Dragonflies of Namibia
14 days in Namibia, from February 8 to 22, 2020, with Odonatours allowed us to observe around 80 species of odonates, mainly in the Caprivi Strip, this long strip of land that goes towards the center of Africa, between Angola and Zambia in the North, Botswana in the South. It is a relatively green region, especially since we are in the rainy season, watered by several rivers, Kwando, Okavango and Zambezi for the main ones. But we also explored many more or less temporary ponds, marshes, dam lakes and their leaks, with a temperature exceeding 30 ° C.
The identification is based on the knowledge of Phil Benstead (Odonatours) and several books are useful for this region:
– Dragonflies and Damselflies of Namibia – Frank Suhling and Andreas Martens
– Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa – Michael J. Samways
– A Field Guide to the Damselflies of South Africa – Warwick and Michèle Tarboton
– A Guide to the Dragonflies & Damselflies of South Africa – Warwick and Michèle Tarboton
– The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Eastern Africa – Klaas-Douwe B. Dijkstra & Viola Clausnitzer
– The Dragonflies of Southern Africa – ECG Pinhey (1951)
A little aside:
– Odonates trapped by grasses →
– Odonates captured by spiders (coming soon)
Calopterygidae
Phaon iridipennis →
Chlorocyphidae
Platycypha caligata →
Coenagrionidae
Africallagma subtile →
Agriocnemis exilis →
Agriocnemis gratiosa →
Agriocnemis ruberrima →
Agriocnemis victoria →
Ceriagrion glabrum →
Ceriagrion suave →
Ischnura senegalensis →
Pseudagrion acaciae →
Pseudagrion assegaii →
Pseudagrion coeleste →
Pseudagrion deningi →
Pseudagrion hamoni →
Pseudagrion kersteni →
Pseudagrion massaicum →
Pseudagrion nubicum →
Pseudagrion sjoestedti →
Pseudagrion sublacteum →
Pseudagrion sudanicum →
Protoneuridae
Elattoneura glauca →
Lestidae
Lestes dissimulans →
Lestes pallidus →
Platycnemididae
Mescocnemis singularis →
Aeshnidae
Anax imperator →
Anax tristis →
Hemianax ephippiger →
Gomphidae
Crenigomphus cornutus →
Crenigomphus kavangoensis →
Ictinogomphus ferox →
Gomphidia quarrei →
Lestinogomphus angustus →
Neurogomphus zambeziensis →
Paragomphus cataractae →
Paragomphus elpidius →
Paragomphus genei →
Paragomphus sabicus →
Corduliidae
Phyllomacromia picta →
Libellulidae
Acisoma inflatum →
Aethiothemis solitaria →
Aethriamanta rezia →
Brachythemis lacustris →
Brachythemis leucosticta →
Chalcostephia flavifrons →
Crocothemis erythraea →
Crocothemis sanguinolenta →
Diplacodes lefebrvii →
Diplacodes luminans →
Hemistigma albipunctum →
Nesciothemis sp. nov. →
Olpogastra lugubris →
Orthetrum abotti →
Orthetrum brachiale →
Orthetrum caffrum
Orthetrum chrysostigma →
Orthetrum icteromelas →
Orthetrum julia →
Orthetrum machadoi
Orthetrum stemmale →
Orthetrum trinacria →
Pantala flavescens →
Parazyxomma flavicans →
Rhyothemis fenestrina →
Rhyothemis semihyalina →
Sympetrum fonscolombii →
Tholymis tillarga →
Tramea basilaris →
Trithemis annulata →
Trithemis arteriosa →
Trithemis hecate →
Trithemis kirbyi →
Trithemis palustris / morrisoni →
Trithemis stictica →
Trithetrum navasi →
Urothemis assignata →
Urothemis edwardsii →
Zygonoides fuelleborni →
Zygonyx natalensis →
Zygonyx torridus