Acisoma variegatum | |
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Scientific classification | |
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.
Eastern and south-eastern Africa; Ethiopia to Katanga and north-eastern South Africa [2]
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