Stout Pintail Female Close-up - Dragonflies & Damselflies of southern Africa

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Beautiful Damselflies

Chlorolestes apricans,
Amatola Malachite Male
Endemic to south Africa
Visible in a small area in the Eastern Cape
Endangered

Platycypha fitzsimmonse,
Bouder Jewel, Male
Endemic to South Africa
Prefers Rocky streams at higher altitudes

Proischnura polychromatica,
Mauve Bluet
Endemic to South Africa
Extremely rare and critically endangered

Pseudagrion newtoni,
Harlequin Sprite, Male
Endemic to South Africa
Rare and localised.

Beautiful Dragonflies

1 4020 Aethriamanta rezia Pygmy Basker P Mch 2024r 3

Aethriamanta rezia, Pygmy Basker
Not often seen. Only visible in the warm costal areas of eastern Southern Africa
Prefers Well vegetated pond

Crenigomphus hartmann, Clubbed Talontail,
Seen perching on rocks in fast flowing rivers
Females often seen some distance away from the water.

Nesciothemis farinosa, Eastern Blacktail
Hunts up and down Ponds and fast flowing streams. Often cohabit and confused with skimmers

Beautiful Dragonflies

Tetrathemis polleni,
Black-splashed Elf
Found on shady streams and pools

103 502 Ceratogomphus triceraticus Cape thorntail 6

Ceratogomphus triceraticus,
Cape Thorntail, Male
Endemic to South Africa
Inhabit flowing rock strewn streams

Diplacodes pumila
Dwarf Percher
Female
Endemic to South Africa

Trithemis hecate,
Silhouette Dropwing,
Male
Not often seen in South africa

Stout Pintail Female Close-up

Stout Pintail, Acisoma inflatum, Dikpylstertjie

Stout Pintail Female Close-up Images as an identification aid for the dragonfly species Stout Pintail, Acisoma inflatum, Dikpylstertjie

More images

100 1855 Acisoma inflatum Stout Pintail Male1 Tzaneen LP RSA Nov 2015r 2

100 1863 Acisoma inflatum Stout Pintail Male Hertzogberg MP Nov 2017r 1

100 3248 Acisoma inflatum Stout Pintail M Close Ndumo Mch 2024r 3

100 1869 Acisoma inflatum Stout Pintail Hertzogberg MP Nov 2017r 1

1 4227 Acisoma inflatum Stout Pintail f Ndumo Mch 2024r 3

100 2479 Acisoma inflatum Stout Pintail Male Hertzogberg MP Nov 2017f 1011

Male Annotated

Distribution

Distribution Map

Physical Map

Political Map

Distribution Map

Physical Map

Political Map

South Africa:

Northwards from KZN to MP, LP, and GP.

Africa:

Algeria; Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Côte d'Ivoire; Cameroon; Chad; Congo-Brazzaville; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Egypt; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Kenya; Liberia; Libya; Malawi; Nigeria; Republic of Guinea; Republic of South Africa; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe; NOT confirmed: Central African Republic; Equatorial Guinea; Guinee-Bissau; Mali; Mauritania; Namibia; South Sudan; Swaziland; Togo

Further reading:

Websites of Interest

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (Least Concern
Distribution

Distribution Map

Physical Map

Political Map

Distribution Map

Physical Map

Political Map

South Africa:
- Northwards from KZN to MP, LP, and GP.
Africa:
- Algeria; Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Côte d'Ivoire; Cameroon; Chad; Congo-Brazzaville; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Egypt; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Kenya; Liberia; Libya; Malawi; Nigeria; Republic of Guinea; Republic of South Africa; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe; NOT confirmed: Central African Republic; Equatorial Guinea; Guinee-Bissau; Mali; Mauritania; Namibia; South Sudan; Swaziland; Togo
Further reading:

Websites of Interest
- The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (Least Concern

Recent discovery

Microgomphus nyassicus,
Eastern Scissortail
Male
Photographed by dragonfly photographer Antoinette Snyman or the first time in southern Africa May 2019

Interesting fact

Zygonyx torridus
Ringed Cascader
Male
Hunts over rapid flowing streams close to cascad

Recently Described

Syncordulia venator,
Mahogany Presba.
Rare. Endemic to the Western Cape Region of South Africa

Beautiful

Phyllogomphus selysi.
Bold Leaftail. Male
Male Seldom seen in South Africa.
Note: Peculiar shaped clasper

Recently Revised

Orthetrum hintzi,
Dark-shouldered Skimmer
Prefers Clear water ponds with grassy verges

Recently Revised

Ceratogomphus pictus,
Common Thorntail,
Found near streams and pools

Recently Revised

Pantala flavescens, Pantala
Hunts over open water and pools

Recently Revised

Africallagma glaucum, Swamp Bluet.
Found at the edge of clear water pools