Phyllomacromia melania

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Phyllomacromia melania
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Odonata Family: Corduliidae Genus: Phyllomacromia Species: P. melania
Binomial name
Phyllomacromia melania (Selys, 1871)
Synonyms
Phyllomacromia funicularia (Martin, 1906)

Phyllomacromia melania is a species of dragonfly in family Corduliidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, possibly Botswana, possibly Burundi, possibly Ivory Coast, possibly Gambia, possibly Mali, possibly Mozambique, possibly Namibia, possibly Senegal, possibly South Africa, possibly Sudan, possibly Togo, possibly Zambia, and possibly Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, intermittent freshwater lakes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.

[edit] Source

• Clausnitzer, V. 2005. Phyllomacromia melania. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 August 2007.