Odonata Atlas of Africa

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OdonataMAP:   96507
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2930DD
Observer:   Hemson Jonathan
Date of record:   2020-10-11
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:24:56
Sp. code:   662320
Species name:   Africallagma fractum
Common name:   Slender Bluet
Family:   Coenagrionidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Swamp Bluet
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=OdonataMAP-96507
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 96507 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Andries Petrus de Vries
Comment:   The postocular spots do not seem very large and the humeral stripe is clearly defined, yet the markings on the abdomen is clearly that of A.fractum, not A.glaucum
Date:   2020-10-11 20:05:31
Species name:   Africallagma fractum -- Slender Bluet
Species code:   662320
Comment number:   2
By:   Corrie du Toit
Comment:  
Date:   2020-10-11 20:27:48
Species name:   Africallagma fractum -- Slender Bluet
Species code:   662320

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