{"id":24799,"date":"2025-05-19T20:47:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/?p=24799"},"modified":"2025-05-19T20:47:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:47:28","slug":"libellago-stictica-male","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/2025\/05\/19\/libellago-stictica-male\/","title":{"rendered":"Born\u00e9o \u2013 Libellago stictica (Selys, 1869) &#8211; English version"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-male-1-scaled.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1489\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-male-1-scaled.webp\" alt=\"Male Libellago stictica, Sarawak, Timuoh River, Annah Rais Hot Spring, 03\/24\/2025\" class=\"wp-image-24784 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2560px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2560\/1489;width:662px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-male-1-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-male-1-768x447.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-male-1-1536x894.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-male-1-2048x1192.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Male Libellago stictica, Sarawak, Timuoh River, Annah Rais Hot Spring, 03\/24\/2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Selys first described Libellago stictica male (Chlorocyphidae) as a\u00a0supposed\u00a0<em>race<\/em> of Micromerus stigmatizans, 1859 (1), then as Micromerus sticticus in 1869 (2). The genus Micromerus is now extinct. It was MA Lieftinck who in this document (3), and adhering to Fraser&rsquo;s proposal, united all of Selys&rsquo; Micromerus in the genus Libellago.<br>And Selys was not mistaken, Libellago stigmatizans and stictica are indeed very close, but if L. stigmatizans is not present in Borneo, and L. stictica is endemic there.<\/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\/Libellago-stictica-male-2-scaled-e1747639548424.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1466\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-male-2-scaled-e1747639548424.webp\" alt=\"Male Libellago stictica, Sarawak, Timuoh River, Annah Rais Hot Spring, 03\/24\/2025\" class=\"wp-image-24785 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2560px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2560\/1466;width:697px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-male-2-scaled-e1747639548424.webp 2560w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-male-2-scaled-e1747639548424-768x440.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-male-2-scaled-e1747639548424-1536x880.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-male-2-scaled-e1747639548424-2048x1173.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Male Libellago stictica, Sarawak, Timuoh River, Annah Rais Hot Spring, 03\/24\/2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Il est aussi proche de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/voyages\/vietnam\/libellago-lineata\/libellago-lineata-male-2\/libellago-lineata-male-4big.jpg\">L. lineata<\/a> (ici au Vietnam) et de L. aurantiaca dont l&rsquo;abdomen est aussi orange, mais ces deux esp\u00e8ces ne portent que des lignes jaunes sur le thorax et non cette tache <em>en forme de feuille<\/em> \u00e0 la partie ant\u00e9rieure (4). Il est aussi l\u00e9g\u00e8rement plus grand ; A. G. Orr nous dit que son aile post\u00e9rieure mesure 17 \u00e0 18 mm, aile qui est d&rsquo;ailleurs bien plus longue que l&rsquo;abdomen, une des caract\u00e9ristiques des Chlorocyphidae. L&rsquo;insecte entier est donc tr\u00e8s petit, \u00e0 peine plus de 25 mm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:23px\" 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\/Libellago-stictica-male-3.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1085\" height=\"1204\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-male-3.webp\" alt=\"Male Libellago stictica, Sarawak, Timuoh River, Annah Rais Hot Spring, 03\/24\/2025\" class=\"wp-image-24786 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-male-3.webp 1085w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-male-3-768x852.webp 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1085px) 100vw, 1085px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1085px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1085\/1204;\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Between the ocelli and the antennae, they have a complex and spectacular pattern, which adds to the singularity of the face.<br>They inhabit rivers in forests, in plains, and like to establish their territory on the trunks of semi-submerged dead trees on which the females come to lay their eggs. They are aggressive with other males and fight in flight facing each other, exhibiting both the white side of their forelegs and the colored tips of their hindwings. AG Orr writes that they are present for a short time on the breeding sites, about an hour in the afternoon. Ours were early\u202f!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Male Libellago stictica, Sarawak, Timuoh River, Annah Rais Hot Spring, 03\/24\/2025<\/span><\/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>On this river, they shared the supports with Libellago semiopaca, Heliocypha biseriata, Dyspahea dimidiata and Neurobasis longipes. It is worth noting that this is our seventh day of prospecting and the first day where it has not rained\u202f!