Acisoma variegatum

Acisoma variegatum
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Anisoptera
Superfamily: Libelluloidea
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.

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. 1 2 3 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): 153–172. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4109.2.3. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27394858.