| | | | | Taxonomy for Odonata (Dragonflies) in Cameroon | Class
Cameroon | Insecta (Linnaeus, 1758) (Insects) - Systematics
359 families, 4161 genera, 14234 species | Tree
| Subclass
Cameroon | Pterygota (Lang, 1888) (Winged insects)
357 families, 4157 genera, 14229 species | Tree
| Infraclass
Cameroon | Palaeoptera (Crampton, 1915) (Ancient winged insects)
13 families, 70 genera, 195 species | Tree
| Superorder
Cameroon | Odonatoptera (Martynov, 1932)
13 families, 70 genera, 195 species | Tree
| Order
Cameroon | Odonata (Fabricius, 1793) (Dragonflies) - Systematics
13 families, 70 genera, 195 species | Site
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| | Families | 121 worldwide | | Genera | 1.173 worldwide | | Species | 11.431 worldwide | | Common names | Dragonflies, Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies and Damselflies | | German names | Libellen und Wasserjungfern, Libellen, Odonaten | | Dutch names | Libellen | | Danish names | Guldsmede | | Finnish names | Sudenkorennot | | Norwegian names | Øyenstikkere | | Swedish names | Trollsländor | | Spanish names | Libelulas, Pipilachas | | Author | Johann Christian Fabricius, 1793 | | Distribution |
Continents:
Eurasia (Asia, Europe, Russia, Caucasus)
America (North America, South America, Central America, Caribbean)
Africa (East Africa, Southern Africa, Central Africa, North Africa, West Africa)
Oceania (Australasia, Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia)
Ecozones:
Nearctic
Fossils:
Cenozoic (Paleogene, Neogene, Quaternary)
Paleozoic (Permian, Carboniferous)
Mesozoic (Cretaceous, Jurassic, Triassic)
World Oceans:
Pacific Ocean (Pacific Islands, North Pacific)
Atlantic Ocean (British overseas territory Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea)
Indian Ocean (Great Australian Bight)
Antarctic Ocean
| Countries
Checklists | Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, USA, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe | | Links and References | Odonata in bie.ala.org.au
Odonata in darwinfoundation.org
Odonata in faunaeur.org
Odonata in itis.gov
Odonata in papua-insects.nl
Odonata in ru.ac.za
Odonata in staffs-ecology.org.uk
Odonata in dyntaxa.se
Odonata in Wikipedia (English)
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| Suborder
Cameroon | Epiprocta (Lohmann, 1996)
4 families, 45 genera, 123 species | Suborder
Cameroon | Zygoptera (Selys, 1854) (Damselflies)
9 families, 25 genera, 72 species | Site |
Family overview for Odonata (Dragonflies) in Cameroon
| | Aeshnidae (Rambur, 1842) - 16 Species | Darners | | Amphipterygidae (Selys, 1853) - 1 Species | | Calopterygidae (Selys, 1850) - 11 Species | Demoiselles | | Chlorocyphidae (Cowley, 1937) - 13 Species | Jewels | | Coenagrionidae (Kirby, 1890) - 28 Species | Pond damselflies | | Corduliidae (Selys-longchamps, 1850) - 7 Species | Boghaunters | | Gomphidae (Rambur, 1842) - 7 Species | Clubtails | | Lestidae (Calvert, 1901) - 3 Species | Spreadwings | | Libellulidae (Rambur, 1842) - 93 Species | Skimmers | | Megapodagrionidae (Tillyard, 1917) - 2 Species | Flatwings | | Perilestidae (Tillyard & Fraser, 1938) - 1 Species | Shortwings | | Platycnemididae (Tillyard, 1917) - 4 Species | White-legged damselflies | | Protoneuridae (Tillyard, 1917) - 9 Species | Threadtails | 13 Families with 195 Species in Cameroon
