Research Article

Patterns of Odonata Assemblages in Lotic and Lentic Systems in the Ankasa Conservation Area, Ghana

Table 1

(a) Checklist and abundance of Zygoptera (damselflies) species recorded in streams, rivers, and ponds in the Ankasa Conservation Area. Species that occurred exclusively in streams are represented by (), exclusively in rivers (#), and exclusively in ponds (!). Species shared between streams and rivers are represented by (#), between streams and ponds (!), and between rivers and ponds (#!)

FamilyZygopteransStreamRiverPondsTotal

Calopterygidae Phaon camerunensis Sjöstedt, 1900190019
Phaon iridipennis (Burmeister, 1839)#616022
Sapho bicolor Selys, 18532002
Sapho ciliata (Fabricius, 1781)#3910049
Umma cincta (Hagen in Selys, 1853)200020
ChlorocyphidaeChlorocypha luminosa (Karsch, 1893)#3319052
Chlorocypha radix Longfild, 1959#168024
Chlorocypha selysi Karsch, 1899#1029039
Coenagrionidae Agriocnemis exilis Selys, 1872!0044
Agriocnemis zerafica Le Roi, 1915!001313
Ceriagrion corallinum Campion, 1914!801321
Ceriagrion glabrum (Burmeister, 1839)!002626
Ceriagrion rubellocerinum Fraser, 1947#76013
Pseudagrion hamoni Fraser, 1955#39012
Pseudagrion isidromorai Sart, 1967#1506
Pseudagrion kersteni (Gerstäcker, 1869)5005
Pseudagrion melanicterum Selys, 1876#2324047
Pseudagrion hamoni Fraser, 1955#2608
Pseudagrion sjoestedti Förster, 1906#0202
Platycnemididae Mesocnemis singularis Karsch, 1891#026026
Elattoneura balli Kimmins, 1938#3816054
Elattoneura villiersi (Fraser,1948)#343037

Total number of individuals26617956501
Total number of species17144

(b) Checklist and abundance of Anisoptera (dragonflies) species recorded in streams, rivers, and ponds in the Ankasa Conservation Area. Species that occurred exclusively in streams are represented by (), exclusively in river (#), and exclusively in pond (!). Species shared between streams and rivers are represented by (#), between streams and ponds (!), and between rivers and ponds (#!)

FamilyAnisopteransStreamRiverPondsTotal

Aeshnidae Gynacantha bullata Karsch, 18915005
Gynacantha cylindrata Karsch, 18911001
Libellulidae Acisoma inflatum Selys, 1882!00147147
Aethriamanta rezia Kirby, 1889!003333
Chalcostephia flavifrons Kirby, 1889!009090
Cyanothemis simpsoni Ris, 1915#0909
Eleuthemis buettikoferi Ris, 1910#0909
Neodythemis klingi (Karsch, 1890)140014
Micromacromia zygoptera (Ris, 1909)100010
Olpogastra lugubris (Karsch, 1895)#!032225
Orthetrum austeni (Kirby, 1900)!001919
Orthetrum julia Kirby, 1900!701320
Orthetrum microstigma Ris, 1911!0066
Orthetrum stemmale (Burmeister, 1839)!60713
Orthetrum trinacria (Selys, 1841)!0066
Palpopleura lucia (Drury, 1773)!008181
Palpopleura portia (Drury,1773)!007171
Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798)!0055
Rhyothemis notata (Fabricius, 1781)#!03100103
Rhyothemis semihyalina (Desjardins, 1832)!003838
Trithemis aconita Lieftinck, 1969!301720
Trithemis arteriosa (Burmeister, 1839)#!098695
Trithemis bifida Pinhey, 1970#!0325
Trithemis dichroa Karsch, 1893#!034346
Urothemis edwardsii (Selys, 1849)#!032831

Total number of individuals4642814902
Total number of species7819