u00e8s \u00e9cart\u00e9s des Platycnemis avec une large bande interoculaire sombre. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platycnemis-acutipennis-male-yeux.webp\"><strong>Ces yeux <\/strong><\/a>sont partiellement bleus ou bleuissants.<br \/>Le thorax porte une large bande sombre de part et d'autre de la car\u00e8ne dorsale mais surtout, comme nos deux autres Platycnemis, deux lignes sombres lat\u00e9rales souvent qualifi\u00e9es de<em> <strong>double bande ant\u00e9hum\u00e9rale<\/strong><\/em> ; mais pour cette esp\u00e8ce la ligne inf\u00e9rieure est tr\u00e8s souvent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platycnemis-acutipennis-bande-incomplete.webp\"><strong>incompl\u00e8te<\/strong> <strong>ou att\u00e9nu\u00e9e<\/strong><\/a> (celle de P. pennipes est toujours compl\u00e8te, celle de P. latipes peut \u00eatre incompl\u00e8te).<br \/>Les ailes sont \u00e9troites, plus que celles de P. pennipes, mais pour appr\u00e9cier ce genre de d\u00e9tail, il faut voir les deux esp\u00e8ces en m\u00eame temps.<br \/>Contrairement aux deux autres Platycnemis, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/thematique\/anat\/pattes1\/vulg.jpg\">l<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platycnemis-acutipennis-male-tibias.webp\"><strong>es tibias de Platycnemis acutipennis<\/strong><\/a> ne sont pas sensiblement \u00e9largis.<br \/>L'<strong>abdomen est orang\u00e9 (<\/strong>ce qui lui vaut le nom fran\u00e7ais d'<em>Agrion orang\u00e9 <\/em>ou<em> Orange Featherleg en anglais), <\/em>portant tout au plus des paires de marques noires sur les segments 7 \u00e0 9 (rarement absentes).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/platycnemis-acutipennis-male-g4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/platycnemis-acutipennis-male-g4.jpg\" alt=\"Platycnemis acutipennis m\u00e2le, Beaupr\u00e9au en Mauges (France-49), 24\/05\/2012\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2086px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2086\/1004;aspect-ratio:2.0777738137709596;width:615px;height:auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Platycnemis acutipennis m\u00e2le, Beaupr\u00e9au en Mauges (France-49), 24\/05\/2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platycnemis-acutipennis-appendices-anaux-males.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"802\" height=\"289\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platycnemis-acutipennis-appendices-anaux-males.webp\" alt=\"Platycnemis acutipennis m\u00e2le, appendices anaux, Le Puiset-Dor\u00e9 (F-49), 16\/06\/2011\" class=\"wp-image-30022 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platycnemis-acutipennis-appendices-anaux-males.webp 802w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platycnemis-acutipennis-appendices-anaux-males-768x277.webp 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 802px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 802\/289;\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les appendices anaux sup\u00e9rieurs, les cerques, sont pourvus d'un lobe sup\u00e9rieur plus long que l'inf\u00e9rieur, ce que l'on voit mieux sur les appendices droits de ce sujet et que l'on retrouve tout \u00e0 fait sur les dessins ci-dessous issus de Dijkstra et al. (2020).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Appendices-anaux-des-Platycnemis-francais-Dijkstra-et-al.-2020.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1289\" height=\"463\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Appendices-anaux-des-Platycnemis-francais-Dijkstra-et-al.-2020.webp\" alt=\"Appendices anaux des Platycnemis fran\u00e7ais, Dijkstra et al., 2020\" class=\"wp-image-30023 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1289px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1289\/463;aspect-ratio:2.7840718963621587;width:635px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Appendices-anaux-des-Platycnemis-francais-Dijkstra-et-al.-2020.webp 1289w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Appendices-anaux-des-Platycnemis-francais-Dijkstra-et-al.-2020-768x276.webp 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1289px) 100vw, 1289px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Appendices anaux des Platycnemis fran\u00e7ais, Dijkstra et al., 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Les femelles<\/strong><\/span> montrent un abdomen brun-orang\u00e9, la ligne inf\u00e9rieure de la double bande ant\u00e9hum\u00e9rale est assez souvent \u00e0 peine marqu\u00e9e et\/ou incompl\u00e8te. Elles sont moins typ\u00e9es que les m\u00e2les et souvent difficiles \u00e0 s\u00e9parer des autres femelles Platycnemis. Mais les <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tibia-posterieur-Platycnemis-acutipennis-femelle.webp\">tibias post\u00e9rieurs des \u2640 Platycnemis acutipennis<\/a> ne sont pas dilat\u00e9s <\/strong>et portent une ligne sombre de longueur variable<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platycnemis-acutipennis-femelle-.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2816\" height=\"1204\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platycnemis-acutipennis-femelle-.webp\" alt=\"Platycnemis acutipennis femelle, le Fuilet (F-49), 01\/07\/2012\" class=\"wp-image-30026 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2816px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2816\/1204;aspect-ratio:2.3389558232931726;width:781px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platycnemis-acutipennis-femelle-.webp 2816w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platycnemis-acutipennis-femelle--768x328.