{"id":30193,"date":"2026-07-20T19:44:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T17:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/?p=30193"},"modified":"2026-07-21T09:16:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:16:45","slug":"pseudagrion-melanicterum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/2026\/07\/20\/pseudagrion-melanicterum\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana - Pseudagrion melanicterum \u00a0Selys, 1876"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-4.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2712\" height=\"1504\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-4.webp\" alt=\"Pseudagrion melanicterum m\u00e2le, Ghana, Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 20\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-30185 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2712px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2712\/1504;aspect-ratio:1.8032076289553534;width:583px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-4.webp 2712w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-4-768x426.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-4-1536x852.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-4-2048x1136.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2712px) 100vw, 2712px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pseudagrion melanicterum m\u00e2le, Ghana,  Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 20\/01\/2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Pseudagrion melanicterum<\/em>, Coenagrionidae, est membre d'un genre gigantesque qui compte actuellement 172 esp\u00e8ces \u00e0 travers l'Afrique, l'Asie et l'Oc\u00e9anie, encore plus nombreux que les Argia am\u00e9ricains (environ 140). Ils sont 71 en Afrique r\u00e9partis en 2 groupes A et B, au moins 17 au Ghana.<br>Le <em>Farmbush Sprite<\/em> appartient au groupe A ; \"<em>Les esp\u00e8ces de <\/em>Pseudagrion<em>&nbsp;<em>du groupe A<\/em>&nbsp;sont principalement des demoiselles (zygopt\u00e8res) \u00e9lanc\u00e9es, de taille plut\u00f4t petite \u00e0 assez grande (aile post\u00e9rieure de 17 \u00e0 29 mm), de couleur noire avec des touches color\u00e9es sur la t\u00eate, le thorax et les segments abdominaux 7 \u00e0 10<\/em>.\" peut-on lire dans Dijkstra &amp; Clausnitzer (2014)<\/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\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-1.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1796\" height=\"1204\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-1.webp\" alt=\"Pseudagrion melanicterum m\u00e2le, Ghana, Kakum N. P., 13\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-30182 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1796px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1796\/1204;aspect-ratio:1.4917268582552123;width:543px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-1.webp 1796w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-1-768x515.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-1-1536x1030.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1796px) 100vw, 1796px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pseudagrion melanicterum m\u00e2le, Ghana, Kakum N. P., 13\/01\/2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pour ce <em>Pseudagrion melanicterum<\/em>, les touches color\u00e9es sont pour moi surprenantes, jaunes ou vertes sur la t\u00eate et le thorax pour les taches postoculaires et les bandes thoraciques ; beige pour l'extr\u00e9mit\u00e9 distale du S7, le S8 et le S9. Je n'avais jamais vu ce type de couleur sur un m\u00e2le <em>Pseudagrion<\/em> mature. \u00c9tonnamment, certaines taches color\u00e9es des femelles sont bleues.<br>Si on additionne la coloration et la forme des appendices anaux, il n'y a pas de confusion possible avec un autre Zygopt\u00e8re au Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" 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:36% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"268\" height=\"222\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-Dijkstra-Clausnitzer-2014.webp\" alt=\"Farmbush Sprite, Dijkstra Clausnitzer, 2014\" class=\"wp-image-30199 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 268px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 268\/222;\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"264\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-appendices-anaux.webp\" alt=\"Pseudagrion melanicterum m\u00e2le, appendices anaux, Ghana, Kakum N.P., 13\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-30198 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 702px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 702\/264;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pseudagrion melanicterum m\u00e2le, appendices anaux, Ghana, Kakum N.P., 13\/01\/2026<br>A gauche, appendices anaux Pseudagrion melanicterum, Dijkstra Clausnitzer, 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Noter l'encoche sup\u00e9rieure dans la partie post\u00e9rieure de l'<a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/thematique\/anat\/schemanat\/robert7\/planche7-big.jpg\">\u00e9pisterne m\u00e9tathoracique<\/a> jaune ou vert ; cette encoche se poursuit parfois sous la forme d'un petit trait noir, jusqu'au point noir que porte cet \u00e9pisterne.<br>Selys (1876) mesure son abdomen \u00e0 32-34 mm. Sa longueur totale est d'environ 40 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\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-5.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2874\" height=\"1504\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-5.webp\" alt=\"Pseudagrion melanicterum m\u00e2le, Ghana, Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 20\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-30186 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2874px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2874\/1504;aspect-ratio:1.9109492404108015;width:605px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-5.webp 2874w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-5-768x402.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-5-1536x804.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-5-2048x1072.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2874px) 100vw, 2874px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pseudagrion melanicterum m\u00e2le, Ghana,  Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 20\/01\/2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nous l'avons rencontr\u00e9 sur des ruisseaux sombres en for\u00eat, mais \u00e9galement sur un profond ruisseau peu arbor\u00e9 dans une aire ouverte en compagnie de nombreux autres odonates dont <em>Chlorocypha curta<\/em> et <em>pyriformosa<\/em>, <em>Elattoneura nigra<\/em>, <em>Pseudagrion sjoestedti<\/em> , <em>kersteni<\/em> et <em>isidromorai<\/em>, <em>Trithemis grouti<\/em> et <em>arteriosa<\/em>, T<em>etrathemis camerunensis<\/em>, <em>Orthetrum chrysostigma<\/em> ; tout ceci sur une douzaine de m\u00e8tres !