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Species overview - Checklist for Odonata in Cameroon
| | Species with A | Next | | | Aciagrion africanum (Martin, 1908) | Info | | Aciagrion congoense -> Aciagrion hamoni | Info | | Aciagrion gracile (Sjöstedt, 1909) | Info | | Aciagrion hamoni (Fraser, 1955) | Info | | Acisoma panorpoides (Rambur, 1842) | Grizzled Pintail | Info | | Acisoma panorpoides panorpoides (Rambur, 1842) | Info | | Acisoma trifidum (Kirby, 1889) | Info | | Acisoma variegatum -> Acisoma panorpoides | Grizzled Pintail | Info | | Aeshna scotias (Pinhey, 1952) | Info | | Africocypha lacuselephantum (Karsch, 1899) | Info | | Agriocnemis exilis Selys, 1872 | Little Whisp | Info | | Agriocnemis maclachlani (Selys, 1877) | Info | | Agriocnemis palaeforma (Pinhey, 1959) | Info | | Agriocnemis victoria (Fraser, 1928) | Info | | Allocnemis marshalli (Ris, 1921) | Info | | Allorrhizucha campioni -> Nesciothemis farinosum | Info | | Amanipodagrion gilliesi (Pinhey, 1962) | Amani flatwing | Info | | Anax chloromelas (Ris, 1911) | Dark Emperor | Info | | Anax congoliath (Fraser, 1953) | Info | | Anax ephippiger -> Hemianax ephippiger | Vagrant Emperor | Info | | Anax tristis (Hagen, 1867) | Black Emperor | Info | | Atoconeura pseudeudoxia (Longfield, 1953) | Info | | Azuragrion nigridorsum (Selys, 1876) | Black-tailed Bluet | Info | | Azuragrion vansomereni (Pinhey, 1955) | Tiny Bluet | Info | | Species with B | Back Next | Top | | Brachythemis wilsoni (Pinhey, 1952) | Wilson´s Groundling | Info | | Bradinopyga cornuta (Ris, 1911) | Horned Rock-dweller | Info | | Bradinopyga strachani (Kirby, 1900) | Red Rock-dweller | Info | | Species with C | Back Next | Top | | Ceriagrion annulatum (Fraser, 1955) | Info | | Ceriagrion corallinum (Campion, 1914) | Info | | Ceriagrion varians (Martin, 1908) | Info | | Chalcolestes viridis (Vander Linden, 1825) | Willow Emerald Damselfly | Info | | Chalcostephia flavifrons (Kirby, 1889) | Yellowface | Info | | Chalcostephia flavifrons flavifrons (Kirby, 1889) | Info | | Chlorocnemis contraria (Schmidt, 1951) | Info | | Chlorocnemis flavipennis (Selys, 1863) | Info | | Chlorocnemis marshalli -> Agrilus ostrinus | Info | | Chlorocnemis nigripes -> Agrilus overlaeti | Info | | Chlorocypha cancellata (Selys, 1879) | Info | | Chlorocypha curta (Hagen In Selys, 1853) | Blue-tailed red jewel | Info | | Chlorocypha cyanifrons (Selys, 1873) | Info | | Chlorocypha glauca (Selys, 1879) | Eastern red-tipped jewel | Info | | Chlorocypha gracilis (Karsch, 1899) | Info | | Chlorocypha grandis -> Chlorocypha gracilis | Info | | Chlorocypha neptunus (Sjöstedt, 1899) | Info | | Chlorocypha rubida (Hagen In Selys, 1853) | Info | | Chlorocypha rufitibia -> Euclimacia jacobsoni | Info | | Chlorocypha selysi (Karsch, 1899) | Blue-nuzzled jewel | Info | | Chlorocypha victoriae (Förster, 1914) | Info | | Crocothemis divisa (Karsch, 1898) | Divisa scarlet | Info | | Crocothemis sanguinolenta (Burmeister, 1839) | Little scarlet | Info | | Cyanothemis simpsoni (Ris, 1915) | Bluebolt | Info | | Species with D | Back Next | Top | | Diastatomma bicolor (Selys, 1869) | Info | | Diastatomma selysi -> Diastatomma bicolor | Info | | Diastatomma tricolor (Palisot De Beauvois, 1805) | Info | | Diplacodes deminuta (Lieftinck, 1969) | Little Percher | Info | | Diplacodes lefebvrii (Rambur, 1842) | Black Percher | Info | | Diplacodes okavangoensis -> Eublemma exanimis | Info | | Species with E | Back Next | Top | | Elattoneura balli (Kimmins, 1938) | Info | | Elattoneura nigra (Kimmins, 1938) | Info | | Elattoneura pruinosa (Selys, 1886) | Info | | Eleuthemis buettikoferi (Ris, 1910) | Firebelly | Info | | Species with G | Back Next | Top | | Gynacantha africana (Palisot De Beauvois, 1805) | Info | | Gynacantha bullata (Karsch, 1891) | Info | | Gynacantha cylindrata (Karsch, 1891) | Info | | Gynacantha nigeriensis (Gambles, 1956) | Yellow-legged Duskhawker | Info | | Gynacantha sextans (Mclachlan, 1896) | Info | | Gynacantha vesiculata (Karsch, 1891) | Info | | Gynacantha victoriae -> Gynacantha bullata | Info | | Species with H | Back Next | Top | | Hadrothemis camarensis (Kirby, 1889) | Tree-hole Jungle-skimmer | Info | | Hadrothemis coacta (Karsch, 1891) | Robust Jungle-skimmer | Info | | Hadrothemis defecta (Karsch, 1891) | Red Jungle-skimmer | Info | | Hadrothemis infesta (Karsch, 1891) | Slender Jungle-skimmer | Info | | Hadrothemis versuta (Karsch, 1891) | Changeable Jungle-skimmer | Info | | Heliaeschna cynthiae (Fraser, 1939) | Info | | Heliaeschna fuliginosa (Karsch, 1893) | Info | | Heliaeschna trinervulata (Fraser, 1955) | Info | | Hemianax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839) | Vagrant Emperor | Info | | Hemistigma albipuncta (Rambur, 1842) | Pied-Spot | Info | | Hemistigma albipunctum (Rambur, 1842) | Pied-spot; widespread in Africa | Info | | Species with I | Back Next | Top | | Isomecocnemis cyanura (Förster, 1909) | Info | | Species with L | Back Next | Top | | Lestes barbarus (Fabricius, 1798) | Southern Emerald Damselfly | Info | | Lestes viridis -> Lestes barbarus | Site | | Libellula depressa (Linnaeus, 1758) | Broad-bodied darter | Info | | Lokia incongruens (Karsch, 1893) | Info | | Species with M | Back Next | Top | | Macromia contumax () | Info | | Macromia funicularia (Martin, 1907) | Info | | Macromia lieftincki (Fraser, 1954) | Info | | Macromia melania (Selys, 1871) | Info | | Mesocnemis singularis (Karsch, 1891) | Riverjack | Info | | Micromacromia afra -> Euxoa persiae | Info | | Micromacromia camerunica (Karsch, 1890) | Large Micmac | Info | | Species with N | Back Next | Top | | Neodythemis afra (Ris, 1909) | Info | | Neodythemis campioni (Ris, 1915) | Info | | Neodythemis gorillae -> Euxoa persiae | Info | | Neodythemis preussi (Karsch, 1891) | Info | | Nesciothemis farinosum (Förster, 1898) | Black-tailed Dancer | Info | | Neurolestes trinervis (Selys, 1885) | Info | | Notiothemis robertsi (Fraser, 1944) | Robert´s Forestwatcher | Info | | Notogomphus maryae (Vick, 2003) | Info | | Nubiolestes diotima (Schmidt, 