ODONATA
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     CALOPTERYGIDAE

Mnais mneme Ris
   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Neurobasis chinensis L.
     



   

Vestalis gracilis Rambur
     

     

     

   

   
                                     
   

   



     EUPHAEIDAE

Euphaea cyanopogon                       Cambodia        
      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

     

Euphaea masoni                                  
      

      

      

     

        

      

       

  

Euphaea inouei 
        

       

       

      

Euphaea masoni ssp.
      

      

      

Euphaea sanguinea
        

        

      

        

Dysphaea gloriosa Fraser                         
  

  

  

    

   



    

        

        

     CHLOROCYPHIDAE

Aristocypha fenestrella Rambur     
         

     

Aristocypha fulgipennis                        
     

      

Heliocypha biforata Selys
 

     

    

Heliocypha perforata Percheron       
    

Libellago hyalina                                                      
    

      

    

    

Libellago lineata                            
        

        

        

       

          

Rhinocypha seducta Hamalainen et Karube        
                    
 
     

     PHILOGANGIDAE

Philoganga loringae Fraser
       

    

     PHILOSINIDAE

Rhinagrion hainanense Wilson et Reels    
   

         

         

         

Rhinagrion viridatum Fraser                  
      

      

      

    

    

      

      




     LESTIDAE

Lestes concinnus Hagen                                 
     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
        

            

Lestes elatus Hagen                   
      

            

            

            

            



Lestes nigriceps                        
    

    

Lestes platystylus Hagen                            
      

       

   

Lestes praemorsus Selys               
        

     

     

   

Orolestes octomaculatus      


                

     COENAGRIONIDAE

Aciagrion approximans Selys      
   

   

   

Aciagrion borneense Ris                               
  

   

Aciagrion hisopa  
   



Agriocnemis minima Selys                               
  

 

Aciagrion pallidum Selys
   

Amphicnemis valentini Kosterin et Kompier               
  

Archibasis viola Lieft.
   



   

      

  

Argiocnemis rubescens rubeola Selys                  
	       



Ceriagrion azureum Selys                
         

   

Ceriagrion calamineum Lieft. 
        

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Ceriagrion cerinorubellum Brauer                        
      

       

      

Ceriagrion indochinense Asahina
   

     

  

Ceriagrion malaisei Schmidt     
     

     

    

Ceriagrion olivaceum                    
    

  



Ceriagrion praetermissum Lieftink                      
    

Ischnura senegalensis Rambur
   

Mortonagrion falcatum Lieft.
                            

Paracercion calamorum dyeri Fraser    
       

Paracercion malayanum          
       

    

       

    

Pseudagrion australasiae                
     

       

Pseidagrion microcephalum Rambur
      

      

     

Pseudagrion pruinosum Burm.
      



Pseudagrion rubriceps Selys
          

Pseudagrion williamsoni Fraser                
            

 

   

     PLATYCNEMIDIDAE

Coeliccia kazukoae Asahina (=C. megumii Asahina)
     



       

     

      

          

     

     

  

         

         

Coeliccia poungyi Fraser ssp. dasha Kosterin 
        

   

Coeliccia yamasakii Asahina
         

Copera marginipes
   

Copera vittata Selys
      

                            

Onychargia atrocyana
 

    

    

    

    

Onychargia priydak Kosterin 		
          

          

          

Prodasineura autumnalis Fraser                                          
    

Prodasineura coerulescens Fraser          Cambodia         


Prodasineura doisuthepensis Hoess         Cambodia
     

    

     

     

     

    

Prodasineura hoffmanni Kosterin           Cambodia         
       

   

Prodasineura verticalis sensu Asahina nec Selys    
   

   

 

Pseudocopera ciliata Selys                    
          

    	        

           PLATYSTICTIDAE

Protosticta grandis Asahina                    
   

Protosticta caroli         
    

     

   

           AESHNIDAE

Anax guttatus Burmeister       
       

   



Anax immaculifrons Rambur       
     

      

      

Gynacantha demeter Ris        
                        

     

Gynacantha subinterrupta Rabmur 
     

 

      

      

      
                                                                                                                                  
     

    

Polycanthagyna erythromelas Selys  
   

Tetracanthagyna waterhousei McLachlan   
            

            

            
                                                                                                   
        


           GOMPHIDAE

Asiagomphus reingardti Kosterin et Yokoi Cambodia       
  

Burmagomphus asahinai Kosterin, Makbun et Dawwrueng
    

    

    

             

