Acisoma variegatum

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Acisoma variegatum
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Male
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Female
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Acisoma
Species:
A. variegatum
Binomial name
Acisoma variegatum
Kirby, 1898

Acisoma variegatum, the slender pintail [2] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.

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Distribution

Eastern and south-eastern Africa; Ethiopia to Katanga and north-eastern South Africa [2]

Habitat

This species is found in open marsh, often in low-lying and expansive areas such as flood plains. [2] Also found near ponds and reservoirs.

References

  1. Clausnitzer, V.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2016). "Acisoma variegatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T56258107A56258132. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T56258107A56258132.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Mens, Lotte P.; Schütte, Kai; Stokvis, Frank R.; Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B. (2016). "Six, not two, species of Acisoma pintail dragonfly (Odonata: Libellulidae)". Zootaxa. 4109 (2): 153. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4109.2.3. ISSN   1175-5334.