Orthetrum machadoi

Orthetrum machadoi
Immature male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Orthetrum
Species: O. machadoi
Binomial name
Orthetrum machadoi
Longfield, 1955

Orthetrum machadoi, common name highland skimmer or Machado's skimmer,[2][3] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.

References

  1. Clausnitzer, V.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. & Suhling, F. (2016). "Orthetrum machadoi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T59959A85926410. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59959A85926410.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. Species list seen on tour.
  3. Tarboton, Warwick. "Orthetrum machadoi". Southern African Dragonflies and Damselflies. Retrieved 24 April 2017.


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