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Table 1 Checklist of Odonata collected from three sites along River Aponmu in Ipogun

From: An ecological study of freshwater ecosystem and its colligation to Odonates assemblages in Ipogun, Southwest Nigeria

Family

Taxa

Numbers collected

Total

Alaasin

Idi

Aponmu

Coenagrionidae

Pseudagrion kersteni (Gerstäcker, 1869)

64

28

91

183

 

Pseudagrion melanicterum Selys, 1876

76

57

28

161

 

Pseudagrion nubicum Selys, 1876

4

0

0

4

 

Pseudagrion hamoni Fraser, 1955

2

0

0

2

 

Pseudagrion sublacteum (Karsch, 1893)

0

1

2

3

 

Pseudagrion glaucum (Sjöstedt, 1900)

0

0

2

2

 

Pseudagrion torridum Selys, 1876

0

0

1

1

 

Pseudagrion sudanicum Le Roi, 1915

0

0

3

3

 

Africallagama vaginale (Sjöstedt, 1917)

5

0

1

6

 

Africallagama subtile (Ris, 1921)

4

1

5

10

 

Agriocnemis maclachlani Selys, 1877

1

0

0

1

 

Agriocnemis victoria Fraser, 1928

0

1

2

3

 

Ceriagrion glabrum (Burmeister, 1839)

0

0

6

6

Chlorocyphidae

Chlorocypha curta (Hagen in Selys, 1853)

19

6

2

27

 

Chlorocypha glauca (Selys, 1879)

19

3

7

29

 

Chlorocypha pyriformosa Fraser, 1947

4

1

0

5

Calopterygidae

Sapho ciliata (Fabricius, 1781)

2

0

0

2

 

Phaon iridipennis (Burmeister, 1839)

12

0

18

30

 

Phaon camerunensis Sjöstedt, 1900

0

0

2

2

 

Umma cincta (Hagen in Selys, 1853)

4

8

0

12

Platycnemididae

Mesocnemis singularis Karsch, 1891

2

0

1

3

 

Elattoneura nigra (Kimmins, 1938)

0

1

1

2

Lestidae

Lestes pinheyi Fraser, 1955

0

0

4

4

 

Lestes pallidus Rambur, 1842

0

0

9

9

Gomphidae

Paragomphus genei (Selys, 1841)

0

0

1

1

Libellulidae

Trithemis arteriosa (Burmeister, 1839)

55

26

144

225

 

Trithemis imitata Pinhey, 1961

0

1

2

3

 

Trithemis furva Karsch, 1899

0

0

1

1

 

Trithemis aconita Lieftinck, 1969

0

0

1

1

 

Palpopleura lucia (Drury, 1773)

5

9

12

26

 

Palpoleura portia (Drury, 1773)

0

12

0

12

 

Palpoleura jucunda Rambur, 1842

0

2

0

2

 

Palpopleura deceptor (Calvert, 1899)

0

0

5

5

 

Brachythemis wilsoni Pinhey, 1952

21

0

26

47

 

Orthetrum julia Kirby, 1900

21

6

16

43

 

Orthetrum stemmale (Burmeister, 1839)

0

0

14

14

 

Orthetrum guineense Ris, 1910

0

0

4

4

 

Orthetrum chrysostigma (Burmeister, 1839)

0

0

12

12

Total

 

320

163

423

906