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Dragonflies of Sungai Wain
Ecological Field Guide to the Odonata of Lowland Mixed Dipterocarp Forest of Southeastern Kalimantan
Dan Barta & Ales Dolny, 2013.
160x260 mm, 168 pages (soft cover), text in English, Czech and Indonesian
JPY6,000-

Dragonflies of Sungai Wain is clearly a labour of love by the authors, and a successful labour: it is a beautiful book that represents a valuable contribution to our knowledge of the dragonflies of Borneo. Not much is known about the dragonfly fauna of south-eastern Kalimantan and this book will help both visitors to Borneo and local researchers and enthusiasts to identify many of the species that can be found in the lowlands. As well as enabling the identification of many species, the book also illustrates the difficulties that are faced in the identification of some tropical forest species, even for experts. The reader is given not only information and images of the species themselves, but an insight into how dragonflies are entwined with the habitat in which they are found, and how changes to that habitat affect them, and how they in turn reflect those changes. It is to be hoped that the book will encourage people to visit Sungai Wain, and other locations in Kalimantan, to look for dragonflies, and, most importantly, that it will stimulate local interest in these insects and their role as bio-indicators.

color scans of 82 species
20 habitat photos, 23 photos of living species