- Orthetrum machadoi
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Orthetrum machadoi Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Odonata Family: Libellulidae Genus: Orthetrum Species: O. machadoi Binomial name Orthetrum machadoi
Longfield, 1955Orthetrum machadoi, common name Machado's Skimmer,[1][2] is a species of dragonfly in family Libellulidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marches.
References
- Clausnitzer, V. 2005. Orthetrum machadoi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 August 2007.
Notes
- ^ Species list seen on tour.
- ^ Site including photograph,
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