Biology:Acisoma attenboroughi
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Short description: Dragonfly from Madagascar named after David Attenborough
| Acisoma attenboroughi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Acisoma |
| Species: | A. attenboroughi
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| Binomial name | |
| Acisoma attenboroughi Mens, Schutte, Stokvis & Dijkstra, 2016
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Acisoma attenboroughi, or Attenborough's pintail, is a species of dragonfly. It is a member of the genus Acisoma and was named after the naturalist Sir David Attenborough in honour of his 90th Birthday.[1][2][3]
It is found only in Madagascar , but is "very common" there.[1][2]
See also
- List of things named after David Attenborough and his works
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 "Attenborough at 90". 8 May 2016. BBC Television. Retrieved 8 May 2016. Missing or empty
|series=(help) - ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 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): 153–72. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4109.2.3. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27394858.
- ↑ Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B. (2016). "Natural history: Restore our sense of species". Nature 533 (7602): 172–174. doi:10.1038/533172a. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 27172032. Bibcode: 2016Natur.533..172D.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q24038904 entry
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