Family Chlorocyphidae
鼻蟌科/鼓蟌科
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Family Chlorocyphidae
鼻蟌科/鼓蟌科
We have two genus of Family Chlorocyphidae in our image records:
1- Genus
Libellago
Family Chlorocyphidae
1/2 Genus : Libellago
Libellago semiopaca
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Libellago lineata
脊紋鼓蟌
♀23mm
2017-05-27 SG TAWAU
This species found in Sabah has no black tip on front wing. Probebly a new sub
species. This same tipless species also found in Thailand (as in Asia
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Family Chlorocyphidae
2/2 Genus : Rhinocypha
Rhinocypha aurofulgens
♀18mm 2017-04-11 SRI AMA
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Rhinocypha humeralis
♂25mm
2017-06-01 SG TAWAU
Damselfly Family Chlorocyphidae of Sabah
and else where in Borneo Island
... a family with unique short abdomen...
* endemic species that
naturally occurs in only Borneo Island
| 1 Genus : Libellago Selys, 1840 | |
| 1 | Libellago aurantiaca (Selys, 1859) |
| 2 | *Libellago dorsocyana (Lieftinck, 1937) |
| 3 | Libellago hyalina (Selys, 1859) |
| 4 | Libellago lineata (Burmeister, 1839) Found in Sungai Tawau |
| 5 | *Libellago phaethon (Laidlaw, 1931) |
| 6 | Libellago semiopaca (Selys, 1873) Found in Sungai Tawau White Bridge |
| 7 | *Libellago stictica (Selys, 1869) |
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| 2 Genus : Pachycypha Lieftinck, 1950 | |
| 1 | *Pachycypha aurea (Lieftinck, 1950) |
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| 3 Genus : Rhinocypha Selys, 1842 | |
| 1 | *Rhinocypha aurofulgens (Laidlaw, 1931) Found in Sungai Tawau |
| 2 | *Rhinocypha cognata (Kimmins, 1936) |
| 3 | *Rhinocypha cucullata (Selys, 1873) |
| 4 | Rhinocypha humeralis (Selys, 1873) Found in Bukit Gemok |
| 5 | *Rhinocypha moultoni (Laidlaw, 1915) |
| 6 | *Rhinocypha spinifer (Laidlaw, 1931) |
| 7 | *Rhinocypha Istygia (Forster, 1897) |
| 8 | *Rhinocypha viola (Orr, 2002) |
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| 4 Genus : Heliocypha Fraser 1949 | |
| 1 | *Heliocypha biseriata (Selys, 1859) |
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| 5 Genus : Sundacypha Laidlaw, 1950 | |
| 1 | Sundacypha petiolata (Selys, 1859) |
| 2 | *Sundacypha striata (Orr, 1999) |
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| 6 Genus : Rhinoneura Laidlaw, 1915 | |
| 1 | *Rhinoneura caerulea (Kimmins, 1936) |
| 2 | *Rhinoneura villosipes (Laidlaw, 1915) |
The unique NOSE of Chlorocyphidae damselflies
The head bears a unique upturned snout, or rhinarium, which projects far
beyond the rather close-set eyes.
The rhinarium is the wet, naked surface around the nostrils of the nose in most
mammals. It is an area of hairless skin surrounding the nostrils. Colloquially
it might be called a "wet snout".
But damselflies are not mammals, the function of their rhinarium is unclear.
Libellago and Rhinocypha damselfly species are separated by unique Rhinarium
(extended frons).
The different between Genus Libellago and Rhinocypha can be identified from the
shape of their rhinarium (nose).
Out of the global 10 families of damselflies, the following 7 families are found in Borneo Island :
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