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Trithemis annulata is a very common species throughout its wide range, which includes most of Africa, the Mediterranean area, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Near East. Although it may be threatened locally by habitat loss, in general, it seems to be increasing in abundance, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its ...
Trithemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.They are commonly known as dropwings.There are over 40 species, mainly from Africa; two are endemic to Madagascar, and five can be found in Asia. [1]
A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of dragonflies are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threatens dragonfly populations around the world.
Common worldwide or nearly worldwide genera are Aeshna and Anax. Anax includes some of the largest dragonflies, including the North American A. walsinghami, Hawaiian A. strenuus, European A. imperator and A. immaculifrons, and African A. tristis, but these are all exceeded by another member of the family, the Asian Tetracanthagyna plagiata, which by wingspan and weight is the world's largest ...
Anax tristis, the black emperor or magnificent emperor, is an African species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae.At up to about 120 mm (4.7 in) in total length and 135 mm (5.3 in) in wingspan, it is one of the world's largest dragonflies and the largest in Africa.
The banded groundling is one of Africa's most familiar and abundant dragonflies. It has only recently been identified as being two separate species, B. leucosticta and the new taxon B. impartita . [ 9 ]
Across Far Eastern civilizations like Japan, there is a particularly positive dragonfly meaning—and that's true for many Indigenous American cultures, too. In the former, dragonflies represent ...
Notogomphus lecythus, commonly known as the northern longleg, is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is found in Ethiopia and Kenya. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and rivers.