Odonata Atlas of Africa

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OdonataMAP:   14390
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2922AD
Observer:   Labuschagne Jacobus
Date of record:   2015-04-15
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Vaal Sprite
Last updated:   2022-02-02 19:05:10
Sp. code:   663920
Species name:   Pseudagrion vaalense
Common name:   Vaal Sprite
Family:   Coenagrionidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Pseudagrion vaalense
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=OdonataMAP-14390
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 14390 - photo: 1
VM-number: 14390 - photo: 2
VM-number: 14390 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Alan Manson
Comment:   P. massaicum or P vaalense; male
Date:   2015-08-06 13:35:21
Species name:   Pseudagrion sp.
Species code:   663195
Comment number:   2
By:   Ryan Matthew Tippett
Comment:   Bright orange postocular spots. Pale blue pruinosity is present between the wings and on S1-S2.
Date:   2016-01-28 13:57:23
Species name:   Pseudagrion vaalense -- Vaal Sprite
Species code:   663920
Comment number:   3
By:   Bertie Brink
Comment:   Locality is in Orange river, likely to be P. vaalense: Orange rather than reddish eyes, brick spots and orange thorax on top, grey green sides with more blue than Massaicum. Details of appendages not clear
Date:   2016-02-07 16:02:25
Species name:   Pseudagrion vaalense -- Vaal Sprite
Species code:   663920

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