Platycypha pinheyi

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Platycypha pinheyi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Chlorocyphidae
Genus: Platycypha
Species:
P. pinheyi
Binomial name
Platycypha pinheyi
Fraser, 1950

Platycypha pinheyi is a species of damselfly in the family Chlorocyphidae. It is found along the shores of Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Clausnitzer, V. (2018). "Platycypha pinheyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T60007A75266174. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T60007A75266174.en . Retrieved 7 December 2023.