Trithemis furva

Trithemis furva
	male, Kakamega Forest, Kenya
	Female
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Trithemis
Species:	T. furva
Binomial name
	Trithemis furva; Karsch, 1899

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

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

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[iucn_status_12_November_2021-1] 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.

[Samways2008-2] Samways, Michael J. (2008). Dragonflies and damselflies of South Africa (1st ed.). Sofia: Pensoft. ISBN 978-954-642-330-6.

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