{"id":28470,"date":"2026-02-06T13:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/2026\/02\/06\/ghana-micromacromia-zygoptera-ris-1909\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T16:57:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:57:02","slug":"ghana-micromacromia-zygoptera-ris-1909","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/2026\/02\/06\/ghana-micromacromia-zygoptera-ris-1909\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana &#8211; Micromacromia zygoptera (Ris, 1909)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-male-1.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1376\" height=\"1504\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-male-1.webp\" alt=\"Micromacromia zygoptera male, Ghana, Kakum National Park, 2026-01-13\" class=\"wp-image-28007 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1376px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1376\/1504;aspect-ratio:0.914903309926638;width:427px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-male-1.webp 1376w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-male-1-768x839.webp 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1376px) 100vw, 1376px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Micromacromia zygoptera male, Ghana, Kakum National Park, 2026-01-13<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Micromacromia zygoptera (Libellulidae) was hiding, perched on a leaf above a small sandy-bottomed stream, with decomposing leaves, a stream winding through the dark forest. Despite a few take-offs, it patiently allowed itself to be photographed, and fortunately so, as throughout our entire stay, we would only see this male and one female. <br\/>This is a genus that includes only four species, all of which are rare and very seldom observed; prior to our survey, the species had only 6 observations on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations?taxon_id=105795\">iNaturalist<\/a>, between 2012 and 2022. <br\/><br\/>However, it has a rather amusing English vernacular name (can one speak of a common name for such rarities?): <em>Small Micmac<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-male-3.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1478\" height=\"1504\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-male-3.webp\" alt=\"Micromacromia zygoptera male, Ghana, Kakum National Park, 2026-01-13\" class=\"wp-image-28010 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1478px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1478\/1504;aspect-ratio:0.9827213822894169;width:470px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-male-3.webp 1478w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-male-3-768x782.webp 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1478px) 100vw, 1478px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Micromacromia zygoptera male, Ghana, Kakum National Park, 2026-01-13<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>The genus Micromacromia (Karsch, 1890) is very close to Neodythemis, and is principally distinguished by the fact that the discoidal field of the forewing begins with only 2 cells: <em>except for<\/em> Micromacromia zygoptera, which, like Neodythemis, has only one! And it is probably for this reason that Ris (1909) described it under the genus name Eothemis, now defunct.<br\/>M. zygoptera is in principle the only species in Ghana; another, M. camerunica, is very similar, but it has 2 rows of cells at the beginning of the discoidal field of the forewing. <br\/>The genera and species are very close, and the taxonomy has been rich in complex debates, settled by Dijkstra and Vick (2006): M. zygoptera was called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Eothemis-zygoptera-Ris-1909.webp\">Eothemis zygoptera<\/a> (Ris, 1909) and Neodythemis scalarum (Pinhey, 1964). <\/p>\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\/Comparaison-avec-Dijkstra-Vick-2005.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1307\" height=\"644\" data-id=\"28018\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Comparaison-avec-Dijkstra-Vick-2005.webp\" alt=\"Micromacromia zygoptera venation, comparison with Dijkstra and Vick\" class=\"wp-image-28018 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Comparaison-avec-Dijkstra-Vick-2005.webp 1307w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Comparaison-avec-Dijkstra-Vick-2005-768x378.webp 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1307px) 100vw, 1307px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1307px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1307\/644;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-nervation.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1261\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"28019\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-nervation.webp\" alt=\"Micromacromia zygoptera venation\" class=\"wp-image-28019 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-nervation.webp 1261w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-nervation-768x487.webp 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1261px) 100vw, 1261px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1261px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1261\/800;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Micromacromia zygoptera venation, comparison with Dijkstra and Vick (click!) \u2013 Micromacromia zygoptera venation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Ris measures its abdomen at 21.5 mm, Pinhey at 22 mm without the anal appendages; it probably barely reaches 34 mm in total length.<br\/>We found it entirely within the environment described by Dijkstra (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201027203722\/http:\/\/addo.adu.org.za\/index.php?taxon_id=74500\">ADDO, 2020<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200922185454\/http:\/\/addo.adu.org.za\/index.php?taxon_id=74900\">ADDO, 2020<\/a>), namely a small rainforest stream.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-male-2.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1475\" height=\"1504\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-male-2.webp\" alt=\"Small Micmac male, Ghana, Kakum National Park, 2026-01-13\" class=\"wp-image-28009 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1475px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1475\/1504;aspect-ratio:0.9807355516637478;width:451px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-male-2.webp 1475w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-male-2-768x783.webp 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1475px) 100vw, 1475px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Micromacromia zygoptera male, Ghana, Kakum National Park, 2026-01-13<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Its distribution extends from Guinea to Gabon; however, its presence is not confirmed in Benin or Equatorial Guinea.<br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/species\/158575\/5223143\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IUCN Red List<\/a>.