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Species of damselfly

Africallagma fractum
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
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 of Coenagrionidae. It has been found in Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and eastern South Africa.

Taxonomy

This taxon has been lumped with Africallagma elongatum in the past but it is now recognized as a separate species by most authorities.

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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Taxon identifiers
Africallagma fractum


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