Acisoma variegatum
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Libellulidae |
Genus: | Acisoma |
Species: | A. variegatum
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Binomial name | |
Acisoma variegatum Kirby, 1898
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Acisoma variegatum, the slender pintail[2] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.
Distribution
Eastern and south-eastern Africa; Ethiopia to Katanga and north-eastern South Africa[2]
Habitat
This species is found in open marsh, often in low-lying and expansive areas such as flood plains.[2] Also found near ponds and reservoirs.
Gallery
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References
- ^ Clausnitzer, V. & Suhling, F. (2009). "Acisoma panorpoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T59785A11988855. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T59785A11988855.en. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ a b c Mens, Lotte P.; Schütte, Kai; Stokvis, Frank R.; Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B. (2016). "Six, not two, species of Acisoma pintail dragonfly (Odonata: Libellulidae)". Zootaxa. 4109 (2): 153. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4109.2.3. ISSN 1175-5334.