Agriocnemis zerafica Le Roi, 1915
Sahel Wisp

Type locality: Bahr-el-Ghazal, Sudan

Diagnosis

Male likely to be confused only with A. exilis in range from N Uganda and South Sudan to W Africa, but (1) thorax and most of body densely pruinose with age; (2) apex of S10 drawn out and folded like half-tube; (3) cerci and paraprocts about equally long but minute and largely concealed by S10, the paraprocts notably blunt. [Adapted from Dijkstra & Clausnitzer 2014]

Habitat description

Standing and mostly temporary waters in open landscapes. Usually with emergent and often aquatic vegetation. From 0 to 800 m above sea level.

Distribution

confirmed: Benin; Burkina Faso; Côte d'Ivoire; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Gambia; Ghana; Guinee-Bissau; Liberia; Mali; Mauritania; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; South Sudan; Togo; Uganda; NOT confirmed: Sudan


© Olivier Esnault


Appendages (lateral view)

Map citation: Clausnitzer, V., K.-D.B. Dijkstra, R. Koch, J.-P. Boudot, W.R.T. Darwall, J. Kipping, B. Samraoui, M.J. Samways, J.P. Simaika & F. Suhling, 2012. Focus on African Freshwaters: hotspots of dragonfly diversity and conservation concern. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 10: 129-134.


References

  • le Roi, O. (1915). Odonaten aus Äquatorial-Afrika.Die zweite deutsche Zentral Afrika Expedition, 319-360
  • Pinhey, E.C.G. (1974). A revision of the African Agriocnemis Selys and Mortonagrion Fraser (Odonata Coenagrionidae). Occasional Papers National Museums Rhodesia B Natural Science, 5, 171-278. [PDF file]
  • Pinhey, E.C.G. (1962). New or little-known dragonflies (Odonata) of Central and Southern Africa. Occasional Papers National Museum Southern Rhodesia, 26, 892-911. [PDF file]
  • Pinhey, E.C.G. (1971). Odonata collected in Republique Centre-Africaine by R. Pujol. Arnoldia, 5, 1-16. [PDF file]
  • Schmidt, E. (1951). Libellen aus Portugiesisch Guinea, mit Bemerkungen über andere aethiopische Odonaten. Arquivos Museu Bocage, 20, 125-200. [PDF file]

Citation: Dijkstra, K.-D.B (editor). African Dragonflies and Damselflies Online. http://addo.adu.org.za/ [2024-03-29].