    

    

    

    

    

       

 

Burmagomphus divaricatus Lieftinck 
        

        

       

        

        

        

        

   

Euthygomphus schorri Kosterin                          
     

Euthygomphus yunnanensis Zhou et Wu     
        

    

        

    

Gomphidictinus perakensis Laidlaw 
      

        

        

        

        

        

        

        

Heliogomphus chaoi Karube                                
     

    

Ictinogomphus decoratus Selys
           

           

           

   

Lamelligomphus castor Lieftinck         Cambodia
               	

               

               

               

               

      

Macrogomphus kerri Fraser
            

               

         

              

Macrogomphus phalantus jayavarman Kosterin Fraser 
     

     

     

     

   

Nepogomphus walli Fraser 
    

Nychogomphus duaricus Fraser 
    

Paragomphus capricornis Foerster  
    

    

           Corduliidae

Epopthtalmia frontalis Selys


Idionyx thailandica Hamalainen          
  

          



Macromia sp.


Macromidia ralida Martin 



	   LIBELLULIDAE

Aethriamanta brevipennis Rambur
             

Aethriamanta gracilis Brauer
             

 

Agrionoptera insignis Rambur


Acisoma panorpoides Rabur


Brachydiplax chalybea Brauer          
  
	
Brachydiplax farinosa Krueger
         

Brachygonia oculata Brauer                 
    

             

    

Brachythemis contaminata Fabr.    
    



Chalybeothemis fluviatilis Lieftinck  Cambodia
        

          

  

Cratilla lineata Brauer 
      

    

    

  

Crocothemis servilia Drury                                   
    



    



Diplacodes nebulosa Fabr.                              
  

Diplacodes trivialis Rambur


     

Indothemis limbata Selys 
       

    

          

Lathrecista asiatica Fabr.
  

         

            

               

       

       

Lyriothemis elegantissima Selys
  

  

  

Lyriothemis mortoni Ris
      

Macrodiplax cora Brauer        
      

      

      

      

Nannophya pygmaea   
    

    

    

    

 

      

Neurothemis fluctians Fabr.
   

   

      

   

Neurothemis fulvia Rambur	                       
    

      

      

        

Neurothemis intermedia Ris
        
                                        
    

      

 

Neurothemis tullia Drury	                       
    

    

    

Onychothemis culminicola Foerst.       
         

         

         

Onychothemis testacea Laidlaw   
   

   

  

      

      

      

Orchithemis pulcherrima Brauer
     

    

     

      

Orthetrum chrysis Selys            
   

   

   

         

     

         

         

         

Orthetrum glaucum Brauer
     

     

     

 

 

      

      

      

  

Orthetrum luzonicum Brauer
       

      
  
Orthetrum neglectum Rambur              
          

          

    

    

  

Orthetrum sabina Drury                  
     

     

    

Orthetrum testaceum Burmeister
  

Orthetrum triangulare Selys
          

Palpopleura sexmaculata Fabr.         
     

        

    

Pantala flavescens Fabr.
 

Potamarcha congener Rambur


    

    

    

    

    

    

   

Pseudothemis jorina Foerster           
        

Rhodothemis rufa Rambur


   

 

Rhyothemis obsolescens Kirby              
    

    

    

    

    

    

    

Rhyothemis plutonia Selys
       

       

       

Rhyothemis triangularis Kirby


Rhyothemis variegata Rambur
   	

Risiophlebia guentheri Kosterin                      
   

    
    
    

       

Tetrathemis flavescens Kirby
   

Tetrathemis platyptera Selys                  
       

         

         

Tholymis tillarga Fabr.


  

  

 

Tramea transmarina Brauer
      

       

    

Trithemis aurora Burm.
   



    

Trithemis festiva
              

     

Trithemis pallidinervis                                
   

   

	       

        

        

        

Zygonyx iris Burm.
     
                     
     
                     
     

          

 

Urothemis signata Rambur


Zyxomma petiolatum Rambur   
                

           



LIST OF MY PUBLICATIONS ON ODONATA OF CAMBODIA

1. Kosterin O. R., Vikhrev N. E. 2006. Odonata seen during three days in a populated lowland part of Cambodia. Malangpo 21: 212-217.

2. Kosterin, O.E. 2010. A glance at the Odonata of the Cambodian coastal regions: end of dry season in 2010. International Dragonfly Fund Report 29: 1-75.

3. Kosterin, O. E. 2011. Odonata of the Cambodian coastal regions revisited: beginning of dry season 2010. International Dragonfly Fund Report 40: 1-108.