1943) | Info | | Species with O | Back Next | Top | | Olpogastra lugubris (Karsch, 1895) | Slender Bottletail | Info | | Onychogomphus supinus (Selys, 1854) | Gorge Claspertail | Info | | Orthetrum africanum (Selys, 1887) | Info | | Orthetrum albistylum (Selys, 1848) | White-Tailed Skimmer | Info | | Orthetrum angustiventre (Rambur, 1842) | Many-celled Skimmer | Info | | Orthetrum austeni (Kirby, 1900) | Giant Skimmer | Info | | Orthetrum brachiale (Palisot De Beauvois, 1805) | Tough Skimmer | Info | | Orthetrum brunneum brunneum (Fonscolombe, 1837) | Info | | Orthetrum caffrum (Burmeister, 1839) | Two-striped Skimmer | Info | | Orthetrum cameruense () | Info | | Orthetrum camerunense (Gambles, 1959) | Info | | Orthetrum chrysostigma (Burmeister, 1839) | Epaulet Skimmer | Info | | Orthetrum guineense (Ris, 1909) | Guinea Skimmer | Info | | Orthetrum icteromelas (Ris, 1910) | Spectacled Skimmer | Info | | Orthetrum julia (Kirby, 1900) | Julia Skimmer | Info | | Orthetrum julia capicola (Kimmins, 1957) | Info | | Orthetrum machadoi (Longfield, 1955) | Machado´s Skimmer | Info | | Orthetrum macrostigma (Longfield, 1947) | Info | | Orthetrum microstigma (Ris, 1911) | Info | | Orthetrum monardi (Schmidt, 1951) | Info | | Orthetrum saegeri (Pinhey, 1966) | Info | | Orthetrum sagitta (Ris, 1915) | Arrow Skimmer | Info | | Orthetrum stemmale (Burmeister, 1839) | Stemmale Skimmer | Info | | Orthetrum trinacria (Selys, 1841) | Long Skimmer | Info | | Oxythemis phoenicosceles (Ris, 1909) | Pepperpants | Info | | Species with P | Back Next | Top | | Palpopleura deceptor (Calvert, 1899) | Deceptive Widow | Info | | Palpopleura lucia (Drury, 1773) | Lucia Widow | Info | | Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798) | Wandering Glider | Info | | Paragomphus genei (Selys, 1841) | Common Hooktail | Info | | Parazyxomma flavicans (Martin, 1908) | Banded Duskdarter | Info | | Pentaphlebia stahli (Förster, 1909) | Info | | Phaon camereunica (Fraser, 1941) | Info | | Phaon camerunensis (Sjöstedt, 1900) | Emerald Demoiselle | Info | | Phaon fraseri -> Eulepidotis santosina | Info | | Phaon iridipennis (Burmeister, 1839) | Glistening Demoiselle | Info | | Phyllogomphus selysi (Schouteden, 1933) | Southern Leaftail | Info | | Phyllomacromia funicularia -> Phyllomacromia monoceros | Info | | Phyllomacromia melania (Selys, 1871) | Info | | Phyllomacromia monoceros (Förster, 1906) | Black Cruiser | Info | | Platycnemis rufipes (Selys, 1886) | Info | | Platycypha lacustris (Förster, 1914) | Info | | Prodasineura vittata (Selys, 1886) | Orange-fronted Threadtail | Info | | Pseudagrion camerunense (Karsch, 1899) | Info | | Pseudagrion epiphonematicum (Karsch, 1891) | Info | | Pseudagrion glaucescens (Selys, 1876) | Info | | Pseudagrion glaucoideum (Schmidt, 1936) | Info | | Pseudagrion hamoni (Fraser, 1955) | Drab Sprite | Info | | Pseudagrion hemicolon (Pinhey, 1964) | Info | | Pseudagrion kersteni (Gerstäcker, 1869) | Powder-striped Sprite | Info | | Pseudagrion melanicterum (Selys, 1876) | Black-and-yellow Sprite | Info | | Pseudagrion nubicum (Selys, 1876) | Info | | Pseudagrion risi (Schmidt In