{"id":30289,"date":"2026-08-01T13:22:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T11:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/?p=30289"},"modified":"2026-08-01T14:35:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T12:35:30","slug":"orthetrum-hintzi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/2026\/08\/01\/orthetrum-hintzi\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana - Orthetrum hintzi \u00a0Schmidt, 1951"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2329\" height=\"1504\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-9.webp\" alt=\"Orthetrum hintzi m\u00e2le, Ghana, Onuem Nyambibe Shelterbelt Forest Reserve, 21\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-28044 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2329px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2329\/1504;aspect-ratio:1.5485655029381264;width:584px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-9.webp 2329w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-9-768x496.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-9-1536x992.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-9-2048x1323.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2329px) 100vw, 2329px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Orthetrum hintzi m\u00e2le, Ghana, Onuem Nyambibe Shelterbelt Forest Reserve, 21\/01\/2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les <em>Orthetrum<\/em> sont un genre tr\u00e8s difficile \u00e0 identifier en Afrique, mais <em>Orthetrum hintzi<\/em>, quand il n'est pas vraiment mature et couvert de pruine bleut\u00e9e, n'est peut-\u00eatre pas le plus compliqu\u00e9.<br>Il faut mentionner que ce genre, qui comprend plus de 80 esp\u00e8ces dans le monde, en compte 36 en Afrique et 15 au Ghana. Pour la plupart, ils deviennent plus fonc\u00e9s et\/ou se couvrent d'une pulv\u00e9rulence bleue en prenant de l'\u00e2ge et leurs marques distinctives claires sont ainsi peu masqu\u00e9es. Alors, sur cette page, dans un premier temps, je n'en pr\u00e9senterai pas de<em> tout bleu<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter 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\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-8.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2169\" height=\"1504\" data-id=\"28043\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-8.webp\" alt=\"Orthetrum hintzi m\u00e2le, Ghana, Ankasa, 19\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-28043 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-8.webp 2169w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-8-768x533.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-8-1536x1065.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-8-2048x1420.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2169px) 100vw, 2169px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2169px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2169\/1504;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-12.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1690\" height=\"1204\" data-id=\"28047\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-12.webp\" alt=\"Orthetrum hintzi m\u00e2le, Ghana, Onuem Nyambibe Shelterbelt Forest Reserve, 21\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-28047 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-12.webp 1690w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-12-768x547.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-12-1536x1094.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1690px) 100vw, 1690px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1690px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1690\/1204;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Orthetrum hintzi m\u00e2le,  Ankasa, 19\/01\/2026 (*<em>voir en bas de page<\/em>) -  Onuem Nyambibe Shelterbelt Forest Reserve, 21\/01\/2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On l'identifie \u00e0 son thorax sombre, noir, \u00e9clair\u00e9 d'une bande ant\u00e9humerale jaun\u00e2tre, un \"L\" \u00e0 l'envers sur la face lat\u00e9rale du thorax et une coloration identique sur l'espace interalaire. L'abdomen montre des lignes parall\u00e8les jaun\u00e2tres sur S4 \u00e0 S7, S9 et S10 peuvent \u00eatre noirs. <br>Il compte une seule rang\u00e9e de cellules dans <em>l'espace situ\u00e9 au-dessus de la nervure radiale suppl\u00e9mentaire<\/em> (<em>R <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">spl<\/span><\/em>), ce que les Anglo-Saxons nomment <em>radial planate<\/em> et qui n'a pas d'\u00e9quivalent fran\u00e7ais : <em>champ radial suppl\u00e9mentaire<\/em> pourrait peut-\u00eatre simplifier les choses pour d\u00e9finir cet espace <em>I R<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">3&nbsp;<\/span><\/em> -<em>R spl<\/em> ou <em>I R<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">2 <\/span><\/em>- <em>R <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">spl<\/span><\/em>. Dans cette rang\u00e9e, on compte entre 0 et 10 (rarement 14) cellules d\u00e9doubl\u00e9es au total sur les 4 ailes. Le sujet ci-dessous n'en comporte aucune et d'ailleurs, aucun des sujets que j'ai rencontr\u00e9s n'avait de cellules d\u00e9doubl\u00e9es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized wp-duotone-unset-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-7bis.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2364\" height=\"981\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-7bis.webp\" alt=\"Orthetrum hintzi m\u00e2le, Ghana, Kakum N. P., 14\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-30295 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2364px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2364\/981;aspect-ratio:2.4097980801059253;width:754px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-7bis.webp 2364w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-7bis-768x319.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-7bis-1536x637.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-7bis-2048x850.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2364px) 100vw, 2364px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Orthetrum hintzi m\u00e2le, Ghana, Kakum N. P., 14\/01\/2026 ; mise en \u00e9vidence du champ radial suppl\u00e9mentaire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Noter \u00e9galement les veines transverses sous-costales claires (selon l'incidence), au moins les proximales.