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Platycypha Inyangae
''Platycypha'' is a genus of damselflies in the jewel damselfly family (Chlorocyphidae) from Sub-Saharan Africa. Species The ''World Odonata List'' includes the following: * '' Platycypha amboniensis'' - Montane Dancing-jewel * '' Platycypha angolensis'' Longfield, 1959 (Angola Dancing Jewel) * '' Platycypha auripes'' - Golden Dancing-jewel * '' Platycypha bamptoni'' (Pinhey, 1975) * '' Platycypha caligata'' - Dancing Jewel * '' Platycypha crocea'' (Longfield, 1947) (Angola Jewel) * ''Platycypha eliseva'' (Lucifer Jewel) * '' Platycypha fitzsimonsi'' (Boulder Jewel) * '' Platycypha inyangae'' (Inyanga Jewel) * '' Platycypha lacustris'' (Forest Jewel) * '' Platycypha picta'' (Petite Jewel) * '' Platycypha pinheyi'' (Tanganyika Jewel) * ''Platycypha rubriventris ''Platycypha'' is a genus of damselfly, damselflies in the jewel damselfly family (biology), family (Chlorocyphidae) from Sub-Saharan Africa. Species The ''World Odonata List'' includes the following: * ''Platyc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platycypha Eliseva
''Platycypha'' is a genus of damselfly, damselflies in the jewel damselfly family (biology), family (Chlorocyphidae) from Sub-Saharan Africa. Species The ''World Odonata List'' includes the following: * ''Platycypha amboniensis'' - Montane Dancing-jewel * ''Platycypha angolensis'' Longfield, 1959 (Angola Dancing Jewel) * ''Platycypha auripes'' - Golden Dancing-jewel * ''Platycypha bamptoni'' (Pinhey, 1975) * ''Platycypha caligata'' - Dancing Jewel * ''Platycypha crocea'' (Longfield, 1947) (Angola Jewel) * ''Platycypha eliseva'' (Lucifer Jewel) * ''Platycypha fitzsimonsi'' (Boulder Jewel) * ''Platycypha inyangae'' (Inyanga Jewel) * ''Platycypha lacustris'' (Forest Jewel) * ''Platycypha picta'' (Petite Jewel) * ''Platycypha pinheyi'' (Tanganyika Jewel) * ''Platycypha rubriventris'' (Pinhey, 1975) (Red-bellied Jewel) * ''Platycypha rufitibia'' - Red-booted Jewel References External links * {{Taxonbar, from=Q679000 Chlorocyphidae Zygoptera genera Taxa named by Freder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platycypha Crocea
''Platycypha'' is a genus of damselflies in the jewel damselfly family (Chlorocyphidae) from Sub-Saharan Africa. Species The ''World Odonata List'' includes the following: * '' Platycypha amboniensis'' - Montane Dancing-jewel * '' Platycypha angolensis'' Longfield, 1959 (Angola Dancing Jewel) * '' Platycypha auripes'' - Golden Dancing-jewel * '' Platycypha bamptoni'' (Pinhey, 1975) * '' Platycypha caligata'' - Dancing Jewel * '' Platycypha crocea'' (Longfield, 1947) (Angola Jewel) * ''Platycypha eliseva'' (Lucifer Jewel) * '' Platycypha fitzsimonsi'' (Boulder Jewel) * ''Platycypha inyangae'' (Inyanga Jewel) * '' Platycypha lacustris'' (Forest Jewel) * '' Platycypha picta'' (Petite Jewel) * '' Platycypha pinheyi'' (Tanganyika Jewel) * ''Platycypha rubriventris ''Platycypha'' is a genus of damselfly, damselflies in the jewel damselfly family (biology), family (Chlorocyphidae) from Sub-Saharan Africa. Species The ''World Odonata List'' includes the following: * ''Platycy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platycypha Rufitibia
''Platycypha'' is a genus of damselflies in the jewel damselfly family (Chlorocyphidae) from Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara. These include Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the list of sovereign states and .... Species The ''World Odonata List'' includes the following: * '' Platycypha amboniensis'' - Montane Dancing-jewel * '' Platycypha angolensis'' Longfield, 1959 (Angola Dancing Jewel) * '' Platycypha auripes'' - Golden Dancing-jewel * '' Platycypha bamptoni'' (Pinhey, 1975) * '' Platycypha caligata'' - Dancing Jewel * '' Platycypha crocea'' (Longfield, 1947) (Angola Jewel) * '' Platycypha eliseva'' (Lucifer Jewel) * '' Platycypha fitzsimonsi'' (Boulder Jewel) * '' Platycypha inyangae'' (Inyanga Jewel) * '' Platycypha lacustris'' (Forest Jewel) * '' Platycypha picta'' (Petite Jewel) * '' Platycypha pinheyi'' (Tangan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platycypha Rubriventris
