Hemistigma

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Hemistigma albipunctum 001919-2.jpg
Hemistigma albipunctum . Female
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Domain: Eukaryota
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]


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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.