{"id":28894,"date":"2026-04-05T18:03:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T16:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/?p=28894"},"modified":"2026-04-05T18:07:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T16:07:36","slug":"allocnemis-elongata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/2026\/04\/05\/allocnemis-elongata\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana &#8211; Allocnemis elongata (Hagen in Selys, 1863)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-1.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1918\" height=\"1204\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-1.webp\" alt=\"Allocnemis elongata m\u00e2le, Ghana, Kakum National Park, 13\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-28889 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1918px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1918\/1204;aspect-ratio:1.5930413851582375;width:604px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-1.webp 1918w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-1-768x482.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-1-1536x964.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1918px) 100vw, 1918px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Allocnemis elongata m\u00e2le, Ghana, Kakum National Park, 13\/01\/2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Allocnemis elongata, Platycnemididae, est un des trois de ce genre au Ghana ; mes compagnons qui ont pu poursuivre le s\u00e9jour une semaine de plus vers le nord ont rencontr\u00e9 les deux autres, <em>A. flavipennis et subnodalis<\/em>. Ce sont trois esp\u00e8ces que l&rsquo;on trouve souvent ensemble ayant vraisemblablement les m\u00eames exigences \u00e9cologiques.<br>C&rsquo;est un genre qui comprend actuellement 18 esp\u00e8ces, toutes end\u00e9miques d&rsquo;Afrique tropicale ; les aventures de la taxonomie ont fait que ce petit genre cr\u00e9\u00e9 par Selys, qui contenait seulement deux esp\u00e8ces, s&rsquo;est enrichi des Chlorocnemis et des Isomecocnemis  gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 Dikstra et al. (2014) . Les auteurs montrent qu&rsquo;il n&rsquo;y a pas de diff\u00e9rence g\u00e9n\u00e9tique entre ces genres et la pr\u00e9s\u00e9ance revient au genre Allocnemis cr\u00e9\u00e9 par Selys (1863) dans le m\u00eame document, quelques pages plus haut.<\/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\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-4.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2122\" height=\"1204\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-4.webp\" alt=\"Allocnemis elongata m\u00e2le, Ghana, Kakum National Park, 13\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-28892 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2122px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2122\/1204;aspect-ratio:1.4842376207344734;width:566px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-4.webp 2122w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-4-768x436.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-4-1536x872.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-4-2048x1162.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2122px) 100vw, 2122px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Allocnemis elongata m\u00e2le, Ghana, Kakum National Park, 13\/01\/2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Au Ghana, on ne peut pas le confondre avec un autre Allocnemis ; <em>A. flavipennis<\/em> montre des pattes toutes noires et des ailes tr\u00e8s fortement ambr\u00e9es, tandis que pour A. subnodalis, l&rsquo;ensemble des parties claires du thorax, de l&rsquo;abdomen et des pattes sont bleues.<br>Il faut remarquer, pour Allocnemis elongata, les pattes tricolores ; la face interne des pattes est  orange, les 2\/3 sup\u00e9rieurs des f\u00e9murs blancs et le reste de la patte sombre.<\/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-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-3.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1882\" height=\"1504\" data-id=\"28891\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-3.webp\" alt=\"Allocnemis elongata m\u00e2le, Ghana, Kakum National Park, 13\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-28891 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-3.webp 1882w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-3-768x614.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-3-1536x1227.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1882px) 100vw, 1882px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1882px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1882\/1504;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-2.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1787\" height=\"1204\" data-id=\"28890\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-2.webp\" alt=\"Orange-legged Yellowwing male, Ghana, Kakum National Park, 13\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-28890 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-2.webp 1787w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-2-768x517.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-2-1536x1035.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1787px) 100vw, 1787px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1787px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1787\/1204;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Allocnemis elongata m\u00e2le, Ghana, Kakum National Park, 13\/01\/2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Selys nous signale que son abdomen mesure 41 mm, l&rsquo;insecte entier mesure environ 48 mm.<br>Son habitat se situe sur les ruisseaux de t\u00eate de bassin, en milieu forestier ; c&rsquo;est bien dans cet environnement sombre que nous l&rsquo;avons rencontr\u00e9 dans la for\u00eat de Kakum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dans cet environnement, accompagn\u00e9 de Elattoneura villiersi, nous l&rsquo;avons observ\u00e9 en tandem et en ponte, mais comme souvent, il est tr\u00e8s difficile d&rsquo;avoir m\u00e2le et femelle dans le m\u00eame plan de nettet\u00e9\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\/Allocnemis-elongata-tandem1.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2054\" height=\"1204\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-tandem1.webp\" alt=\"Allocnemis elongata tandem, Ghana, Kakum National Park, 13\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-28899 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2054px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2054\/1204;aspect-ratio:1.706016755521706;width:536px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-tandem1.webp 2054w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-tandem1-768x450.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-tandem1-1536x900.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-tandem1-2048x1200.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2054px) 100vw, 2054px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Allocnemis elongata tandem, Ghana, Kakum National Park, 13\/01\/2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Les femelles sont donc un peu plus ternes, leurs pattes en particulier ne sont pas orange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery 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\/Allocnemis-elongata-femelle-en-tandem.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1653\" height=\"1504\" data-id=\"28888\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-femelle-en-tandem.webp\" alt=\"Allocnemis elongata femelle en tandem, Ghana, Kakum National Park, 13\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-28888 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-femelle-en-tandem.webp 1653w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-femelle-en-tandem-768x699.