4. Kosterin, O.E., J. Holden. 2011. Some photographic records of Odonata in Cambodia. International Dragonfly Fund Report 42: 1-6.

5. Kosterin O. 2012. Odonata of the Cambodian coastal regions in late rainy season of 2011. International Dragonfly Fund Report, Vol. 45, pp. 1-102.

6. Kosterin O.E. 2012. A rapid survey of Odonata on Bokor Plateau, Preah Monivong National Park, Cambodia. Cambodian Journal of Natural History, Vol. 2012, pp. 75-86.

7. Kosterin, O.E., N. Makbun, P. Dawwrueng. 2012. Burmagomphus asahinai sp. nov., a new species from Cambodia and Thailand, with a description of the male of B. gratiosus Chaoi, 1954. International Journal of Odonatology, Vol. 15, pp. 275-292.

8. Kosterin, O.E., G. Chartier, J. Holden, F.S. Mey. 2012. New records of Odonata from Cambodia, based mostly on photographs. Cambodian Journal of Natural History 2012: 150-163.

9. Kosterin, O.E. 2014. Odonata of the sourth-west and north-east of Cambodia as studied in early rainy season of 2013. International Dragonfly Fund Report 67: 1-94.

10. Kosterin, O.E. 2014. Notes on infraspecific variation of some Gomphidae (Odonata) species in Cambodia. Internaional Dragonfly Fund Report 68: 1-16.

11. Kosterin, O.E., G. Chartier. 2014. Two more Odonata species recorded from Cambodia. Cambodian Journal of Natural History 2014: 8-11

12. Kosterin OE, Constant J, Wilson KDP. 2014. Neotype of Pseudagrion approximans Selys, 1867 designated to resolve a nomenclatorial confusion in the genus Aciagrion Selys, 1891 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). International Journal of Odonatology 17: 161-172.

13. Kosterin O.E. 2015. Taxonomical notes on Indolestes Fraser, 1922 (Lestidae, Zygoptera). 1. Indolestes gracilis expressior ssp. nov. from eastern Cambodia. // International Dragonfly Fund – Report 81: 1-11.

14. Kosterin O.E., H. Karube, R. Futahashi. 2015. Two new subspecies of Hemicordulia tenera Lieftinck, 1930 (Corduliidae) from Cambodia and Thailand. International Dragonfly Fund – Report – Vol. 82 – P. 1-19.

15. Kosterin O.E. Risiophlebia guentheri sp. nov. (Odonata, Libellulidae) from southeastern Indochina. Zootaxa 3964: 138-145.

16. Kosterin O.E. 2015. Taxonomic and faunal notes on Macromia Rambur, 1842 from Cambodia (Odonata: Macromiidae). Odonatologica 44: 117-151

17. Kosterin O.E. 2015. Onychargia priydak sp. nov. (Odonata, Platycnemididae) from eastern Cambodia. International Journal of Odonatology. Vol. 18. Iss. 2. P. 157-168.

18. Kosterin O.E. 2015. Prodasineura hoffmanni sp. nov. (Odonata, Platycnemididae, Disparoneurinae) from eastern Cambodia. Zootaxa. Vol. 4027. Iss. 4. P. 565-577.

19. Kosterin O.E. 2015. Dry season Odonata of the Cardamonean coast (Cambodia and Thailand) revisited. International Dragonfly Fund Report. Vol. 89. P. 1-36.

20. Kosterin, O.E. & Yokoi N. 2016. Asiagomphus reinhardti sp. nov. (Odonata, Gomphidae) from eastern Cambodia and southern Laos. Zootaxa Vol. 4103. Issue 1. P. 35-42.

21. Kosterin, O.E. 2016. Microgomphus alani (Odonata, Gomphidae) sp. nov. from Cambodia. Zootaxa Vol. 4114. Issue 3. P. 341-350.

22. Kosterin, O.E. 2016. Reconsideration of the genera Merogomphus Martin, 1904, and Anisogomphus Selys, 1857, including erection of a new genus, with a new species and discussion of additional specimens from Cambodia. // Zootaxa, Vol. 4171. Issue 1. P. 051-076.

23.Kosterin, O.E. 2016. Coeliccia poungyi dasha subsp. nov. (Odonata, Platycnemididae, Calicnemiinae) from eastern Cambodia. International Dragonfly Fund Report. Vol. 97. P. 1-16.

