Odonata Atlas of Africa

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OdonataMAP:   49263
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3325CB
Observer:   Marais Andre
Date of record:   2018-04-12
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   On clear flowing river in indigenous bush. Smaller than Julia Skimmer
Last updated:   2024-05-08 15:08:37
Sp. code:   668000
Species name:   Orthetrum machadoi
Common name:   Highland Skimmer
Family:   Libellulidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Little Skimmer
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=OdonataMAP-49263
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 49263 - photo: 1
VM-number: 49263 - photo: 2
VM-number: 49263 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ryan Matthew Tippett
Comment:  
Date:   2018-04-13 09:38:29
Species name:   Orthetrum abbotti -- Little Skimmer
Species code:   667780
Comment number:   2
By:   John Henry Wilkinson
Comment:   No spectacles on the eyes but have huge pterostigmas and have black on the frons
Date:   2018-04-15 09:51:12
Species name:   Orthetrum machadoi -- Highland Skimmer
Species code:   668000

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