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-femelle-en-tandem-1536x1398.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1653px) 100vw, 1653px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1653px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1653\/1504;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);margin-right:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);margin-left:0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-en-tandem-5.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1990\" height=\"1204\" data-id=\"28893\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-en-tandem-5.webp\" alt=\"Orange-legged Yellowwing male, tandem, Ghana, Kakum National Park, 13\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-28893 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-en-tandem-5.webp 1990w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-en-tandem-5-768x465.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-male-en-tandem-5-1536x929.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1990px) 100vw, 1990px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1990px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1990\/1204;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Allocnemis elongata femelle (\u00e0 gauche) et m\u00e2le (\u00e0 droite) du m\u00eame tandem, Ghana, Kakum National Park, 13\/01\/2026 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sa distribution s&rsquo;\u00e9tend de la Guin\u00e9e et de la Sierra Leone au Nigeria. Il n&rsquo;a cependant pas (encore) \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9couvert au B\u00e9nin (il n&rsquo;est pas rapport\u00e9 dans le <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/389987941_Catalogue_illustre_des_Odonates_du_Benin\">Catalogue illustr\u00e9 des Odonates du B\u00e9nin<\/a><\/em>, Tchibozo et Maes, 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 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\/Allocnemis-elongata-femelle-en-ponte-1.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1459\" height=\"1204\" data-id=\"28886\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-femelle-en-ponte-1.webp\" alt=\"Allocnemis elongata femelle en ponte, Ghana, Kakum National Park, 13\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-28886 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-femelle-en-ponte-1.webp 1459w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-femelle-en-ponte-1-768x634.webp 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1459px) 100vw, 1459px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1459px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1459\/1204;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-femelle-en-ponte-2.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1622\" height=\"1504\" data-id=\"28887\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-femelle-en-ponte-2.webp\" alt=\"Orange-legged Yellowwing female, Ghana, Kakum National Park, 13\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-28887 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-femelle-en-ponte-2.webp 1622w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-femelle-en-ponte-2-768x712.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-femelle-en-ponte-2-1536x1424.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1622px) 100vw, 1622px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1622px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1622\/1504;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Allocnemis elongata femelle en ponte, Ghana, Kakum National Park, 13\/01\/2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Quelques minutes auparavant, nous avions rencontr\u00e9 une femelle qui \u00e9tait rest\u00e9e non identifi\u00e9e ; mais elle pr\u00e9sente exactement les m\u00eames d\u00e9tails de motifs sur le thorax et l&rsquo;abdomen et il s&rsquo;agit certainement d&rsquo;une jeune femelle Allocnemis elongata aux ailes brillantes, encore peu color\u00e9e.<br>La couleur des ailes est l&rsquo;occasion de rappeler que le genre est appel\u00e9 Yellowwing en anglais, ce qui s&rsquo;applique peu ou pas \u00e0 notre esp\u00e8ce. Son nom d&rsquo;esp\u00e8ce, Orange-legged, est en revanche tr\u00e8s descriptif.<\/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\/Allocnemis-elongata-femelle-1.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1955\" height=\"1204\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-femelle-1.webp\" alt=\"Allocnemis elongata femelle, Ghana, Kakum National Park, 13\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-28900 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1955px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1955\/1204;aspect-ratio:1.6237767306995288;width:648px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-femelle-1.webp 1955w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-femelle-1-768x473.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Allocnemis-elongata-femelle-1-1536x946.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1955px) 100vw, 1955px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Allocnemis elongata femelle, Ghana, Kakum National Park, 13\/01\/2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00c9tymologie<\/strong> : Allocnemis ellongata<br><strong>Allocnemis<\/strong>, du grec <em>allos<\/em>, qui signifie<em> autre<\/em>, <em>diff\u00e9rent,<\/em> et de <em>knemis<\/em> qui signifie <em>jambi\u00e8re<\/em> (d&rsquo;une armure). Dans son Synopsis des Agrionines, Selys d\u00e9crit successivement les Allocnemis, puis les Chlorocnemis et s&rsquo;il introduit une notion de diff\u00e9rence, c&rsquo;est qu&rsquo;il trouve les deux genres tr\u00e8s semblables pour la coloration. Il \u00e9crit : \u00ab\u00a0Ils imitent par leur coloration les Chlorcnemis de la m\u00eame contr\u00e9e\u2026\u00a0\u00bb. Quant \u00e0 <em>Cnemis,<\/em> qui avait d&rsquo;abord \u00e9t\u00e9 utilis\u00e9 pour insister sur les caract\u00e8res sp\u00e9cifiques des pattes de certains membres de la famille, il ne faut plus y voir qu&rsquo;un signe d&rsquo;appartenance aux Platycnemididae.<br><strong>Elongata<\/strong> ; du latin <em>elongare<\/em> qui signifie<em> \u00e9tirer<\/em>, <em>allonger<\/em>. Selys d\u00e9crit successivement 2 Allocnemis, Allocnemis elongata et A. flavipennis, mais il fait remarquer que le premier est plus grand :\u00a0\u00bb Diff\u00e8re de la flavipennis par la taille plus grande\u00a0\u00bb. En effet l&rsquo;abdomen de <em>la flavipennis<\/em> mesure seulement 33 mm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:13px\"><strong>Dijkstra, K.-D. B., Kalkman, V. J., Dow, R. A., Stokvis, F. R., &amp; van Tol, J. (2014)<\/strong> &#8211; Redefining the damselfly families: a full-lineage molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata). <em>Systematic Entomology<\/em>, <strong>39<\/strong>(1), 68\u201396.<br><strong>Selys, 1863<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/item\/132906#page\/62\/mode\/1up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Synopsis des Agrionines, 4\u00b0 L\u00e9gion Platycnemis<\/a>, p 176.<\/p>\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-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\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allocnemis elongata, Platycnemididae, est un des trois de ce genre au Ghana ; mes compagnons qui ont pu poursuivre le s\u00e9jour une semaine de plus vers le nord ont rencontr\u00e9 les deux autres, A. flavipennis et subnodalis. 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