{"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 - 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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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'on trouve souvent ensemble ayant vraisemblablement les m\u00eames exigences \u00e9cologiques.<br>C'est un genre qui comprend actuellement 18 esp\u00e8ces, toutes end\u00e9miques d'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'est enrichi des Chlorocnemis et des Isomecocnemis  gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 Dikstra et al. (2014) . Les auteurs montrent qu'il n'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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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'ensemble des parties claires du thorax, de l'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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Selys nous signale que son abdomen mesure 41 mm, l'insecte entier mesure environ 48 mm.<br>Son habitat se situe sur les ruisseaux de t\u00eate de bassin, en milieu forestier ; c'est bien dans cet environnement sombre que nous l'avons rencontr\u00e9 dans la for\u00eat de Kakum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dans cet environnement, accompagn\u00e9 de Elattoneura villiersi, nous l'avons observ\u00e9 en tandem et en ponte, mais comme souvent, il est tr\u00e8s difficile d'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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sa distribution s'\u00e9tend de la Guin\u00e9e et de la Sierra Leone au Nigeria. Il n'a cependant pas (encore) \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9couvert au B\u00e9nin (il n'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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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'abdomen et il s'agit certainement d'une jeune femelle Allocnemis elongata aux ailes brillantes, encore peu color\u00e9e.<br>La couleur des ailes est l'occasion de rappeler que le genre est appel\u00e9 Yellowwing en anglais, ce qui s'applique peu ou pas \u00e0 notre esp\u00e8ce. Son nom d'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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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'une armure). Dans son Synopsis des Agrionines, Selys d\u00e9crit successivement les Allocnemis, puis les Chlorocnemis et s'il introduit une notion de diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'il trouve les deux genres tr\u00e8s semblables pour la coloration. Il \u00e9crit : \"Ils imitent par leur coloration les Chlorcnemis de la m\u00eame contr\u00e9e\u2026\". Quant \u00e0 <em>Cnemis,<\/em> qui avait d'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'un signe d'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 :\" Diff\u00e8re de la flavipennis par la taille plus grande\". En effet l'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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:13px\"><strong>Dijkstra, K.-D. B., Kalkman, V. J., Dow, R. A., Stokvis, F. R., &amp; van Tol, J. (2014)<\/strong> - 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-2c90304e 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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/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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