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platycnemis-acutipennis-femelle--1536x657.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platycnemis-acutipennis-femelle--2048x876.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2816px) 100vw, 2816px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Platycnemis acutipennis femelle, le Fuilet (F-49), 01\/07\/2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/platycnemis-acutipennis-femelle-pronotum.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1169px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1169\/1004;\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On ne peut arbitrer ces identifications que par de tr\u00e8s bonnes photos du pronotum en vue post\u00e9rieure, et sur ce point, les femelles P. acutipennis montrent des \u00e9pines tr\u00e8s lat\u00e9rales <em>assez visibles<\/em>. Mais attention, autant il est possible de constater leur pr\u00e9sence, autant il est difficile de prouver leur absence sur photo. On parle ici de structures qui n'atteignent que quelques dixi\u00e8mes de millim\u00e8tres, et qui ne sont visibles que sous certains angles. Le fait de ne pas parvenir \u00e0 les voir ne signifie pas toujours qu'elles ne sont pas l\u00e0 !<br>En r\u00e9sum\u00e9, identifier les femelles Platycnemis acutipennis n\u00e9cessite de<strong> voir les pattes et le pronotum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">J'ai consacr\u00e9 2 pages \u00e0 l'identification diff\u00e9rentielle des femelles Platycnemis :<br>\u2013 L'une consacr\u00e9e aux <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/2021\/07\/17\/comparaison-des-femelles-platycnemis-acutipennis-latipes-et-pennipes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pattes et bandes ant\u00e9hum\u00e9rales<\/a>.<br>\u2013 L'autre au <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/2021\/03\/06\/pronotum-des-femelles-du-genre-platycnemis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pronotum<\/a>.<br><br>Une remarque \u00e0 propos du dessin ci-dessous : les \"\u00e9pines\" des femelles P. latipes sont tr\u00e8s difficiles \u00e0 observer sur photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vue-posterieure-des-pronotum-des-\u2640-Platycnemis-dapres-Dijkstra-et-al.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1674\" height=\"551\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vue-posterieure-des-pronotum-des-\u2640-Platycnemis-dapres-Dijkstra-et-al.webp\" alt=\"Vue post\u00e9rieure des pronotum des \u2640 Platycnemis d'apr\u00e8s Dijkstra et al.\" class=\"wp-image-30030 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1674px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1674\/551;aspect-ratio:3.0382388230997965;width:697px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vue-posterieure-des-pronotum-des-\u2640-Platycnemis-dapres-Dijkstra-et-al.webp 1674w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vue-posterieure-des-pronotum-des-\u2640-Platycnemis-dapres-Dijkstra-et-al-768x253.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vue-posterieure-des-pronotum-des-\u2640-Platycnemis-dapres-Dijkstra-et-al-1536x506.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1674px) 100vw, 1674px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vue post\u00e9rieure des pronotum des \u2640 Platycnemis d'apr\u00e8s Dijkstra et al.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 14pt;\">Habitat et distribution g\u00e9ographique<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il accepte toutes sortes d'habitats aux eaux courantes ou stagnantes ; il est tr\u00e8s commun le long des petites rivi\u00e8res et des argili\u00e8res de ma r\u00e9gion, mais on le trouve \u00e9galement pr\u00e8s des mares, foss\u00e9s, \u00e9tangs, pour peu que la v\u00e9g\u00e9tation rivulaire soit suffisante.<br>C'est une esp\u00e8ce de plaine, mais on l'a observ\u00e9e dans les contreforts du Massif Central, \u00e0 plus de 1100 m\u00e8tres d'altitude (Grand et Boudot, 2006).<br><br>End\u00e9mique du sud-ouest de l'Europe, sa distribution est limit\u00e9e \u00e0 la moiti\u00e9 ouest et sud de la France, \u00e0 l'Espagne et au Portugal.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/atlas-odonates.insectes.org\/odonates-de-france\/platycnemis-acutipennis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Atlas dynamique des Odonates de France<\/a>.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/species\/165503\/208810969\">IUCN Red List<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">P\u00e9riode de vol<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En France, il n'appara\u00eet pas avant la mi-avril, il dispara\u00eet en septembre, mais les plus grosses populations, parfois tr\u00e8s abondantes, se rencontrent en mai, juin et juillet.<br><br><em>Noter sur la femelle ci-dessous les traits sombres sur tout l'abdomen, la bande ant\u00e9hum\u00e9rale inf\u00e9rieure marqu\u00e9e mais incompl\u00e8te ; la quantit\u00e9 de noir est en effet tr\u00e8s variable.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platycnemis-acutipennis-femelle-2-accueil-.