Ris, 1936) | Info | | Pseudagrion serrulatum (Karsch, 1894) | Info | | Pseudagrion sjoestedti (Förster, 1906) | Sjostedt´s Sprite | Info | | Pseudagrion sjoestedti sjoestedti (Foerster, 1906) | Info | | Pseudagrion spernatum gerstaeckeri (Karsch, 1899) | Info | | Pseudagrion sublacteum (Karsch, 1893) | Riffle Sprite | Info | | Species with R | Back Next | Top | | Rhyothemis notata (Fabricius, 1781) | Info | | Rhyothemis semihyalina (Desjardins, 1832) | Phantom Flutterer | Info | | Species with S | Back Next | Top | | Sapho bicolor (Selys, 1853) | Info | | Sapho gloriosa (Mclachlan In Selys, 1873) | Info | | Sapho orichalcea (Mclachlan, 1869) | Info | | Stenocnemis pachystigma (Selys, 1886) | Info | | Species with T | Back Next | Top | | Tetrathemis camerunensis (Sjöstedt, 1900) | Info | | Thermochoria equivocata (Kirby, 1889) | Info | | Trapezostigma basilare (Palisot De Beauvois, 1817) | Info | | Trapezostigma basilaris () | Info | | Trithemis aconita (Lieftinck, 1969) | Monkshood Dropwing | Info | | Trithemis annulata (Palisot De Beauvois, 1805) | Violet Dropwing Violet-marked Darter | Info | | Trithemis annulata annulata (Palisot De Beauvois, 1807) | Info | | Trithemis arteriosa (Burmeister, 1839) | Red-veined Dropwing | Info | | Trithemis dichroa (Karsch, 1893) | Small Dropwing | Info | | Trithemis furva (Karsch, 1899) | Navy Dropwing | Info | | Trithemis grouti (Pinhey, 1961) | Black Dropwing | Info | | Trithemis hartwigi (Pinhey, 1970) | Info | | Trithemis hecate (Ris, 1912) | Silhouette Dropwing | Info | | Trithemis kalula (Kirby, 1900) | Info | | Trithemis monardi (Ris, 1931) | Monard´s Dropwing | Info | | Trithemis nuptialis (Karsch, 1894) | Hairy-legged Dropwing | Info | | Trithemis pluvialis (Förster, 1906) | Riffle-and-Reed Dropwing | Info | | Trithemis pruinata (Karsch, 1899) | Info | | Trithemis stictica (Burmeister, 1839) | Jaunty Dropwing | Info | | Species with U | Back Next | Top | | Umma longistigma (Selys, 1869) | Info | | Umma mesostigma (Selys, 1879) | Info | | Umma purpurea (Pinhey, 1961) | Info | | Umma saphirina (Förster, 1916) | Sapphire Demoiselle | Info | | Urothemis assignata (Selys, 1872) | Red Basker | Info | | Urothemis edwardsii (Selys, 1849) | Blue Basker | Info | | Species with Z | Back | Top | | Zygonoides fuelleborni (Grünberg, 1902) | Fuelleborn´s Bottle-tail | Info | | Zygonyx fallax -> Zygonyx regisalberti | Info | | Zygonyx flavicosta (Sjöstedt, 1900) | Info | | Zygonyx natalensis (Martin, 1900) | Blue Cascader | Info | | Zygonyx regisalberti (Schouteden, 1934) | Info | | Zygonyx torridus (Kirby, 1889) | Ringed Cascader | Info | | Zyxomma atlanticum (Selys, 1889) | Smoky Duskdarter | Info | | 195 Species in Odonata for Cameroon listed |
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| | | Taxonomy | | Class | Insecta
Insects, True insects | | Subclass | Pterygota
Winged insects | | Infraclass | Palaeoptera
Ancient winged insects | | Superorder | Odonatoptera | | Order | Odonata
Dragonflies, Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies and Damselflies | | Author | Fabricius, 1793 |
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