| Trithemis furva | |
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| male, Kakamega Forest, Kenya | |
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| Female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Trithemis |
| Species: | T. furva
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| Binomial name | |
| Trithemis furva Karsch, 1899
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Trithemis furva, the Navy dropwing, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.
Identification
In much of its range, mature males of T. furva are easily confused with those of the similar T. dorsalis. The key difference between the species is the shape of the hamule of the secondary genitalia. Also, in most specimens of T. furva, the outermost antenodal cross-veins do not cross the subcostal vein to join the radial vein, whereas in T. dorsalis they do.[2]
Gallery
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Mature male showing the secondary genitalia and the position of the outermost antenodal cross-vein (Ax) -
Mature male -
Immature male -
Immature male -
mature female
References
- ^ Boudot, J.-P.; Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Samraoui, B.; Schneider, W. (2016). "Trithemis furva". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T60058A83874220. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60058A83874220.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Samways, Michael J. (2008). Dragonflies and damselflies of South Africa (1st ed.). Sofia: Pensoft. ISBN 978-954-642-330-6.
External links
Media related to Trithemis furva at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Trithemis furva at Wikispecies
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This page was last edited on 12 February 2022, at 23:37