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Hemistigma albipunctum

{{Short description|Species of dragonfly}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Hemistigma albipunctum 002236-3.jpg

| image_caption = Male

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Clausnitzer, V. |author2=Suhling, F. |author3=Dijkstra, K.-D.B. |date=2016 |title=Hemistigma albipunctum |volume=2016 |page=e.T59893A85836481 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59893A85836481.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}

| genus = Hemistigma

| species = albipunctum

| authority = (Rambur, 1842)

| synonyms =

}}

Hemistigma albipunctum, also known as the piedspot, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.

Distribution

It is found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi.

Habitat

Its natural habitats include open marsh and swamp in tropical Africa.{{cite book|last1=Dijkstra|first1=K.-D.B.|last2=Clausnitzer|first2=V.|title=The dragonflies and damselflies of eastern Africa|date=2014|publisher=Royal Museum for Central Africa|location=Tervuren|isbn=978-94-916-1506-1}}

Description

It has a wingspan of 53 mm and is slender. There is a blue bloom on the body of the male, and a black streak across the front of the forewings. There are brown spots on the wingtips of females. It tends to fly over small ponds or streams, settling frequently.{{cite book|last1=Picker|first1=Mike|last2=Griffiths|first2=Charles|last3=Weaving|first3=Alan|title=Field guide to insects of South Africa|url=https://archive.org/details/fieldguidetoinse00grif|url-access=limited|date=2004|publisher=Struik|location=Cape Town|isbn=9781770070615|page=[https://archive.org/details/fieldguidetoinse00grif/page/n36 38]}}

Identification

Hemistigma albipunctum 002236-2.jpg|Male

Hemistigma albipunctum 008247-1.jpg|Male

Hemistigma albipunctum 001919-1.jpg|Female

Hemistigma albipunctum 001919-2.jpg|Female

Hemistigma albipunctum 005008-1.jpg|Female

References

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External links

  • [https://thebdi.org/2020/06/18/african-piedspot-hemistigma-albipunctum/ African piedspot] Species text in the Online Atlas of South African Odonata

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Category:Libellulidae

Category:Insects described in 1842

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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