<\/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\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-jeune-1.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2517\" height=\"1504\" data-id=\"28038\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-jeune-1.webp\" alt=\"Orthetrum hintzi m\u00e2le jeune, Ghana, Ankasa, 19\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-28038 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-jeune-1.webp 2517w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-jeune-1-768x459.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-jeune-1-1536x918.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-jeune-1-2048x1224.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2517px) 100vw, 2517px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2517px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2517\/1504;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-11.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2287\" height=\"1104\" data-id=\"28046\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-11.webp\" alt=\"Orthetrum hintzi m\u00e2le, Ghana, Onuem Nyambibe Shelterbelt Forest Reserve, 21\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-28046 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-11.webp 2287w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-11-768x371.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-11-1536x741.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-11-2048x989.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2287px) 100vw, 2287px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2287px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2287\/1104;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Orthetrum hintzi m\u00e2le jeune, Ghana, Ankasa, 19\/01\/2026 &amp; Onuem Nyambibe Shelterbelt Forest Reserve, 21\/01\/2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Orthetrum hintzi<\/em> mesure 35 \u00e0 43 mm, c'est un petit <em>Orthetrum<\/em>.<br><br>Nous l'avons rencontr\u00e9 dans les all\u00e9es foresti\u00e8res, pr\u00e8s des grandes flaques form\u00e9es par les pluies sur ces logging trails, toujours en pr\u00e9sence de la for\u00eat mais jamais dans la for\u00eat elle-m\u00eame. <br>Dijskstra \u00e9crit sur ADDO : \"Eaux stagnantes, souvent temporaires, suintements et sources, en milieux ouverts et clairi\u00e8res foresti\u00e8res.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 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\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-7.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1734\" height=\"1504\" data-id=\"28042\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-7.webp\" alt=\"Orthetrum hintzi m\u00e2le, Ghana, Kakum N. P., 14\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-28042 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-7.webp 1734w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-7-768x666.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-7-1536x1332.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1734px) 100vw, 1734px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1734px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1734\/1504;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-jeune-mature-6.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1745\" height=\"1504\" data-id=\"28041\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-jeune-mature-6.webp\" alt=\"Orthetrum hintzi m\u00e2le, Ghana, Ankasa, 19\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-28041 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-jeune-mature-6.webp 1745w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-jeune-mature-6-768x662.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-jeune-mature-6-1536x1324.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1745px) 100vw, 1745px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1745px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1745\/1504;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Orthetrum hintzi m\u00e2le, Ghana, Kakum N. P., 14\/01\/2026 &amp; Ankasa, 19\/01\/2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Une des particularit\u00e9s des m\u00e2les immatures et des femelles est cette ligne sombre tr\u00e8s marqu\u00e9e de chaque c\u00f4t\u00e9 de l'abdomen. On note \u00e9galement la bande ant\u00e9hum\u00e9rale sombre dont la coloration va s'\u00e9tendre progressivement et qui lui donne son nom vernaculaire anglais de <em>Dark-shouldered Skimmer<\/em>.<br>On remarque l'\u00e9piprocte (appendice anal inf\u00e9rieur) clair, ce qu'on retrouvera sur les femelles, mais \u00e9galement sur une tache claire sur la face sup\u00e9rieure du 10\u1d49 segment qui est peut-\u00eatre un \u00e9l\u00e9ment d'identification de ces immatures (et des jeunes m\u00e2les puisqu'<a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-mature-7ter.webp\">on la retrouve<\/a> avant que l'abdomen ne soit compl\u00e8tement envahi de pruinosit\u00e9). Cette coloration claire contraste avec le noir du 9\u1d49 segment, mais elle n'est malheureusement pas sp\u00e9cifique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 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\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-immature-1.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2328\" height=\"1504\" data-id=\"28035\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-immature-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28035 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-immature-1.webp 2328w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-immature-1-768x496.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-immature-1-1536x992.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-immature-1-2048x1323.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2328px) 100vw, 2328px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2328px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2328\/1504;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-immature-2.