Latest Articles from African Invertebrates Latest 3 Articles from African Invertebrates https://africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 09:15:30 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from African Invertebrates https://africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net/ New data on dragonflies (Odonata) of Mozambique, with a new country record of Phyllogomphus selysi Schouteden, 1933 https://africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net/article/48320/ African Invertebrates 61(1): 17-28

DOI: 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.61.48320

Authors: Rafał Bernard, Marek Bąkowski

Abstract: Thirty dragonfly species were collected at 11 localities, mostly situated in central provinces of Mozambique, in the Gorongosa National Park, adjacent areas and the Chimanimani National Reserve buffer zone. These data include a new country record of Phyllogomphus selysi and records of several other species that have rarely been recorded so far in relatively poorly-explored Mozambique, such as Atoconeura biordinata, Hadrothemis scabrifrons, Gynacantha manderica, Gomphidia quarrei and Olpogastra lugubris. Faunistic considerations are given with some remarks on morphological traits.

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Research Article Wed, 26 Feb 2020 10:39:21 +0200
New records of dragonflies (Odonata) in Zambia https://africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net/article/29021/ African Invertebrates 59(2): 165-193

DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.59.29021

Authors: Rafał Bernard, Bogusław Daraż

Abstract: Zoogeographically important data on the occurrence of 22 dragonfly species in Zambia are presented, including at least seven species for the first time recorded or unambiguously confirmed in the country. They filled gaps in the previously known distribution ranges and showed that some of them reach further, especially to the south, but also west or north. Zoogeographical considerations are completed with some remarks on species’ morphological traits and habitat selection and activity.

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Research Article Mon, 5 Nov 2018 11:07:47 +0200
The dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) of Angola https://africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net/article/11382/ African Invertebrates 58(1): 65-91

DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.58.11382

Authors: Jens Kipping, Viola Clausnitzer, Sara R. F. Fernandes Elizalde, Klaas-Douwe B. Dijkstra

Abstract: Prior to 2012, only 158 species of Odonata were known from Angola. Surveys in 2012 and 2013 added 76 species and two further additions in 2016 brought the national total to 236 species. We provide a revised checklist with taxonomic notes and discuss the history of research, the biogeography of the fauna, and the potential for further discoveries. The national total is likely to be above 300 species. This would make Angola one of the richest countries for Odonata in Africa. The endemic species formerly classified in Chlorocypha are transferred to Platycypha.

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