Orthetrum machadoi

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Orthetrum machadoi
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Immature male
Highland skimmer (Orthetrum machadoi) female Nyamebe Bepo.jpg
Female
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Orthetrum
Species:
O. machadoi
Binomial name
Orthetrum machadoi
Longfield, 1955

Orthetrum machadoi, common name highland skimmer or Machado's skimmer, [2] [3] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.

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References

  1. Clausnitzer, V.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Suhling, F. (2016). "Orthetrum machadoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T59959A85926410. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59959A85926410.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Species list seen on tour.
  3. Tarboton, Warwick. "Orthetrum machadoi". Southern African Dragonflies and Damselflies. Retrieved 24 April 2017.