''Acisoma variegatum'', the slender pintail is a species of

dragonfly A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of true dragonfly are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threate ...

in the family

Libellulidae The skimmers or perchers and their relatives form the Libellulidae, the largest dragonfly family in the world. It is sometimes considered to contain the Corduliidae as the subfamily Corduliinae and the Macromiidae as the subfamily Macromiinae. Ev ...

Distribution

Eastern and south-eastern Africa; Ethiopia to Katanga and north-eastern South Africa

Habitat

This species is found in open marsh, often in low-lying and expansive areas such as flood plains. Also found near ponds and reservoirs.

Gallery

Acisoma variegatum 001916-1.jpg, Male Acisoma variegatum 005844-1.jpg, Male Acisoma variegatum 013255-1.jpg, Male Acisoma variegatum 018259-3.jpg, Male Acisoma variegatum 018259-2.jpg, Male abdomen Acisoma variegatum 018272-1.jpg, Female

References

Libellulidae Insects described in 1898 {{dragonfly-stub