Odonata Atlas of Africa

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OdonataMAP:   83353
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3219CC
Observer:   Peacock F.
Date of record:   2020-01-01
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2024-05-08 15:08:37
Sp. code:   661710
Species name:   Elattoneura sp.
Common name:   African threadtails
Family:   Platycnemididae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Common Threadtail
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=OdonataMAP-83353
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 83353 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   John Henry Wilkinson
Comment:   You recorded a adult male Sooty Threadtail so this is probably also a Sooty. Common and Sooty are near impossible to separate when young
Date:   2020-01-05 15:42:13
Species name:   Elattoneura sp. -- African threadtails
Species code:   661710
Comment number:   2
By:   Andries Petrus de Vries
Comment:  
Date:   2020-01-05 17:46:02
Species name:   Elattoneura sp. -- African threadtails
Species code:   661710

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