<br\/><br\/>The only female we encountered was unlucky. Likely on the very day of her emergence, she ended up in a spider&rsquo;s web. Note the very characteristic dark quadrangular mark in the center of her thorax.  <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-femelle-1.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1593\" height=\"1504\" data-id=\"28005\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-femelle-1.webp\" alt=\"Micromacromia zygoptera female, Kakum, Ankasa Forest Reserve, 2026-01-17\" class=\"wp-image-28005 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-femelle-1.webp 1593w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-femelle-1-768x725.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-femelle-1-1536x1450.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1593px) 100vw, 1593px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1593px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1593\/1504;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2231\" height=\"1504\" data-id=\"28006\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-femelle-2.webp\" alt=\"Small Micmac female, Kakum, Ankasa Forest Reserve, 2026-01-17\" class=\"wp-image-28006 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-femelle-2.webp 2231w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-femelle-2-768x518.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-femelle-2-1536x1035.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromacromia-zygoptera-femelle-2-2048x1381.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2231px) 100vw, 2231px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2231px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2231\/1504;\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Micromacromia zygoptera female, Kakum, Ankasa Forest Reserve, 2026-01-17<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Note the broad expansion of S8 in the photo above left; this dilation is normally absent in Neodythemis females.<br\/>Its abdomen can be compared with the one shown in Dijkstra &amp; Vick, 2006:<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromagromia-zygoptera-femelle-Dijkstra-Vick-2005.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1239\" height=\"343\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromagromia-zygoptera-femelle-Dijkstra-Vick-2005.webp\" alt=\"Micromagromia zygoptera female, Dijkstra &amp;amp; Vick, 2005\" class=\"wp-image-28025 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1239px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1239\/343;aspect-ratio:3.6124550303932517;width:571px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromagromia-zygoptera-femelle-Dijkstra-Vick-2005.webp 1239w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Micromagromia-zygoptera-femelle-Dijkstra-Vick-2005-768x213.webp 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1239px) 100vw, 1239px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Micromagromia zygoptera female, Dijkstra &amp; Vick, 2006<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong> of Micromacromia zygoptera<br\/><br\/><strong>Micromacromia<\/strong>; from Greek <em>micro<\/em> for <em>small<\/em> and <em>macromia<\/em> which is constructed from Greek \u2013<em>macro<\/em> for <em>large<\/em> or <em>broad<\/em> and \u2013<em>omos<\/em> for <em>shoulder<\/em>, to emphasize the massive thorax. This is a very surprising name for a Libellulidae, and I will let Fliedner attempt to explain it\u2026 <br\/>\u00ab\u00a0Karsch&rsquo;s description of this libellulid genus does not mention Macromia at all. Perhaps, as with Hagen&rsquo;s genus Macrothemis, the tooth on the claws led to the name [claws down, near the middle, with a distinct tooth]. But it should be noted that the only species on which Karsch based this taxon shows some superficial similarity to the genus Macromia: it has long, narrow wings, a dark, shiny main color with yellow (greenish) markings, the thorax is dark metallic green (for Macromia, see Wildermuth &amp; Martens 2019: 540-542). In any case, with a total length of about 30 mm, it is a rather small libellulid.\u00a0\u00bb<br\/>It should be noted that the specimens described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1890 were captured between 1887 and 1888 (by Dr. Paul Preuss, a German botanist and explorer who worked extensively in Cameroon at that time). Their color, having been in collection for 2 or 3 years, probably had little resemblance to their live appearance. Furthermore, the male we observed was old, covered in a grey pulverulence, while the female, very young, was closer to the coloration of Macromia.  <br\/><strong>Zygoptera<\/strong>, from Greek zygo, meaning <em>a yoke<\/em> or a <em>homogeneous pair,<\/em> and <em>ptera<\/em> for <em>wing<\/em>. Damselflies are indeed called zygopterans because their forewings and hindwings are almost identical. Karsch writes: \u00ab\u00a0Von allen mir bekannten Libellulinen zeigt diese die geringste Differenzierung der Vorderfl\u00fcgel und Hinterfl\u00fcgel [Of all the Libellulines known to me, this one shows the least differentiation between the forewings and hindwings]\u00a0\u00bb.   <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Dijkstra &amp; Vick, 200<\/strong>6 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/242156377_Inflation_by_venation_and_the_bankruptcy_of_traditional_genera_the_case_ofNeodythemisandMicromacromia_with_keys_to_the_continental_African_species_and_the_description_of_two_newNeodythemisspecies_from\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inflation by venation and the bankruptcy of traditional genera: the case of Neodythemis and Micromacromia, with keys to the continental African species and the description of two new Neodythemis species from the Albertine Rift (Odonata: Libellulidae)<\/a>. International Journal of Odonatology, 9, 51-70. <br\/><strong>Fliedner Heinrich, 2021<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/367150062_The_scientific_names_of_Ris'_odonate_taxa#fullTextFileContent\">The scientific names of Ris&rsquo; odonate taxa<\/a> &#8211; Journal of the International Dragonfly Fund.<br\/><strong>Pinhey, 1964<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200922185454\/http:\/\/addo.adu.org.za\/pdf\/Pinhey_1964_nsp_WAfrica.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Some new Odonata from West Africa<\/a>. Bulletin Institut fran\u00e7ais Afrique, 26, 1144-1153. <br\/><strong>Ris, 1909<\/strong> &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/Ris,%20F.%20(1909).%20Libellulinen.%20Libellulinen,%201,%201--120.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Libellulinen vol. 1, fasc. 9-11<\/a><\/em> &#8211; P. 71. <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\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>Micromacromia zygoptera (Libellulidae) was hiding, perched on a leaf above a small sandy-bottomed stream, with decomposing leaves, a stream winding through the dark forest. 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