Atoconeura
Atoconeura is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.
| Atoconeura | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Atoconeura Karsch, 1899 |
| Species | |
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These dragonflies are generally about 28 to 39 millimeters long and are shiny black with yellow markings. They are native to Africa, where they are usually found along fast-flowing rivers in forested habitat at some elevation. The genus has likely been isolated in higher-altitude habitat, and most of the species are limited to highlands.[1]
- Atoconeura aethiopica Kimmins, 1958
- Atoconeura biordinata Karsch, 1899
- Atoconeura eudoxia (Kirby, 1909)
- Atoconeura kenya Longfield, 1953
- Atoconeura luxata Dijkstra, 2006 – western highlander[3]
- Atoconeura pseudeudoxia Longfield, 1953
References
- Dijkstra, K. (2006). The Atoconeura problem revisited: taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of a dragonfly genus in the highlands of Africa (Odonata, Libellulidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 149(2), 121-144.
- Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- Clausnitzer, V. & Dijkstra, K. 2010. Atoconeura luxata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 02 February 2016.
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