Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Firebelly
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
Rivers
and streams
with shade. Mostly a lowland forest
species. (Ref.
270137).
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 3.6 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Superorder:
Odonatoptera
()
- Order:
Odonata
()
- Fabricius, 1793
- Dragonflies and Damselflies
- Suborder:
Epiprocta
()
- Infraorder:
Anisoptera
()
- Superfamily:
Libelluloidea
()
- Rambur, 1842
- Family:
Libellulidae
()
- Rambur, 1842
- Subfamily:
Brachydiplacinae
()
- Genus:
Eleuthemis
()
- Ris, 1910
- Specific name:
buettikoferi
- Ris, 1910
- Scientific name: - Eleuthemis buettikoferi Ris, 1910
- Specific name:
buettikoferi
- Ris, 1910
- Genus:
Eleuthemis
(
- Subfamily:
Brachydiplacinae
(
- Family:
Libellulidae
(
- Superfamily:
Libelluloidea
(
- Infraorder:
Anisoptera
(
- Suborder:
Epiprocta
(
- Order:
Odonata
(
- Superorder:
Odonatoptera
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Eleuthemis buettikoferi ssp. quadrigutta • Eleuthemis quadrigutta
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Binomial generated by Sp2000
Last scrutiny: Jan-2009
Appears to include a second, cryptic species
in western Africa, differing
only by coloration
and ecology (Lempert, 1988). It occurs at least
in Liberia and Ghana.[1].
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Eleuthemis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
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Further Reading
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- Clausnitzer, V. and Dijkstra, K.–D.B. 2005. The dragonflies of Eastern Africa. An identification key. (in prep). To be submitted to Annales du Muse royal de l'Afrique centrale (Zoologie)
- Dijkstra, K.-D.B. and Clausnitzer, V. 2005. An annotated checklist of the dragonflies (Odonata) of eastern Africa, with critical lists for Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda, new records, taxonomic notes and descriptions of new species. in prep.
- IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 05 June).
- IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.3). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 2 September 2010).
- Pinhey, E. 1961. A survey of the dragonflies of Eastern Africa. British Museum (Natural History), London.
- Pinhey, E. 1981. Two interesting species of Aeshna Fabricius from Zambia (Odonata: Aeshnidae). Arnoldia 9(4): 61-68.
- Pinhey, E. 1984. A check-list of the Odonata of Zimbabwe and Zambia. Smithersia 3: 1-64.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Clausnitzer, V., Suhling, F. & Dijkstra, K.-D.B. 2010. Eleuthemis buettikoferi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8027287
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Odo-sp2-598
- IUCN ID: 206885
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1759243
Footnotes
- Clausnitzer, V., Suhling, F. & Dijkstra, K.-D.B. 2010. Eleuthemis buettikoferi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