<\/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\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-3.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2478\" height=\"1504\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-3.webp\" alt=\"Farmbush Sprite male, Ghana, Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 20\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-30184 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2478px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2478\/1504;aspect-ratio:1.647617969899287;width:623px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-3.webp 2478w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-3-768x466.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-3-1536x932.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-3-2048x1243.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2478px) 100vw, 2478px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pseudagrion melanicterum m\u00e2le, Ghana,  Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 20\/01\/2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il a une large distribution en Afrique tropicale ; on le rencontre du S\u00e9n\u00e9gal \u00e0 l'Ouganda, il atteint au sud la Zambie et plus \u00e0 l'ouest le nord de l'Angola.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/species\/60026\/85371429\">IUCN Red List<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nous avons rencontr\u00e9 une femelle isol\u00e9e, \u00e9chapp\u00e9e d'un tandem, qui s'est aussit\u00f4t envol\u00e9e\u2026 Elle pr\u00e9sente les derniers segments caract\u00e9ristiques des femelles, comme on le v\u00e9rifie sur le tandem plus bas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" 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\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-femelle-1.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1537\" height=\"1204\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-femelle-1.webp\" alt=\"Pseudagrion melanicterum femelle, Ghana, Kakum N. P., 14\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-30180 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-femelle-1.webp 1537w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-femelle-1-768x602.webp 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1537px) 100vw, 1537px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1537px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1537\/1204;\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"544\" height=\"301\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-femelle-2.webp\" alt=\"Pseudagrion melanicterum femelle, Ghana, Kakum N. P., 14\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-30181 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 544px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 544\/301;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pseudagrion melanicterum femelle, Ghana, Kakum N. P., 14\/01\/2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-tandem-1.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1340\" height=\"1504\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-tandem-1.webp\" alt=\"Pseudagrion melanicterum tandem, Ghana, Kakum N. P., 14\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-30187 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1340px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1340\/1504;aspect-ratio:0.8909694494163721;width:569px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-tandem-1.webp 1340w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-tandem-1-768x862.webp 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1340px) 100vw, 1340px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pseudagrion melanicterum tandem, Ghana, Kakum N. P., 14\/01\/2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 30%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00c9tymologie Pseudagrion melanicterum<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pseudagrion<\/strong>&nbsp;(Endersby &amp; Fliedner, 2015) du grec ancien,&nbsp;<em>pseudo<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<em>faux, erron\u00e9,<\/em>&nbsp;et d\u2019a<em>grion<\/em>, ceci, comme l\u2019\u00e9crit Selys (1876), pour t\u00e9moigner de la difficult\u00e9 \u00e0 s\u00e9parer ce genre des Agrion ; \u00ab&nbsp;les Pseudagrions semblent tr\u00e8s voisins des vrais Agrions&nbsp;\u00bb. Agrion, du grec&nbsp;<em>Agrios<\/em>\u2013&nbsp;<em>sauvage<\/em>, vivant dans les champs.<br><strong>Melanicterum<\/strong> du grec <em>melas<\/em> pour <em>noir<\/em>, <em>sombre <\/em>et de <em>icteros<\/em> qui signifie <em>jaune<\/em>, tout simplement pour rappeler les couleurs de cet odonate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Pseudagrion melanicterum m\u00e2le, Ghana, Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 20\/01\/2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-2.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"776\" height=\"1504\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-2.webp\" alt=\"Farmbush Sprite m\u00e2le, Ghana, Twifo Atti-Morkwa, 20\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-30183 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-2.webp 776w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pseudagrion-melanicterum-male-2-768x1488.webp 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 776px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 776\/1504;\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:74px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:13px\"><strong>Endersby Ian &amp; Fliedner Heinrich, (2015)<\/strong>.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/283318421_The_Naming_of_Australia's_Dragonflies\">The Naming of Australia\u2019s Dragonflies<\/a>, Ian Endersby &amp; Heinrich Fliedner, Busybird publishing.<br><strong>Klaas-Douwe B. Dijkstra &amp; Viola Clausnitzer, 2014<\/strong>. <em>The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Eastern Africa - Handbook for all Odonata from Sudan to Zimbabwe<\/em> \u2013 Studies in Afrotopical Zoology, vol. 298. Tervuren&nbsp;: Royal Museum for Central Africa<br><strong>Selys, 1876<\/strong>.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/page\/34716922#page\/500\/mode\/1up\">Synopsis des Agrionines, 5\u1d49 l\u00e9gion : Agrion (suite).<\/a> Le grand genre Agrion, p. 492.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pseudagrion melanicterum, Coenagrionidae, est membre d'un genre gigantesque qui compte actuellement 172 esp\u00e8ces \u00e0 travers l'Afrique, l'Asie et l'Oc\u00e9anie, encore plus nombreux que les Argia am\u00e9ricains (environ 140). 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