<\/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\/24-03-2025-Annah-Rais-Hot-Spring.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1955\" height=\"1204\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/24-03-2025-Annah-Rais-Hot-Spring.webp\" alt=\"Annah Rais Hot Spring, Timuoh River, Sarawak, 24\/03\/2025\" class=\"wp-image-24791 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1955px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1955\/1204;width:568px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/24-03-2025-Annah-Rais-Hot-Spring.webp 1955w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/24-03-2025-Annah-Rais-Hot-Spring-768x473.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/24-03-2025-Annah-Rais-Hot-Spring-1536x946.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1955px) 100vw, 1955px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Annah Rais Hot Spring, Timuoh River, Sarawak, 03\/24\/2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is rarely encountered, with only three sightings on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations?taxon_id=104568\">iNaturalist<\/a>&nbsp;before our visit.<br>It is therefore endemic to Borneo, with records from Brunei, Kalimantan, but especially Sarawak, where sighting pressure is certainly higher.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/species\/163615\/135431454#geographic-range\">IUCN Red List<\/a>&nbsp;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-male-5.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1578\" height=\"1204\" data-id=\"24788\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-male-5.webp\" alt=\"Libellago stictica male, Sarawak, Timuoh River, Annah Rais Hot Spring, 03\/24\/2025\" class=\"wp-image-24788 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-male-5.webp 1578w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-male-5-768x586.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-male-5-1536x1172.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1578px) 100vw, 1578px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1578px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1578\/1204;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-male-4.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2366\" height=\"1504\" data-id=\"24787\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-male-4.webp\" alt=\"Libellago stictica male, Sarawak, Timuoh River, Annah Rais Hot Spring, 03\/24\/2025\" class=\"wp-image-24787 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-male-4.webp 2366w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-male-4-768x488.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-male-4-1536x976.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-male-4-2048x1302.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2366px) 100vw, 2366px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2366px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2366\/1504;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Libellago stictica male, Sarawak, Timuoh River, Annah Rais Hot Spring, 03\/24\/2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Females laying eggs on dead wood are more easily approached than males; they insert their eggs into the decaying wood, in the submerged parts of it, resisting the sensitive current.<\/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\/Libellago-stictica-femelle-2.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2528\" height=\"1504\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-femelle-2.webp\" alt=\"Libellago stictica female, Sarawak, Timuoh River, Annah Rais Hot Spring, 03\/24\/2025\" class=\"wp-image-24783 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2528px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2528\/1504;width:594px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-femelle-2.webp 2528w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-femelle-2-768x457.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-femelle-2-1536x914.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-femelle-2-2048x1218.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2528px) 100vw, 2528px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Libellago stictica female, Sarawak, Timuoh River, Annah Rais Hot Spring, 03\/24\/2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They are very spectacular with their massive abdomen. Note that it does not have the leaf-shaped decoration on the thorax, but identification was easy, as the males constantly landed right next to them.<\/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\/Libellago-stictica-femelle-1.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2330\" height=\"1504\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-femelle-1.webp\" alt=\"Libellago stictica female, Sarawak, Timuoh River, Annah Rais Hot Spring, 03\/24\/2025\" class=\"wp-image-24782 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2330px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2330\/1504;width:592px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-femelle-1.webp 2330w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-femelle-1-768x496.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-femelle-1-1536x991.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-femelle-1-2048x1322.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2330px) 100vw, 2330px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Libellago stictica female, Sarawak, Timuoh River, Annah Rais Hot Spring, 03\/24\/2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong><br \/><strong>Libellago<\/strong>\u00a0; the genus was created by Selys in 1840 and is thought (5) to be formed from the Latin<em>\u00a0libellula<\/em>\u00a0for dragonfly and \u2013ago<em>\u00a0,<\/em>\u00a0a suffix derived from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnrtl.fr\/etymologie\/virago\">\u00a0virago, which in Latin means<\/a> \u201cwoman strong and courageous like a man\u201d and therefore possibly heroine. This is the explanation given by Ngiam and Ng, but should we not simply stop at the meaning of the suffix -ago in Latin (6) which means to lead, in the sense of directing. Why does Selys give this quality to this genus is a mystery.<br \/><strong>Stictica<\/strong>\u00a0, from the Greek\u00a0<em>\u00a0stiktos<\/em> \u00a0for\u00a0<em>marked, tattooed<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0; Selys in his \u201cAdditions to the Synopsis of the Calopterygines\u201d writes: \u00ab\u00a0Race ? Un exemplaire de Born\u00e9o (m\u00eame collection) a des taches jaunes aux 6\u00b0 et 7\u00b0 segments, et les bandes lat\u00e9rales jaunes du thorax sont maculaires. Si c\u2019est une esp\u00e8ce, je le nommerai Micromerus sticticus.\u00a0\u00bb &#8211; \u201cRace? A specimen from Borneo (same collection) has yellow spots on the 6th and 7th segments, and the yellow lateral bands of the thorax are macular. If it is a species, I will name it Micromerus sticticus.\u00a0\u00bb This is a paragraph from the article in which he describes L. stigmatizans and he notes that this subject differs by yellow spots, which are certainly the origin of the species name.<br \/><br \/>Note that this species name is also given to a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/2020\/10\/09\/trithemis-stictica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0Trithemis<\/a>\u00a0(Libellulidae) that I encountered in Namibia. But also to a Pericnemis (Coenagrionidae) and a Phyllopetalia (Austropetaliidae)!<br \/><br \/>Below, we see, under the ovipositor, the stylet that perforates the rotting wood.<\/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\/Libellago-stictica-femelle-3.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1926\" height=\"1204\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-femelle-3.webp\" alt=\"Libellago stictica female, Sarawak, Timuoh River, Annah Rais Hot Spring, 03\/24\/2025\" class=\"wp-image-24795 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1926px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1926\/1204;width:656px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-femelle-3.webp 1926w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-femelle-3-768x480.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellago-stictica-femelle-3-1536x960.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1926px) 100vw, 1926px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Libellago stictica female, Sarawak, Timuoh River, Annah Rais Hot Spring, 03\/24\/2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:13px\">1- Selys, 1859 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/page\/36942372#page\/466\/mode\/1up\">Addition au Synopsis des Calopterygines<\/a>. Bulletins de l&rsquo;Acad\u00e9mie royale des sciences, des lettres et<br>des beaux-arts de Belgique. P. 448.<br>2- Selys, 1869 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/item\/28490#page\/688\/mode\/1up\">Secondes additions au Synopsis des Calopterygines<\/a> &#8211; Bulletins de l&rsquo;Acad\u00e9mie royale des sciences, des lettres et<br>des beaux-arts de Belgique<strong>.<\/strong> P. 665<br>3- Lieftinck, 1932 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zobodat.at\/pdf\/KON_11_0001-0011.pdf\">Notes on the Genus Libellago Selys, with Descriptions of two new species (Odon.)<\/a> &#8211; Konovia : Vienne. <br>4- A Guide to the Dragonflies of Borneo, their identification and biology. A.G. Orr, Natural History Publication (Borneo) \u2013 2003.<br>5- Robin Ngiam &amp; Marcus Ng &#8211; A photographic guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Singapore &#8211; John Beaufoy Publishing \u2013 2022<br>6- Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Form, compiled from the Greek, Latin and other languages with special reference to biological terms and scientific names, Donald J. Borror, 1960.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe9cc265 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\/dragonflies-of-sarawak\/\">Sarawak Home<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">List of Asian Odonates<\/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\/divers\/liste-generale-odonates-du-site\/all-odonates.php\">Continental Lists<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selys first described Libellago stictica male (Chlorocyphidae) as a\u00a0supposed\u00a0race of Micromerus stigmatizans, 1859 (1), then as Micromerus sticticus in 1869 (2). The genus Micromerus is now extinct. 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