Klaas-Douwe B. Dijkstra first studied dragonflies as a child living in Egypt. He is now a leading expert. He has described eighty species as new to science, authored a handbook for eastern Africa and a popular guide for Europe, and created the website African Dragonflies and Damselflies Online. He is an associate of Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands and a member of the IUCN Invertebrate and Freshwater Conservation Committees. Callan Cohen is a research associate with the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at the University of Cape Town.

"A must have for anyone with an interest in the Odonata of the region!"

• Table des matières / Table of contentsRemerciements / AcknowledgementsPartie 1. Aperçu de la faune régionale des odonates / Part 1. An overview of the regional Odonata faunaIntroduction / IntroductionDiversité et endémisme / Diversity and endemismHistorique / HistoryConservation / ConservationTrouver des odonates / Finding OdonataCollecter des adults / Collecting adultsCollecter des larves et leurs peaux / Collecting larvae and their skinsIdentification / IdentificationGlossaire définissant les termes utilisés / Glossary of termsPartie 2. Les odonates de la Région malgache / Part 2. The Odonata of the Malagasy RegionIntroduction / Introduction Demoiselles – Zygoptera / Damselflies - ZygopteraLibellules vraies – Anisoptera / True dragonflies – AnisopteraRéférences / ReferencesIndex / Index

Klaas-Douwe B. Dijkstra first studied dragonflies as a child living in Egypt. He is now a leading expert. He has described eighty species as new to science, authored a handbook for eastern Africa and a popular guide for Europe, and created the website African Dragonflies and Damselflies Online. He is an associate of Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands and a member of the IUCN Invertebrate and Freshwater Conservation Committees. Callan Cohen is a research associate with the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at the University of Cape Town.

"A must have for anyone with an interest in the Odonata of the region!"

• Table des matières / Table of contentsRemerciements / AcknowledgementsPartie 1. Aperçu de la faune régionale des odonates / Part 1. An overview of the regional Odonata faunaIntroduction / IntroductionDiversité et endémisme / Diversity and endemismHistorique / HistoryConservation / ConservationTrouver des odonates / Finding OdonataCollecter des adults / Collecting adultsCollecter des larves et leurs peaux / Collecting larvae and their skinsIdentification / IdentificationGlossaire définissant les termes utilisés / Glossary of termsPartie 2. Les odonates de la Région malgache / Part 2. The Odonata of the Malagasy RegionIntroduction / Introduction Demoiselles – Zygoptera / Damselflies - ZygopteraLibellules vraies – Anisoptera / True dragonflies – AnisopteraRéférences / ReferencesIndex / Index

Klaas-Douwe B. Dijkstra first studied dragonflies as a child living in Egypt. He is now a leading expert. He has described eighty species as new to science, authored a handbook for eastern Africa and a popular guide for Europe, and created the website African Dragonflies and Damselflies Online. He is an associate of Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands and a member of the IUCN Invertebrate and Freshwater Conservation Committees. Callan Cohen is a research associate with the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at the University of Cape Town.

"A must have for anyone with an interest in the Odonata of the region!"

• Table des matières / Table of contentsRemerciements / AcknowledgementsPartie 1. Aperçu de la faune régionale des odonates / Part 1. An overview of the regional Odonata faunaIntroduction / IntroductionDiversité et endémisme / Diversity and endemismHistorique / HistoryConservation / ConservationTrouver des odonates / Finding OdonataCollecter des adults / Collecting adultsCollecter des larves et leurs peaux / Collecting larvae and their skinsIdentification / IdentificationGlossaire définissant les termes utilisés / Glossary of termsPartie 2. Les odonates de la Région malgache / Part 2. The Odonata of the Malagasy RegionIntroduction / Introduction Demoiselles – Zygoptera / Damselflies - ZygopteraLibellules vraies – Anisoptera / True dragonflies – AnisopteraRéférences / ReferencesIndex / Index