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2452\" height=\"1504\" data-id=\"28036\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-immature-2.webp\" alt=\"Orthetrum hintzi m\u00e2le immature, Ghana, Ankasa, 19\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-28036 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-immature-2.webp 2452w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-immature-2-768x471.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-immature-2-1536x942.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-immature-2-2048x1256.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2452px) 100vw, 2452px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2452px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2452\/1504;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Orthetrum hintzi m\u00e2les immatures, Ghana, Ankasa, 19\/01\/2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On retrouve bien s\u00fbr les m\u00eames d\u00e9tails pour les femelles, femelles et m\u00e2les immatures \u00e9tant la plupart du temps tr\u00e8s proches pour les Libellulidae. Autant que je puisse en juger, aucun de ces sujets m\u00e2les ou femelles ne pr\u00e9sente de cellules d\u00e9doubl\u00e9es dans le <em>champ radial suppl\u00e9mentaire<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-femelle-1.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1362\" height=\"1204\" data-id=\"28031\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-femelle-1.webp\" alt=\"Dark-shouldered Skimmer femelle, Ghana, Kakum N. P., 14\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-28031 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-femelle-1.webp 1362w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-femelle-1-768x679.webp 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1362px) 100vw, 1362px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1362px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1362\/1204;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-femelle-2.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1366\" height=\"1504\" data-id=\"28032\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-femelle-2.webp\" alt=\"Orthetrum hintzi femelle, Ghana, Ankasa, 19\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-28032 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-femelle-2.webp 1366w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-femelle-2-768x846.webp 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1366px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1366\/1504;\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Orthetrum hintzi femelle, Ghana, Kakum N. P., 14\/01\/2026 - Ankasa, 19\/01\/2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sa distribution est tr\u00e8s importante, puisqu'on le rencontre du S\u00e9n\u00e9gal \u00e0 l'\u00c9thiopie \u00e0 l'est. Il atteint l'extr\u00eame nord de la Namibie et s'il atteint l'Afrique du Sud, c'est curieusement par la c\u00f4te est de l'Afrique, occupant la Tanzanie et le Mozambique.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/species\/59956\/85923338\">IUCN Red List<\/a>.<br><br>Ci-dessous, une femelle \u00e2g\u00e9e qui conserve les m\u00eames crit\u00e8res.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-femelle-4.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1959\" height=\"1504\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-femelle-4.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28034 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1959px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1959\/1504;aspect-ratio:1.3025585972445877;width:486px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-femelle-4.webp 1959w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-femelle-4-768x590.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-femelle-4-1536x1179.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1959px) 100vw, 1959px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Orthetrum hintzi femelle, Twifo Praso sur la rivi\u00e8re Pra, 20\/01\/2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La description d'<em>Orthetrum hintzi<\/em> par Schmidt (1951) est tr\u00e8s concise : \"<em>L'esp\u00e8ce ressemble \u00e0 la pr\u00e9c\u00e9dente <\/em>[O. icteromelas] <em>par la forme des hamuli du \u2642, mais s'en distingue par les motifs de la t\u00eate et de l'abdomen, ainsi que par la taille relative de ce dernier. Nomm\u00e9e en l'honneur du r\u00e9colteur E. Hintz \u2014 Berlin.<\/em>\" <br>Mais l'auteur fournit un dessin des appendices anaux secondaires et c'est bien sur ceux-ci qu'il faut s'appuyer pour confirmer l'identification. Il propose \u00e9galement un int\u00e9ressant profil (ci-dessous), certainement d'un sujet immature, qui montre bien ce qui le distingue des autres Orthetrum, cette forte ligne noire le long de l'abdomen.<\/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\/Orthetrum-hintzi-Schmidt-1951.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"910\" height=\"220\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-Schmidt-1951.webp\" alt=\"Orthetrum hintzi, dessin de Schmidt, 1951\" class=\"wp-image-30309 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 910px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 910\/220;width:692px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-Schmidt-1951.webp 910w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-Schmidt-1951-768x186.webp 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Orthetrum hintzi, dessin de Schmidt, 1951<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00c9tymologie Orthetrum hintzi<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Orthetrum&nbsp;<\/strong>(voir Endersby &amp; Fliedner, 2015) vient de deux mots grecs,&nbsp;<em>orthos<\/em>&nbsp;signifiant&nbsp;<em>droit<\/em>&nbsp;et&nbsp;<em>etron<\/em>&nbsp;pour&nbsp;<em>abdomen<\/em>, ceci pour signifier que les c\u00f4t\u00e9s de l\u2019abdomen sont parall\u00e8les. Ce nom de genre (neutre) cr\u00e9\u00e9 par Newman en 1833 a perdu sa pertinence avec la d\u00e9couverte de nouvelles esp\u00e8ces (dont les c\u00f4t\u00e9s de l'abdomen ne sont pas parall\u00e8les), mais le nom est rest\u00e9.