Hemistigma

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Pied-spots
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Hemistigma albipunctum . Female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily: Brachydiplacinae
Genus: Hemistigma
Kirby, 1889

Hemistigma is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. They are commonly known as pied-spots. [1]

Species

The genus contains only two species: [2]

MaleFemaleScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Pied spot (Hemistigma affine) male.jpg Hemistigma affine (Rambur, 1842) Madagascar [3]
Hemistigma albipunctum 002236-3.jpg Hemistigma albipunctum 001919-1.jpg Hemistigma albipunctum (Rambur, 1842)pied-spotwidespread in Africa [4]


References

  1. ↑ Samways, Michael J. (2008). Dragonflies and damselflies of South Africa. Pensoft. ISBN   978-954-642-330-6.
  2. ↑ Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  3. ↑ Schütte, K. (2017). "Hemistigma affine". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T158487A88076977. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T158487A88076977.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  4. ↑ Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2016). "Hemistigma albipunctum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T59893A85836481. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59893A85836481.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.


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