''Platycypha'' is a genus of damselfly, damselflies in the jewel damselfly family (biology), family (Chlorocyphidae) from Sub-Saharan Africa. Species The ''World Odonata List'' includes the following: * ''Platycypha amboniensis'' - Montane Dancing-jewel * ''Platycypha angolensis'' Longfield, 1959 (Angola Dancing Jewel) * ''Platycypha auripes'' - Golden Dancing-jewel * ''Platycypha bamptoni'' (Pinhey, 1975) * ''Platycypha caligata'' - Dancing Jewel * ''Platycypha crocea'' (Longfield, 1947) (Angola Jewel) * ''Platycypha eliseva'' (Lucifer Jewel) * ''Platycypha fitzsimonsi'' (Boulder Jewel) * ''Platycypha inyangae'' (Inyanga Jewel) * ''Platycypha lacustris'' (Forest Jewel) * ''Platycypha picta'' (Petite Jewel) * ''Platycypha pinheyi'' (Tanganyika Jewel) * ''Platycypha rubriventris'' (Pinhey, 1975) (Red-bellied Jewel) * ''Platycypha rufitibia'' - Red-booted Jewel References External links * {{Taxonbar, from=Q679000 Chlorocyphidae Zygoptera genera Taxa named by Freder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platycypha Pinheyi
''Platycypha pinheyi'' is a species of damselfly in the family Chlorocyphidae. It is found along the shores of Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa. It is typically referred to being in South-Central Africa or Southern Africa. It is bor .... References Chlorocyphidae Odonata of Africa Taxa named by Frederic Charles Fraser Insects described in 1950 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Calopterygoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platycypha Picta
''Platycypha'' is a genus of damselflies in the jewel damselfly family (Chlorocyphidae) from Sub-Saharan Africa. Species The ''World Odonata List'' includes the following: * '' Platycypha amboniensis'' - Montane Dancing-jewel * '' Platycypha angolensis'' Longfield, 1959 (Angola Dancing Jewel) * '' Platycypha auripes'' - Golden Dancing-jewel * '' Platycypha bamptoni'' (Pinhey, 1975) * '' Platycypha caligata'' - Dancing Jewel * ''Platycypha crocea'' (Longfield, 1947) (Angola Jewel) * ''Platycypha eliseva'' (Lucifer Jewel) * '' Platycypha fitzsimonsi'' (Boulder Jewel) * ''Platycypha inyangae'' (Inyanga Jewel) * '' Platycypha lacustris'' (Forest Jewel) * '' Platycypha picta'' (Petite Jewel) * ''Platycypha pinheyi'' (Tanganyika Jewel) * ''Platycypha rubriventris'' (Pinhey, 1975) (Red-bellied Jewel) * ''Platycypha rufitibia ''Platycypha'' is a genus of damselflies in the jewel damselfly family (Chlorocyphidae) from Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is the area an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platycypha Lacustris
''Platycypha lacustris'', also known as forest jewel, is a species of damselfly in the family Chlorocyphidae. It is found in forest of Sub-Saharan Africa in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its lives around rainforest streams. It is a widespread species that can be threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss or habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species. The organisms once living there have either moved elsewhere, or are dead, leading to a decrease .... References Chlorocyphidae Odonata of Africa Taxa named by Friedrich Förster Insects described in 1914 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Calopterygoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platycypha Inyangae
