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Allocnemis leucosticta

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Allocnemis leucosticta
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A. leucosticta
Binomial name
Allocnemis leucosticta
Selys, 1863

Allocnemis leucosticta, the goldtail, is a species of damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. It is endemic to South Africa and Swaziland, where it lives near streams and rivers in wooded areas.[1][2]

Female goldtail near Impendle, KwaZulu-Natal

References

  1. ^ a b Template:IUCN2015.2
  2. ^ Tarboton, Warwick; Tarboton, Michèle (2015). A Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Nature. ISBN 9781775841845.