Africallagma fractum
| Africallagma fractum | |
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| Male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Coenagrionidae |
| Genus: | Africallagma |
| Species: | A. fractum
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| Binomial name | |
| Africallagma fractum (Ris, 1921)
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Africallagma fractum, the slender bluet, is a species of damselfly in the family of Coenagrionidae. It has been found in Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and eastern South Africa.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]This taxon has been lumped with Africallagma elongatum in the past but it is now recognized as a separate species by most authorities.[2][3][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Dijkstra, K.-D.B. "African Dragonflies and Damselflies Online". addo.adu.org.za. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F. "Africallagma elongatum (Elongate Bluet, Slender Bluet)". www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ Tarboton, Warwick; Tarboton, Michèle (2015). A Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Nature. ISBN 9781775841845.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List · University of Puget Sound". www.pugetsound.edu. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
External links
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Media related to Africallagma fractum at Wikimedia Commons- Africallagma fractum on African Dragonflies and Damselflies Online
