Pondoland 2012
Pondoland 2012 was the second field mission dedicated to collecting insects under the "The survivors of Gondwana" programme. It followed the first Patagonia 2011 mission and came before the SW Australia 2013 mission. It consisted of exploring the Pondoland centre of endemism on the south-east coast of South Africa from 8 November to the 1st December 2012.
This mission is part of a Franco-South African collaboration whose project is an ATBI (All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory) study of local fauna in collaboration with the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and Sustaining the Wild Coast (SWC).
The Pondoland centre of endemism extends from the south of St Faith to the south of Port St Johns, on the south-east coast of South Africa. The work area is limited to five main sites between Port Edwards and Port St Johns, along the coast:
- Mtamvuna Nature Reserve, Kwalazulu-Natal province
- Sigidi community, Eastern Cape province
- Mkambati Nature Reserve, Easter Cape province
- Mtentu/Gobodwana forest, Eastern Cape province
- Silaka Wildlife Reserve, Eastern Cape province
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La grenouille Hyperolius pusillus au bord d'une rivière à Umtamvuna © Cyrille D'Haese -
Diptère Diopsidae, le mâle avec des yeux très écartés © Cyrille D'Haese -
Singe Vervet, Silaka © Cyrille D'Haese -
Collembole Entomobryidae sur un champignon, Umtamvuna © Cyrille D’Haese -
Collembole Seirinae camouflé sur du bois mort, Umtamvuna © Cyrille D’Haese -
Comportement de reproduction d'Empis glandis (Diptères, Empidinae) avec des femelles © Cyrille D’Haese -
Comportement de reproduction d'Empis glandis (Diptères, Empidinae) avec des femelles © Cyrille D’Haese -
Coléoptère coprophage, Neosisyphus sp. (Scarabaeidae) d'Afrique du Sud roulant sa boule © Cyrille D’Haese -
Coléoptère Amaurodes passerini (Cetonidae) - Amadiba © Cyrille D’Haese -
Les Dipères Empididae (ici Empis glandis) sont floricoles. © Cyrille D’Haese -
Coléoptère Hopliinae (Scarabaeidae) d'Afrique du Sud. © Cyrille D’Haese -
Comportement grégaire chez la punaise Tingidae, Dictyla femoralis de Silaka en Afrique du Sud © Cyrille D’Haese