Monday, January 6, 2025

Some Malaysian Odonata References

Here are some references of Malaysian Odonata:


Dow, R.A. & Choong, C.Y. 2015. Mortonagrion megabinluyog spec. nov. from Brunei (Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Zootaxa 3914(1): 89-93. Link

Choong, C.Y. 2016. Leptogomphus tioman sp. nov. (Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphidae) from Tioman Island, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 4171(2): 382-388. Link 

Choong, C.Y., Alwen, B.M., Izzat Husna, M. & Amirrudin, B.A. 2017. Odonata fauna of Tioman Island, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Wildlife and Parks 32: 31-40. Download

Choong, C.Y., Alwen, B.M. & Tan, C.C. 2018. Odonata (Insecta) fauna of Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia. Serangga 23(2): 49-58. Download

Dow, R.A., Choong, C.Y. & Ng, Y.F. 2018. Re-description of Coeliccia erici Laidlaw, and the description of Coeliccia sameerae sp. nov. from Peninsular Malaysia (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platycnemididae). Zootaxa 4413(2): 351-367.  Link

Choong, C.Y. 2019. Odonata fauna of Imbak Canyon Conservation Area, Sabah. Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation 16: 1-8. Link

Choong, C.Y., Dg Fazrinah, A.D., Muhamad Amirul Ashraf, A.A., Chung, A.Y.C. & Maryati, A. 2020. Diversity of Odonata species at Kangkawat, Imbak Canyon, Sabah. Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation 17: 1-10. Link

Choong, C.Y. & Mahadimenakbar, M.D. 2021. Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) of Kadamaian, Kinabalu Park, Sabah. Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation 18: 71-79. Link

Choong, C.Y. 2022. Larval development of Tramea transmarina euryale Selys, 1878 (Insecta: Odonata). Serangga 27(3) 54-65. Download

Choong, C.Y. 2023. Larval development and description of the larva of Indothemis carnatica (Fabricius, 1798) (Insecta: Odonata) from Peninsular Malaysia. Serangga 28(3): 282-294. Download

Dow, R.A., Choong, C.Y., Grinang, J., Lupiyaningdyah, P., Ngiam, R.W.J. & Kalkman, V.J. 2024. Checklist of the Odonata (Insecta) of Sundaland and Wallacea (Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesiaand Timor Leste). Zootaxa 5460: 1-222. Download


Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Odonata of Malaysia - Species Checklist

Peninsular Malaysia has 253 Odonata species, Sarawak has 288 species and Sabah has 179 species. Put them all together, Malaysia has 421 species of Odonata. The latest information of the Odonata species of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak and Sabah can be extracted from the below paper:

Dow, R.A., Choong, C.Y., Grinang, J., Lupiyaningdyah, P., Ngiam, R.W.J. & Kalkman, V.J. 2024. Checklist of the Odonata (Insecta) of Sundaland and Wallacea (Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesiaand Timor Leste). Zootaxa 5460: 1-222.  

You may download (free) pdf of the paper here.