Pseudagrion makabusiense

Pseudagrion makabusiense, the green-striped sprite or Makabusi sprite, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae.

Pseudagrion makabusiense
Male on perch

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Family:
Coenagrionidae
Genus:
Pseudagrion
Species:
P. makabusiense
Binomial name
Pseudagrion makabusiense
Pinhey, 1950

Description
Male, top view

The green-striped sprite is small and slender. Its face is lilac with lilac wedge-shaped postocular spots behind eyes that are dark brown above and green below. The synthorax is black with thin green antehumeral stripes. The abdomen is black with green metallic sheen, pale green below and with a violet end (segment 7 – 9) terminating in a black tip (sometimes slightly pruinescent).[2][3]

Distribution and habitat

The species is found in Eastern Africa, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and possibly Central Africa.[4] It prefers streams and slow rivers with vegetation of rushes and long grasses and partial canopy in savanna landscapes.[1]

Conservation

While the green-striped sprite is widely distributed and apparently common throughout much of its range, it is believed to be under some pressure in South Africa from the degradation of riparian zones and the proliferation of invasive plant species.[1]

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References
  1. Clausnitzer, V. & Suhling, F. (2010). "Pseudagrion makabusiense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T63214A12635143. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T63214A12635143.en.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Tarboton, W.R.; Tarboton, M. (2015). A guide to dragonflies and damselflies of South Africa. ISBN 9781775841845.
  3. Samways, Michael J. (2008). Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa. Pensoft Publishers. ISBN 9789546423306.
  4. Dijkstra, K-D. B.; Clausnitzer, V. (2014). The dragonflies and damselflies of Eastern Africa: handbook for all Odonata from Sudan to Zimbabwe. Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika. ISBN 978-94-916-1506-1.


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