Urothemis assignata

Urothemis assignata
Male, Kruger National Park
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Urothemis
Species:	U. assignata
Binomial name
Urothemis assignata (Selys, 1872)

Urothemis assignata, the red basker, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. ^[1]

Distribution

It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. ^[2]

Habitat

Its natural habitats are rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.

Description

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Gallery

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  Red basker male. Tshipese South Africa
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  Red basker female. Kasane, Botswana

References

1. Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2016). "Urothemis assignata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T60072A86822554. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60072A86822554.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. Dijkstra, K-D. B.; Clausnitzer, V (2015). The dragonflies and damselflies of Eastern Africa. Royal Museum for Central Africa. ISBN   978-94-91615-06-1.
3. Tarboton, W.R.; Tarboton, M. (2015). A guide to dragonflies and damselflies of South Africa. Struik Nature Publishing. ISBN   9781775841845.
4. Samways, Michael J. (2008). Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa. Pensoft Publishers. ISBN   9789546423306.