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Palpopleura deceptor

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Palpopleura deceptor
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Palpopleura
Species:
P. deceptor
Binomial name
Palpopleura deceptor
(Calvert, 1899)

Palpopleura deceptor, the deceptive widow, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, 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, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.

References

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  1. ^ Boudot, J.-P.; Clausnitzer, V.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Suhling, F.; Schneider, W.; Samraoui, B. (2016). "Palpopleura deceptor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59967A83860191. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59967A83860191.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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  • Palpopleura deceptor Species text for deceptive widow in the South African Dragonfly Atlas - OdonataMAP