Ajustements de la World Odonata List
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Ajustements de la World Odonata List
Je me propose de mettre ici les principaux courriers échangés dans de le cadre des ajustements de la WOL.
@ du 20 décembre 2025 à DP et JA
A reading of the taxonomic elements of the recent article by Dow et al. (2025) reveals some inaccuracies, some of which are unexpected to resolve for the WOL.
Dow R.A. & al. 2025 - Odonata of the Kampar Peninsula: the first systematic survey of Odonata in Peat Swamp Forest in Sumatra. - Zootaxa, 5732 (1), 18 décembre 2025 : 1-70. - BiB
An article by Kirby gives two dates, 1893 and 1894, but the correct date, duly verified, is 1894. There are in fact two articles by Kirby that year with descriptions.
[a] Kirby W.F. 1894 - Catalogue of the described Neuroptera Odonata (Dragonflies) of Ceylon, with Descriptions of New Species. - J. of the Linnean Society, Zoology, XXIV (473-590 : n°157), 10 juillet 1894 : 545-566 + 2 pl. - BiB
[b] Kirby W.F. 1894 - IV. On a small collection of Odonata (Dragonflies) from Queensland, with descriptions of five new species. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 6 (14) : 15–21. - PDF LINK - BiB
I am providing the list of new taxa formed by Kirby (1894a, 1894b) for review. I have highlighted in bold the date corrections that I have identified. Please note that three binomials are orphaned... I will investigate whether they can be attributed to a particular species or not.
- Bradinopyga Kirby, 1894 [a]
- Brachydiplax australis Kirby, 1894 [b] → Brachydiplax denticauda
- Elattoneura oculata Kirby, 1894 [a]
- Lestes decipiens Kirby, 1894 [a]
- Orthetrum nigrifrons Kirby, 1894 [b] → Non applicables
- Orthetrum tricolor Kirby, 1894 [a] → Non applicables
- Platysticta apicalis Kirby, 1894 [a]
- Disparoneura sita Kirby, 1894 : Prodasineura sita (Kirby, 1894) [a]
- Pseudophaea carissima Kirby, 1894 [a] → Euphaea splendens
- Pseudophaea carissima var. viridissima Kirby, 1894 [a] (→ Euphaea splendens)
- Rhyothemis chloe Kirby, 1894 [b]
- Rhyothemis lankana Kirby, 1894 [a] → Non applicables
- Rhyothemis princeps Kirby, 1894 [b]
- Rhyothemis turneri Kirby, 1894 [b] → Rhyothemis resplendens
- Tetrathemis yerburii Kirby, 1894 [a]
- Urothemis vittata Kirby, 1894 [a] → Macrodiplax cora
The following synonym should be added to Brachygonia oculata : Microdiplax delicatula by Selys Longchamps, 1889. Revealed by Dow et al. (2025), it is present, for example, in Steinmann (1997)... I think this is an oversight.
