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Damselflies of Borneo > Family Chlorocyphidae 鼻蟌科/鼓蟌科 > Genus Libellago > Libellago lineata (Burmeister, 1839) 高鼻鼓蟌
Family: CHLOROCYPHIDAE
Libellago lineata (Burmeister, 1839)
高鼻鼓蟌
Found in Asia: China, Guangxi, Hainan, Indonesia, India, Lao, Myanmar, Malaysia,
Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, Viet Nam
Libellago are exclusively seen near flowing water and streams. Males are
brightly colored ,black in general, yellow stripes on thorax and abdomen. Both
wings are transparent and light yellow to orange shade on the bases. Legs are
very long ,compared to other damselflies.
Family Chlorocyphidea
Libellago lineata
BORNEO ISLAND
Male ♂22mm Front wing 17mm
Female ♀21mm Front wing 20mm
Male Front wing 17mm
Female Front wing 20mm
Photo above : A female Libellago lineata lineata at her favorite sunspot on a
grass beside a monsoon swamp on the morning of 4th March 2007. Two female
Libellago lineata were seen in that morning with a distance of 200 meters apart.
No male around. Previous month 2 males were seen at the same area about 200
meters further down.
2-10-2008 Both Male and Female were seen resting on same area of tall grass.
A male Libellago lineata lineata of Sabah, Malaysia. (Above image) A rare
species in Malaysia. This species found in Sabah has no black tip on front wing.
Probably a new sub species. This same tipples species also found in Thailand (as
in Asia Dragonfly.com)
This and another male Libellago lineata were seen perching in low vegetation in
secondary forest on 19th February 2007. The nearest mountain stream is 50 meters
away.
The head part is very unique. The frons is extended making this damselfly looks
as if having a big fat nose. This damselfly species' unique extended frons (big
fat nose) also separate it from other similar Rhinocypha species in Malaysia.
The whole body is black with yellow markings.
Ovipositor of a female damselfly Libellago lineata
Segment 9, S8 and S10
The tenth segment in both sexes bears cerci and in males, its underside bears a
pair of paraprocts.
♀23mm
2017-05-27 SG TAWAU
Segment 10 : Cerci (Anal appendage)
Segment 8 and 9 : Ovipositor of a female damselfly consists of :
Ovipositor :
1- Stylus
2- Basal plate
Sg. Tawau near Bukit Gemok - The location of these Libellago lineata.
Here are index to damselflies sorted according to colour for our quick identification:
1- GREEN damselflies of Sabah, Borneo
2- BLUE damselflies
3- RED damselflies
4- ORANGE damselflies
Out of the global 10 families of damselflies, the following 7 families are found in Borneo Island :
RELATED TOPICS
Damselfly head include :
1- compound eyes,
2- ocelli,
3- antennae,
4- mouth structures
Dragonflies of Borneo
"With 275 named species so far recorded in Borneo, the island has one of the
richest and most exciting dragonfly faunas in the world. More than 40% of
species occur nowhere else, making it the most distinctive sub-region of
Sundaland." A Guide to the Dragonflies of Borneo by Albert G. Orr
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GO FURTHER FLORA Borneo has 150 species of wild fig trees. Most of them are found in forests of Sabah. FISHERIES Prawn farming is a main commercial activities in Tawau. Spawners from Tawau are graded the best in Malaysia. For decades, Tawau has been exporting high-grade tiger prawns to several countries such as Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, Vietnam, Singapore, Egypt and Australia.
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