{"id":42728,"date":"2023-12-11T13:35:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T12:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/the-dragonfly-candil-de-cazuma-new-in-andalucia\/"},"modified":"2025-04-26T22:13:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T20:13:42","slug":"the-dragonfly-candil-de-cazuma-new-in-andalucia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/en\/blog\/the-dragonfly-candil-de-cazuma-new-in-andalucia\/","title":{"rendered":"The dragonfly &#8220;candil de Cazuma&#8221;, new in Andaluc\u00eda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--1 wp-block-paragraph\">Cazuma&#8217;s Pincertail (<em>Onychogomphus cazuma<\/em>), the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/355916454_Onychogomphus_cazuma_un_hallazgo_inesperado\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">last unsuspected<\/a> dragonfly discovered in Europe, is a rare species, so far limited to eastern Spain. We were fortunate to locate a new population in Andalusia. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Female-Right_STACKED-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Female Onychogomphus cazuma (stacked photo)\" class=\"wp-image-29134 lazyload\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" src=\"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Female-Right_STACKED-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Female Onychogomphus cazuma (stacked photo)\" class=\"wp-image-29134\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Female-Right_STACKED-scaled.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Female-Right_STACKED-scaled-380x285.jpg 380w, https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Female-Right_STACKED-scaled-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Female <em>Onychogomphus cazuma<\/em> (stacked photo).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Female-Right_STACKED-scaled.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At G3-guides, we had the privilege of organizing two tours dedicated to dragonflies in the south of Spain in late spring 2023, first with members of the Greater <strong>Flamingo dentistry group<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.odonata.be\/LVV\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Libellenvereniging Vlaanderen<\/a><\/strong> (Belgium), followed by a delegation from the <strong>Dutch Society for the Study of dragonflies<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brachytron.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nederlandse Vereniging voor Libellenstudie<\/a><\/strong> (NVL). The trip was an opportunity to visit some of the best localities for Odonata in M\u00e1laga and to produce a long list of scientific data, essential for the long-term monitoring of dragonfly populations. In this article we will focus on the major finding of these expeditions: the location of a population of <em>Onychomphus cazuma<\/em>, a new species in Andalusia.  <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Distribution-of-Onychogomphus-cazuma-in-2023.jpg\" alt=\"Cazuma dragonfly distribution in 2023\" class=\"wp-image-29147 lazyload\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"883\" height=\"637\" src=\"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Distribution-of-Onychogomphus-cazuma-in-2023.jpg\" alt=\"Cazuma dragonfly distribution in 2023\" class=\"wp-image-29147\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Distribution-of-Onychogomphus-cazuma-in-2023.jpg 883w, https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Distribution-of-Onychogomphus-cazuma-in-2023-380x274.jpg 380w, https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Distribution-of-Onychogomphus-cazuma-in-2023-800x577.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 883px) 100vw, 883px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Distribution of the Cazuma dragonfly in 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This discovery was reported in detail in <em><strong>Discovery of a population of Onychogomphus cazuma in Andalusia, Spain<\/strong><\/em>an article published in the recent issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.odonatologica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Notulae-10-2-Abstracts.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Notulae Odonatologicae<\/em> (see abstract)<\/a> by Prunier and De Knijf. We particularly like this scientific review produced completely independently by <strong>Osmylus Scientific Publishers<\/strong> and an expert team of odonatologists. An international scientific journal created and polished by its editors as a work of craftsmanship is completely unique in the field of &#8220;industrial&#8221; academic publications.  <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Asplenium-capillus-veneris.jpg\" alt=\"Breeding habitat in Andalusia\" class=\"wp-image-30003 lazyload\" title=\"Asplenium capillus-veneris\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1250\" height=\"938\" src=\"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Asplenium-capillus-veneris.jpg\" alt=\"Breeding habitat in Andalusia\" class=\"wp-image-30003\" title=\"Asplenium capillus-veneris\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Asplenium-capillus-veneris.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Asplenium-capillus-veneris-380x285.jpg 380w, https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Asplenium-capillus-veneris-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Breeding habitat in Andalusia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our article is quite detailed, so we will not repeat it here. The starting point for this research was a mysterious <a href=\"https:\/\/observation.org\/observation\/50734274\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">photograph taken in 2010 and published on Observation.org<\/a> that could not be correctly identified at the time. After a Spanish team described <em>Onychogomphus cazuma<\/em> as a species new to science, these data came to light, but the identification was still inconclusive. A preliminary visit to the locality allowed us to identify possible habitats for the species&#8230; And, to our amazement, we found the dragonfly in &#8220;<em>the only place where I think it could reproduce<\/em>&#8220;.   <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Male-Secondary-genitalia-Lateral-768x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"secondary genitalia of the male\" class=\"wp-image-29150 lazyload\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"555\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Male-Secondary-genitalia-Lateral-768x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"secondary genitalia of the male\" class=\"wp-image-29150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Male-Secondary-genitalia-Lateral-768x1024-1.jpg 555w, https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Male-Secondary-genitalia-Lateral-768x1024-1-380x285.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Secondary genitalia of the male.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upon arrival at the site  <strong>we observed exuviae and larvae in the emergence phase. We were fortunate that our visit coincided with a period of strong emergence of gonphids. <\/strong>just after the heavy rains in mid-May. As naturalists, we not only focused on adult dragonflies, but also studied exuviae, usually the best choice for detecting rare species. Thanks to the unique characteristic of the mask among Spanish <em>Onychogomphus<\/em>, it quickly became clear that we had hit the target. At first we were not sure if it could be a new species&#8230; But when the specimens were properly observed under high magnification, the only choice we were left with was <em>Onychogomphus cazuma<\/em>. What an extraordinary discovery!    <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Habitat-Cazuma-Andalucia.jpg\" alt=\"Onychogomphus cazuma from M\u00e1laga\" class=\"wp-image-29149 lazyload\" title=\"Habitat Cazuma Andalucia\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1064\" height=\"798\" src=\"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Habitat-Cazuma-Andalucia.jpg\" alt=\"Onychogomphus cazuma from M\u00e1laga\" class=\"wp-image-29149\" title=\"Habitat Cazuma Andalucia\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Habitat-Cazuma-Andalucia.jpg 1064w, https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Habitat-Cazuma-Andalucia-380x285.jpg 380w, https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Habitat-Cazuma-Andalucia-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1064px) 100vw, 1064px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cazuma&#8217;s habitat in M\u00e1laga: attractive seepage by the road-side.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Surgencia del Tajo del Buitre<\/strong>: a roadside spout that is striking for its lush vegetation&#8230; and a really restricted habitat. As a result, the only known Andalusian population of <em>Onychogomphus cazuma<\/em> must be extremely small (I personally think it is around 50 individuals or even less). Should such a discovery be published in such detail? This question haunted me for several weeks, will we improve or worsen the conservation of the species with the dissemination of the news?    <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-06-01-151-Onychogomphus-larva-male-45-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Menaces sur les libellules mediterran\u00e9ennes\" class=\"wp-image-29148 lazyload\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" src=\"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-06-01-151-Onychogomphus-larva-male-45-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Menaces sur les libellules mediterran\u00e9ennes\" class=\"wp-image-29148\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-06-01-151-Onychogomphus-larva-male-45-scaled.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-06-01-151-Onychogomphus-larva-male-45-scaled-380x285.jpg 380w, https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-06-01-151-Onychogomphus-larva-male-45-scaled-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Heavy traffic poses a real threat to the population.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The site is exposed to the passage of buses. With the recent opening of the much publicized Caminito del Rey, conditions have changed enormously locally and traffic on the road through the Desfiladero de los Gaitanes is currently very high. We only discovered this town when it was already facing a serious threat.  <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-06-01-22-GEERT-HANNES-FLORENT-ROBERT-PAUL-EN-WOLF-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29156 lazyload\" title=\"GEERT HANNES DIRK FLORENT ROBERT EN WOLF\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" src=\"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-06-01-22-GEERT-HANNES-FLORENT-ROBERT-PAUL-EN-WOLF-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29156\" title=\"GEERT HANNES DIRK FLORENT ROBERT EN WOLF\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-06-01-22-GEERT-HANNES-FLORENT-ROBERT-PAUL-EN-WOLF-scaled.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-06-01-22-GEERT-HANNES-FLORENT-ROBERT-PAUL-EN-WOLF-scaled-380x285.jpg 380w, https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-06-01-22-GEERT-HANNES-FLORENT-ROBERT-PAUL-EN-WOLF-scaled-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&#8217;s next?<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, detecting new localities for the species in the Betic Cordillera. This can only be achieved by focusing on the specific habitat of the species in Andalusia. <strong>Permanent seeps (which probably do not freeze, difficult to find in mountain ranges like Cazorla and Sierra Nevada) are rare in our Mediterranean region<\/strong> and strongly affected by global warming. Will we be able to detect new sites?  <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A final word<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also noteworthy is the recent publication, in Spanish, of the same finding by another team of odonatologist colleagues. <strong>New Iberian record of Onychogomphus cazuma Barona, Cardo y D\u00edaz, 2020 (Odonata, Gomphidae)<\/strong> by Arturo Bernal, Miguel Conesa, Juan Carlos Barco, Martin Waldhauser and Santiago Teruel Montejano. Scientific notes | Boln. Asoc. esp. Ent. 47 (3-4) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entomologica.es\/publicaciones-boletin\/art1996\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">|Link<\/a>.     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cazuma&#8217;s Pincertail (Onychogomphus cazuma), the last unsuspected dragonfly discovered in Europe, is a rare species, so far limited to eastern Spain. We were fortunate to locate a new population in Andalusia. At G3-guides, we had the privilege of organizing two tours dedicated to dragonflies in the south of Spain in late spring 2023, first with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scientific-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g3-guides.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}