24.Kosterin, O.E. 2016. A survey of Odonata of Mondulkiri, the elevated eastern province of Cambodia, for ten days in June 2014. International Dragonfly Fund Report. Vol. 98. P. 1-85.


25.Kosterin, O.E., Chartier, G. 2017. Update of 2014 and 2016 to Odonata found at the marshy coast of SW Cambodia including three species added for the country. International Dragonfly Fund Report. Vol. 101. P. 1-26.

26.Kosterin, O.E. 2017. A short survey of Odonata in Stung Treng Province in northern Cambodia in mid-summer 2016. International Dragonfly Fund Report. Vol. 105. P. 1-40.

27. Kosterin, O.E., Kompier. T. 2017. Coeliccia rolandorum sp. nov. from eastern Cambodia and southern Vietnam, the eastern relative of C. kazukoae Asahina, 1984 (Odonata: Platycnemididae). // Zootaxa, Vol. 4341, Issue 4, P. 509-527.

28. Kosterin, O.E. Too pervert: an attempt of an interfamiliar homosexual copulation wheel in damselflies. // Agrion, Vol. 22, Issue 1, P. 52-53.

29. Kosterin, O.E., Kompier, T. 2018. Amphicnemis valentini sp. nov. from the Cardamom ecoregion in Cambodia and Vietnam (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). // Zootaxa. Vol. 4429. No. 2. P. 281-294.

30. Kosterin, O.E. 2018. Macromidia genialis buusraaensis subspecies nova (Odonata, Synthemisidae s.l.) from eastern Cambodia. // International Dragonfly Fund Report. Vol. 121. P. 1-26. 263. Kosterin, O.E. 2018. Macromidia genialis buusraaensis subspecies nova (Odonata, Synthemisidae s.l.) from eastern Cambodia. // International Dragonfly Fund Report. Vol. 121. P. 1-26.

31. Kosterin, O.E. 2018. More Odonata found at the Cardamonean foothills in Koh Kong Province of Cambodia in 2014-2018. // International Dragonfly Fund Report. Vol. 123. P. 1-21.

32. Kosterin, O.E. 2018. Rediscovery of Lestes nigriceps Fraser, 1924 (Odonata: Lestidae) in eastern Cambodia. // Zootaxa. Vol. 4526. No. 4. P. 561-575.

33. Hamalainen, M., Kosterin O.E., Kompier, T. 2019. Euphaea cyanopogon sp. nov. from the Cardamom ecoregion in Cambodia and Vietnam (Odonata: Euphaeidae). // Zootaxa, Vol. 4555, Issue 1, p. 28-44.

34.34. Kosterin, O.E. 2019. Update of 2017-2018 to Odonata of Kampong Saom Peninsula, Cambodia. // International Dragonfly Fund Report. Vol. 129. P. 1-24.

35.Kosterin, O.E. 2019. On Odonata of Phnom Tumpor (Cambodia) in the late dry season (March 2019). // International Dragonfly Fund Report. Vol. 132. P. 1-26.

36. Kosterin, O.E. 2019. New synonyms and a new subspecies of Macrogomphus Selys, 1858 (Odonata: Gomphidae) from continental south-east Asia. // Zootaxa. Vol. 4615. Issue 1. P. 057-090

Kosterin, O.E. 2019. Description of a female and variation of Microgomphus alani Kosterin, 2016 (Odonata: Gomphidae) in Cambodia, with a note on sexual dimorphism in Microgomphus spp. // Zootaxa. Vol. 4701. Issue 3. P. 276-290.

Kosterin, O.E. 2020. First data on Odonata of Prey Long forest in Cambodian Lowland. // International Dragonfly Fund Report. Vol. 154. P. 1-28.

Kosterin, O.E. 2020. Odonata of the great Lake Tonle Sap of Cambodia, as examined in 2017-2019. // International Dragonfly Fund Report. Vol. 154. P. 29-98.

Kosterin, O.E., Smith, E. 2020. Odonata of Phnom Kulen Mts, Cambodia: a preliminary checklist. // International Dragonfly Fund Report. Vol. 154. P. 99-184.

Kosterin, O.E. 2020. Miscellaneous faunal data on Odonata of Cambodia. // International Dragonfly Fund Report. Vol. 154. P. 185-224.

Kosterin, O.E. 2021. Burmagomphus williamsoni eddiei subsp. nov. (Odonata, Gomphidae) from northern Cambodia. International Dragonfly Fund Report. Vol. 161. P. 1-15.

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