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2112\" height=\"1004\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platycnemis-acutipennis-femelle-2-accueil-.webp\" alt=\"Agrion orang\u00e9 femelle, Beaupr\u00e9au-en-Mauges (F-49), 05\/06\/2016\" class=\"wp-image-30038 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2112px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2112\/1004;aspect-ratio:2.1035902622263962;width:741px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platycnemis-acutipennis-femelle-2-accueil-.webp 2112w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platycnemis-acutipennis-femelle-2-accueil--768x365.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platycnemis-acutipennis-femelle-2-accueil--1536x730.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Platycnemis-acutipennis-femelle-2-accueil--2048x974.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2112px) 100vw, 2112px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Comportement - \u00c9cologie<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les m\u00e2les, bien visibles par contraste dans la v\u00e9g\u00e9tation rivulaire, sont moins actifs et moins agressifs que leurs cousins P. pennipes. On les voit parcourir les eaux de fa\u00e7on d\u00e9cid\u00e9e, \u00e0 la recherche de femelles. Apr\u00e8s l'accouplement, la ponte se d\u00e9roule en tandem, (rarement seule) la femelle ins\u00e9rant ses \u0153ufs dans les v\u00e9g\u00e9taux ou les bois flottants.<br>L'esp\u00e8ce est <a href=\"http:\/\/meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/divers\/glossaire.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">univoltine<\/a> (Cano Villegas, 2011), elle semble m\u00eame strictement univoltine, y compris dans le sud de son aire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00c9tymologi<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">e<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Platycnemis acutipennis<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dans son ouvrage de 1841, Selys compare Platycnemis acutipennis \u00e0 <em>Platycnemis platypoda<\/em> (Vander, Linden, 1820), notre Platycnemis pennipes, avant que cette derni\u00e8re esp\u00e8ce ne soit restitu\u00e9e \u00e0 son descripteur initial, Pallas, 1771.<br><br><strong>Platycnemis<\/strong>&nbsp;du grec  platy pour large et knemis pour <em>gu\u00eatre<\/em> (que l'on place sur la jambe, sur le tibia) ce qui traduit le large tibia de ce genre.<br><strong>Acutipennis<\/strong> du latin <em>acutus<\/em> pour <em>aigu, pointu,<\/em> et du latin <em>penna<\/em> qui repr\u00e9sente une grosse plume des oiseaux. Litt\u00e9ralement, <em>acutipennis<\/em> signifierait \"plume pointue, effil\u00e9e\" pour dire \"aile \u00e9troite\" et souligner ainsi que l'aile de cette esp\u00e8ce est plus fine, moins large, que celle de P. pennipes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/images\/platycnemididae\/acutipennis\/acutipennis_accueil\/male.gif\">M\u00e2les<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/plactycnemididae\/acutipennis\/acutipennis_femelle1.php\">Femelles<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/2021\/03\/03\/platycnemis-acutipennis-femelle-pronotum\/\">Pronotum \u2640 P. acutipennis<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/2021\/03\/06\/pronotum-des-femelles-du-genre-platycnemis\/\">Pronotum des \u2640 Platycnemis<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/plactycnemididae\/acutipennis\/platycnemis-acutipennis-comparaison-1.php\">Discrimination des \u2640  P. acutipennis et pennipes<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/images\/platycnemididae\/acutipennis\/acutipennis_accueil\/accouplement.gif\">Accouplement<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/plactycnemididae\/acutipennis\/platycnemis-acutipennis-ponte-1.php\">Ponte<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/plactycnemididae\/acutipennis\/platycnemis-acutipennis-ponte-croisee-1.php\">Ponte mixte<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/plactycnemididae\/acutipennis\/videos-bleu.gif\">Vid\u00e9o<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/plactycnemididae\/acutipennis\/platycnemis-acutipennis-curiosite.php\">Curiosit\u00e9s<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/2021\/01\/31\/platcnemis-acutipennis-galerie\/\">Galerie<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:64px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:13px\"><strong>Cano Villegas, F. J., 2011<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/321213267_ODONATOS_DE_CORDOBA#fullTextFileContent\">Odonatos de C\u00f3rdoba<\/a><\/em>. Sociedad Cordobesa de Historia Natural.<br><strong>Dijkstra, K.-D.B., A. Schr\u00f6ter &amp; R. Lewington. 2020<\/strong>. <em>Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe. Second edition<\/em>. Bloomsbury Publishing, London<br><strong>Daniel Grand et Jean-Pierre Boudot, 2006<\/strong>. <em>Les Libellules de France, Belgique et Luxembourg<\/em>, collection Parth\u00e9nope.<br><strong>Selys, 1841<\/strong>-&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/item\/19646#page\/254\/mode\/1up\"><em>Nouvelles Libellulid\u00e9es d'Europe<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;- Analyse de l'ouvrage du Dr Hagen. Revue zoologique, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Cuvierienne, 4, 243-246.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Platycnemis acutipennis, Platycnemididae, est un plaisant zygopt\u00e8re dont la coloration orang\u00e9e des m\u00e2les matures facilite l'identification. 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