<br><strong>Hintzi<\/strong> ; comme mentionn\u00e9 plus haut, c'est un hommage de Schmidt au collecteur de l'esp\u00e8ce,<strong> <\/strong>Eugen Hintz (1868\u20131932), ing\u00e9nieur, entomologiste et explorateur allemand bas\u00e9 \u00e0 Berlin, qui a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 plusieurs exp\u00e9ditions de collecte naturaliste et ethnographique en Afrique, notamment une importante mission en 1926 en Guin\u00e9e portugaise (Guin\u00e9e-Bissau). Les sp\u00e9cimens collect\u00e9s en 1926 et 1927 ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9pos\u00e9s \u00e0 Berlin o\u00f9 Schmidt a pu les \u00e9tudier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1404\" height=\"1504\" data-id=\"28040\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-jeune-mature-5.webp\" alt=\"Dark-shouldered Skimmer male, Ghana, Ankasa, 19\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-28040 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-jeune-mature-5.webp 1404w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-jeune-mature-5-768x823.webp 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1404px) 100vw, 1404px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1404px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1404\/1504;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1319\" height=\"1504\" data-id=\"28037\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-immature-3.webp\" alt=\"Dark-shouldered Skimmer immature male, Ghana, Ankasa, 19\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-28037 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-immature-3.webp 1319w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-hintzi-male-immature-3-768x876.webp 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1319px) 100vw, 1319px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1319px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1319\/1504;\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Orthetrum hintzi m\u00e2les, Ghana, Ankasa, 19\/01\/2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:13px\"><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 \u2013 Tervuren\u00a0: Royal Museum for Central Africa<br><strong>Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (editor, 2021)<\/strong>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190723071243\/http:\/\/addo.adu.org.za\/index.php?taxon_id=78800\">African Dragonflies and Damselflies<\/a>\u00a0(ADDO).<br><strong>Endersby Ian &amp; Fliedner Heinrich (2015)<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/283318421_The_Naming_of_Australia's_Dragonflies\">The Naming of Australia\u2019s Dragonflies<\/a>. Busybird publishing.<br><strong>Schmidt, E. (1951)<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210721214119\/http:\/\/addo.adu.org.za\/pdf\/Schmidt_1951b.pdf\">Libellen aus Portugiesisch Guinea, mit Bemerkungen \u00fcber andere aethiopische Odonaten<\/a>. Arquivos Museu Bocage, 20, 125-200, p. 178.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" 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<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">J'ai finalement de gros doutes concernant cette photo.  J'ai plusieurs vues diff\u00e9rentes de ce m\u00eame sujet, dont les g\u00e9nitalia sous le S2, et ceux-ci ne correspondent pas \u00e0 Orthetrum hintzi. \u00c0 vrai dire, ils ne correspondent \u00e0 rien de ce que je trouve sur les livres, en particulier celui de Dijkstra et Claunitzer (2014) qui montrent la plupart des Orthetrum d'Afrique.<br>Les bandes ant\u00e9hum\u00e9rales claires ont une forme que je ne retrouve sur aucun autre Orthetrum, r\u00e9tr\u00e9cie en arri\u00e8re et surtout la partie sup\u00e9rieure, dirig\u00e9e vers l'int\u00e9rieur. De plus, il porte des lunettes \u00e0 la fa\u00e7on de (O. icteromelas), ou plut\u00f4t uniquement la partie sup\u00e9rieure de cet ornement. Il semble aussi pr\u00e9senter une ligne noire au long de la car\u00e8ne abdominale dorsale.<br>Il n'a aucune cellule d\u00e9doubl\u00e9e au-dessus de la R. spl. (<em>radial planate<\/em>).<\/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\/montage-1.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2061\" height=\"1504\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/montage-1.webp\" alt=\"Orthetrum sp., Ghana, Ankasa, 19\/01\/2026 montage.\" class=\"wp-image-30337 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2061px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2061\/1504;aspect-ratio:1.3703529411764706;width:781px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/montage-1.webp 2061w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/montage-1-768x560.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/montage-1-1536x1121.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/montage-1-2048x1495.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2061px) 100vw, 2061px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Orthetrum sp., Ghana, Ankasa, 19\/01\/2026 montage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-sp.-genitalia.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1118\" height=\"835\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-sp.-genitalia.webp\" alt=\"Orthetrum sp., genitalia, Ghana, Ankasa, 19\/01\/2026\" class=\"wp-image-30338 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1118px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1118\/835;aspect-ratio:1.338942915603375;width:615px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-sp.-genitalia.webp 1118w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orthetrum-sp.-genitalia-768x574.webp 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1118px) 100vw, 1118px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Orthetrum sp., genitalia, Ghana, Ankasa, 19\/01\/2026 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Je serais heureux d'avoir un avis expert sur ce sujet. Car, comme on me l'a sugg\u00e9r\u00e9, c'est peut-\u00eatre une nouvelle esp\u00e8ce\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Les Orthetrum sont un genre tr\u00e8s difficile \u00e0 identifier en Afrique, mais Orthetrum hintzi, quand il n'est pas vraiment mature et couvert de pruine bleut\u00e9e, n'est peut-\u00eatre pas le plus compliqu\u00e9.Il faut mentionner que ce genre, qui comprend plus de 80 esp\u00e8ces dans le monde, en compte 36 en Afrique et 15 au Ghana. 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