Odonata Atlas of Africa

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OdonataMAP:   93258
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3228CB
Observer:   Yearsley Gareth
Date of record:   2020-05-10
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Found with a male
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:24:56
Sp. code:   663560
Species name:   Pseudagrion salisburyense
Common name:   Slate Sprite
Family:   Coenagrionidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Pseudagrion kersteni
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=OdonataMAP-93258
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 93258 - photo: 1
VM-number: 93258 - photo: 2
VM-number: 93258 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   John Henry Wilkinson
Comment:   A group female with the mesinfraepisternum epaulette situated high up on the shoulder indicating a male with short upper claspers. From the males recorded in that area, only the Slate Sprite male have short upper claspers
Date:   2020-05-24 16:22:51
Species name:   Pseudagrion salisburyense -- Slate Sprite
Species code:   663560
Comment number:   2
By:   Sharon Stanton
Comment:  
Date:   2020-05-24 16:40:47
Species name:   Pseudagrion salisburyense -- Slate Sprite
Species code:   663560

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