Biology:Africallagma fractum

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Short description: Species of damselfly

Africallagma fractum
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Male
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Africallagma
Species:
A. fractum
Binomial name
Africallagma fractum
(Ris, 1921)

Africallagma fractum, the slender bluet, is a species of damselfly in the family of Coenagrionidae. It has been found in Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and eastern South Africa.[1]

Taxonomy

This taxon has been lumped with Africallagma elongatum in the past but it is now recognized as a separate species by most authorities.[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. Dijkstra, K.-D.B.. "African Dragonflies and Damselflies Online" (in en). http://www.zoology.uct.ac.za/index.php?taxon_id=22600. Retrieved 11 September 2017. 
  2. Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F.. "Africallagma elongatum (Elongate Bluet, Slender Bluet)". http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/90668675/0. Retrieved 11 September 2017. 
  3. Tarboton, Warwick; Tarboton, Michèle (2015). A Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Nature. ISBN 9781775841845. 
  4. Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Clausnitzer, V. (2014). The dragonflies and damselflies of eastern Africa. Tervuren: Royal Museum for Central Africa. ISBN 978-94-916-1506-1. 
  5. Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List · University of Puget Sound" (in en). https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/. Retrieved 11 September 2017. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q47472688 entry