''Platycypha'' is a genus of damselflies in the jewel damselfly family (Chlorocyphidae) from Sub-Saharan Africa. Species The ''World Odonata List'' includes the following: * '' Platycypha amboniensis'' - Montane Dancing-jewel * '' Platycypha angolensis'' Longfield, 1959 (Angola Dancing Jewel) * '' Platycypha auripes'' - Golden Dancing-jewel * '' Platycypha bamptoni'' (Pinhey, 1975) * '' Platycypha caligata'' - Dancing Jewel * '' Platycypha crocea'' (Longfield, 1947) (Angola Jewel) * ''Platycypha eliseva'' (Lucifer Jewel) * '' Platycypha fitzsimonsi'' (Boulder Jewel) * '' Platycypha inyangae'' (Inyanga Jewel) * '' Platycypha lacustris'' (Forest Jewel) * '' Platycypha picta'' (Petite Jewel) * '' Platycypha pinheyi'' (Tanganyika Jewel) * ''Platycypha rubriventris ''Platycypha'' is a genus of damselfly, damselflies in the jewel damselfly family (biology), family (Chlorocyphidae) from Sub-Saharan Africa. Species The ''World Odonata List'' includes the following: * ''Platyc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platycypha Fitzsimonsi
''Platycypha fitzsimonsi'', the boulder jewel or Fitzsimon's jewel is a species of damselfly in the family Chlorocyphidae. It is endemic to South Africa where its natural habitats include wooded and forested streams and river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...s. This is a fairly small species; 29–34 mm long with a wingspan of 46–54 mm. The mature male has an orange-red and black striped thorax and a distinctive red, black and blue abdomen. Females and immature males are dark brown and khaki. Like several other Chlocyphidae, males extend and vibrate their tibia displaying the white colouration (foot waggling) towards ovipositing females as a courtship display. Gallery P_fitzsimonsi_AManson_007950-2.jpg, Male P fitzsimonsi AManson 2014 03 08 7164.jpg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platycypha Caligata
''Platycypha caligata'', the dancing jewel, is a species of damselfly in the family Chlorocyphidae. It is found in eastern, central and southern Africa from Ethiopia to Angola and South Africa. Its natural habitats include shady parts of subtropical or tropical streams and rivers in forest, woodland, savanna, and shrubland, and shorelines of lakes. Platycypha caligata female.jpg, female, Ithala Game Reserve Platycypha_caligata_Dancing_Jewel_Ris_1921.jpg, Description by Ris (1921) Males perform remarkable territorial and courtship display A courtship display is a set of display behaviors in which an animal, usually a male, attempts to attract a mate; the mate exercises choice, so sexual selection acts on the display. These behaviors often include ritualized movement ("dances"), ...s which include flashing and vibrating (foot waggling) their brightly colored legs with flattened tibiae and waving their abdomens. Experimentally varying tibial colours showed functions of ante ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederic Charles Fraser
Frederic Charles Fraser (15 February 1880, in Woolwich – 2 March 1963, in Linwood) was an England, English entomologist who specialised in Odonata. Following army service in India as a surgeon with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel (United Kingdom), lieutenant colonel, Fraser devoted himself entirely to dragonflies, mostly in the Natural History Museum, London, British Museum (Natural History), where his collection is maintained. Fraser's correspondence with A. Eric Gardner is in the library of the Natural History Museum, London. Fraser's correspondence with the Irish odonatologist Niall McNeill is in the Oxford University Museum. He was a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society. Selected works * 1933 ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma'' including Burma and CeyloOdonata. 1 Introduction, Coenagriidae. New Delhi.423pp. * 1934 ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma'' including Burma and CeyloOdonata. 2 Agriidae, Gomphidae. New Delhi.398 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |