{"id":28467,"date":"2026-02-10T18:39:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/2026\/02\/10\/ghana-elattoneura-nigra-kimmins-1938\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T22:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T21:38:07","slug":"ghana-elattoneura-nigra-kimmins-1938","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/2026\/02\/10\/ghana-elattoneura-nigra-kimmins-1938\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana &#8211; Elattoneura nigra Kimmins, 1938"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-male-1.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2204\" height=\"1204\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-male-1.webp\" alt=\"Male Elattoneura nigra, Ghana, Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 2026-01-20\" class=\"wp-image-28132 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2204px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2204\/1204;aspect-ratio:1.8306405984786571;width:634px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-male-1.webp 2204w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-male-1-768x420.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-male-1-1536x839.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-male-1-2048x1119.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2204px) 100vw, 2204px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Male Elattoneura nigra, Ghana, Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 2026-01-20<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Only one encounter with a few individuals of Elattoneura nigra, Platycnemididae, near a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-01-20-11h23-Twifo-Atti-Morkwa-2.webp\">deeply incised stream<\/a> passing under the road, in a very open area. <br>Elattoneura is a major genus with 45 species worldwide, 30 in Africa and at least 4 in Ghana. It should be noted that the Asian species probably belong to another genus\u2026 <\/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\/Elattoneura-nigra-male-2.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2208\" height=\"1204\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-male-2.webp\" alt=\"Male Elattoneura nigra, Ghana, Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 2026-01-20\" class=\"wp-image-28133 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2208px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2208\/1204;aspect-ratio:1.8339263784362503;width:640px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-male-2.webp 2208w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-male-2-768x419.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-male-2-1536x838.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-male-2-2048x1117.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2208px) 100vw, 2208px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Male Elattoneura nigra, Ghana, Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 2026-01-20<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We encountered the 4 expected species. Elattoneura nigra poses no identification problem; the others either have orange legs, like E. girardi, or are pruinescent\u2014sometimes very strongly so\u2014on the dorsal side of the thorax, like E. villiersi or E. balli. None of the others shows these magnificent dark eyes, streaked with two blue lines.<br>Kimmins states that its hindwing measures 16 mm and its abdomen 26 mm, for a total length of about 32 mm.  <\/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\/Elattoneura-nigra-male-3.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1936\" height=\"1204\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-male-3.webp\" alt=\"Male Elattoneura nigra, Ghana, Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 2026-01-20\" class=\"wp-image-28134 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1936px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1936\/1204;aspect-ratio:1.6079958033076562;width:631px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-male-3.webp 1936w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-male-3-768x478.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-male-3-1536x955.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1936px) 100vw, 1936px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Male Elattoneura nigra, Ghana, Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 2026-01-20<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220301172615\/http:\/\/addo.adu.org.za\/index.php?taxon_id=18500\">ADDO<\/a> (sometimes difficult to access since the site is offline and the link is a <em>web.archive<\/em> one), E. nigra is part of the <em>glauca<\/em> group, which includes species found in gallery forest or open forest; our specimens were truly at the edge of the \u00ab\u00a0forest\u00a0\u00bb, or rather oil-palm plantations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-biotope.webp\">on the outskirts of a village<\/a>.<\/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\/Elattoneura-nigra-male-4.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1956\" height=\"1204\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-male-4.webp\" alt=\"Bkack threadtail male, Ghana, Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 2026-01-20\" class=\"wp-image-28135 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1956px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1956\/1204;aspect-ratio:1.624637357732649;width:628px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-male-4.webp 1956w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-male-4-768x473.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-male-4-1536x945.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1956px) 100vw, 1956px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Male E. nigra, Ghana, Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 2026-01-20<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The species occurs in the <em>Sudanian savanna<\/em>, from The Gambia and Senegal to Nigeria, and as far as Uganda, across Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/species\/59867\/12021299#geographic-range\">IUCN Red List<\/a>.<br><br>The only female encountered was part of a tandem. The photo has been rotated\u2026<\/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\/Elattoneura-nigra-femelle-2.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1546\" height=\"760\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-femelle-2.webp\" alt=\"Elattoneura nigra femelle, Ghana, Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 20\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-28565 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1546px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1546\/760;aspect-ratio:2.034229828850856;width:685px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-femelle-2.webp 1546w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-femelle-2-768x378.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-femelle-2-1536x755.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1546px) 100vw, 1546px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elattoneura nigra femelle, Ghana, Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 20\/01\/2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:25% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-tandem-1.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"833\" height=\"1504\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-tandem-1.webp\" alt=\"Elattoneura nigra tandem, Ghana, Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 20\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-28136 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-tandem-1.webp 833w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elattoneura-nigra-tandem-1-768x1387.webp 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 833px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 833\/1504;\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><br><strong>Etymology<\/strong> Elattoneura nigra<br><br><strong>Elattoneura<\/strong> from the Greek <em>ellaton<\/em>, meaning <em>smaller<\/em>, and <em>neuron<\/em>, which in entomology is translated as <em>a wing vein<\/em>. This refers to the reduced length of a vein used as a diagnostic character in the systematics of damselflies. See Suhling &amp; Martens (2007).  <br><br><strong>Nigra<\/strong>, from the Latin niger, black. Kimmins writes: \u00ab\u00a0General colour black\u00a0\u00bb. Its English common name is indeed <em>Black threadtail<\/em>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Elattoneura nigra in tandem, Ghana, Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 2026-01-20<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:53px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Kimmins, 1938<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1080\/00222933808526770\">New African species of Elattoneura (Odonata)<\/a> &#8211; Annals and Magazine of Natural History &#8211; Series 11 &#8211; Volume 1 &#8211; Issue 3 \u2013 p. 297. <br><strong>Frank Suhling &amp; Andreas Martens, 2007<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/327051371_Dragonflies_and_Damselflies_of_Namibia\">Dragonflies and Damselflies of Namibia<\/a>, Gamsberg Macmillan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" 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\/libellules-du-ghana-odonates-of-ghana\/\">Accueil Ghana<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/divers\/liste-generale-odonates-du-site\/africa-odonates.php\">Liste africaine<\/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\/\">Accueil<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only one encounter with a few individuals of Elattoneura nigra, Platycnemididae, near a deeply incised stream passing under the road, in a very open area. Elattoneura is a major genus with 45 species worldwide, 30 in Africa and at least 4 in Ghana. 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