Pseudagrion kersteni
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Pseudagrion kersteni (Gerstäcker, 1869)
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Pseudagrion kersteni, powder-striped sprite, Kersten's sprite or the powder-striped sprite, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitat is rivers.
References
- Clausnitzer, V. 2005. Pseudagrion kersteni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 August 2007.
External links
- Media related to Pseudagrion kersteni at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Pseudagrion kersteni at Wikispecies
- Pseudagrion kersteni on African Dragonflies and Damselflies Online
- Illustration (watercolour) by Sélys