Africallagma fractum

Africallagma fractum
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
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 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 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". addo.adu.org.za. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  2. Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F. "Africallagma elongatum (Elongate Bluet, Slender Bluet)". www.iucnredlist.org. 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". www.pugetsound.edu. Retrieved 11 September 2017.


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