Biology:Pseudagrion melanicterum

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Short description: Species of damselfly

Black-and-yellow sprite
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Pseudagrion
Species:
P. melanicterum
Binomial name
Pseudagrion melanicterum
Selys, 1876

Pseudagrion melanicterum, the black-and-yellow sprite, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, possibly Burkina Faso, and possibly Sudan. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.

References

  1. Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2016). "Pseudagrion melanicterum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T60026A85371429. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60026A85371429.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60026/85371429. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 

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