Pseudagrion sublacteum

Pseudagrion sublacteum or cherry-eye sprite is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Africa from northern South Africa to West and North Africa, and in the Middle East.[1]

Cherry-eye sprite
Male

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Family:
Coenagrionidae
Genus:
Pseudagrion
Species:
P. sublacteum
Binomial name
Pseudagrion sublacteum
(Karsch, 1893)

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical streams and rivers.[1]

Male cherry-eye sprite.

A medium-sized damselfly (length 32–41 mm; wingspan 42–48 mm).[2] The face is brick red and the front of the eyes are cherry-red; the back of the eyes are black above and green below; it has mauvish reddish brown post-ocular spots that are joined by a stripe of the same colour. The synthorax is mauvish brown (ageing to purplish brown) with black stripes above; the sides are light blue. The abdomen is black above and green below; segments eight and nine are bright blue with narrow black rings at their ends and segment ten is black above with bright blue sides.[3] Cerci are longer than paraprocts, which are hatchet shaped with a dorsal knob.[4]

References
  1. Clausnitzer, V. (2009). "Pseudagrion sublacteum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Tarboton, W.R.; Tarboton, M. (2005). A fieldguide to the damselflies of South Africa. ISBN 0620338784.
  3. Samways, Michael J. (2008). Dragonflies and damselflies of South Africa (1st ed.). Sofia: Pensoft. ISBN 978-954-642-330-6.
  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.


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