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Acisoma variegatum

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Species of dragonfly

Acisoma variegatum
Male
Female
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Acisoma
Species: A. variegatum
Binomial name
Acisoma variegatum
Kirby, 1898

Acisoma variegatum, the slender pintail is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.

Distribution

Eastern and south-eastern Africa; Ethiopia to Katanga and north-eastern South Africa

Habitat

This species is found in open marsh, often in low-lying and expansive areas such as flood plains. Also found near ponds and reservoirs.

Gallery

  • Male Male
  • Male Male
  • Male Male
  • Male Male
  • Male abdomen Male abdomen
  • Female Female

References

  1. Clausnitzer, V.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2016). "Acisoma variegatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T56258107A56258132. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T56258107A56258132.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4109.2.3. ISSN 1175-5334.
Taxon identifiers
Acisoma variegatum


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