Trithemis arteriosa
| Trithemis arteriosa | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Trithemis |
| Species: | T. arteriosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Trithemis arteriosa (Burmeister, 1839) | |
Trithemis arteriosa, the Red-veined Dropwing, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Recently it was recorded in Malta by a single specimen. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. Both male and female have been photographed beside a swimming pool in the South of Gran Canaria in December 2012.[1]
References
- Clausnitzer, V. 2005. Trithemis arteriosa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 August 2007.
Sciberras, A.; Sciberras, J. and Magro D. (2007) "A Celebration of Dragonflies". The Malta Independent. November 19, pp. 8–9.
- ↑ Own photographs verified by the Natural History Museum, London.