Allocnemis leucosticta
| Allocnemis leucosticta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Family: | Platycnemididae |
| Genus: | Allocnemis |
| Species: | A. leucosticta |
| Binomial name | |
| Allocnemis leucosticta Selys, 1863 | |
Allocnemis leucosticta, the goldtail, is a species of damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. It is endemic to South Africa and Swaziland, where it lives near streams and rivers in wooded areas.[1][2]
Gallery
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Female goldtail near Impendle, KwaZulu-Natal
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Mating pair, Pietermaritzburg
References
- 1 2 F. Suhling (2013). "Allocnemis leucosticta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ↑ Tarboton, Warwick; Tarboton, Michèle (2015). A Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Nature. ISBN 9781775841845.
External links
Illustration (watercolour) by Sélys
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