Odonata Atlas of Africa

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OdonataMAP:   18895
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3219AC
Observer:   Stanton Sharon
Date of record:   2015-12-31
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Male
Last updated:   2022-02-02 19:05:11
Sp. code:   661790
Species name:   Elattoneura frenulata
Common name:   Sooty Threadtail
Family:   Platycnemididae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Elattoneura glauca
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=OdonataMAP-18895
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 18895 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Alan Manson
Comment:   Possibly the blue-grey form of E. frenulata that is found in the Cedarberg. See Tarboton & Tarboton 2015 p. 52
Date:   2016-01-11 13:01:50
Species name:   Elattoneura sp. -- African threadtails
Species code:   661710
Comment number:   2
By:   Jacobus Labuschagne
Comment:   Awaiting comments from W Tarboton
Date:   2016-01-13 18:15:26
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Warwick Tarboton
Comment:   Not Common Threadtail so by elimination frenulata
Date:   2017-10-17 16:13:20
Species name:   Elattoneura frenulata -- Sooty Threadtail
Species code:   661790

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