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{{Short description|Species of damselfly}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Spesbona angusta''
| image = Spesbona angusta - inat 326096052.jpg
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| image_caption = ''Spesbona angusta'', South Africa
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| status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status = EN
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn/>
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
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| genus = Spesbona
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| species = angusta
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| authority = (Selys, 1863)
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| ordo = [[Odonata]]
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| familia = [[Platycnemididae]]

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| genus = ''[[Spesbona]]''
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'''''Spesbona angusta''''', the '''Ceres stream-damsel''' or '''Ceres streamjack''', is a species of [[damselfly]] in the family [[Platycnemididae]]. The species was moved from the genus ''[[Metacnemis]]'' in 2013.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Dijkstra|first1=Klaas-Douwe B.|title=Three new genera of damselflies (Odonata: Chlorocyphidae, Platycnemididae)|journal=International Journal of Odonatology|date=September 2013|volume=16|issue=3|pages=269–274|doi=10.1080/13887890.2013.832606|s2cid=85369608|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="tarboton">{{cite book|last1=Tarboton|first1=W.R.|last2=Tarboton|first2=M.|year=2015|title=A guide to dragonflies and damselflies of South Africa|publisher=Struik Natute Publishing|isbn=9781775841845}}</ref><ref name=ref00/>
| species = '''''S. angusta'''''

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| binomial = ''Spesbona angusta''
==Distribution and habitat==
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| binomial_authority = (Selys, 1863)
The species [[Endemism|endemic]] to the south western part of the [[Western Cape Province]], [[South Africa]]. Its natural habitat is river pools with the aquatic plant ''[[Aponogeton]]''. It is threatened by [[habitat loss]] due to human activity.<ref name=iucn/> <ref name="samways">{{cite book|first=Michael J.|last=Samways|year=2008|title=Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa|publisher=Pensoft Publishers|isbn=9789546423306}}</ref>
| synonyms = ''Metacnemis angusta''}}
'''''Spesbona angusta''''' ('''Ceres stream-damsel''' or '''Ceres streamjack''') is a species of [[damselfly]] in the family [[Platycnemididae]]. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to the [[Western Cape]], South Africa. Its natural habitat is river pools with the aquatic plant ''[[Aponogeton]]''. It is threatened by [[habitat loss]].<ref name="Samways 2010">{{cite web|last1=Samways|first1=M.J.|title=''Spesbona angusta''|url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/full/13257/0|website=http://www.iucnredlist.org|publisher=International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources|accessdate=25 May 2015|date=2010}}</ref>


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This species was moved from the genus ''[[Metacnemis]]'' in 2013.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Dijkstra|first1=Klaas-Douwe B.|title=Three new genera of damselflies (Odonata: Chlorocyphidae, Platycnemididae)|journal=International Journal of Odonatology|date=September 2013|volume=16|issue=3|pages=269–274|doi=10.1080/13887890.2013.832606}}</ref>
==References==
==References==
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<ref name=iucn>
{{Cite web| title=''Spesbona angusta'' Red List status
| url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13257/75519665
| website=IUCN Red List
| access-date=2024-07-11
}}</ref>


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{{Cite web
| access-date = 2019-07-02
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| title = World Odonata List
| date = 2018
| publisher = Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound
| url = https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list/
}}</ref>
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[[Category:Platycnemididae]]

[[Category:Odonata of Africa]]
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[[Category:Insects of South Africa]]
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Latest revision as of 21:02, 7 August 2024

Spesbona angusta
Spesbona angusta, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Platycnemididae
Genus: Spesbona
Species:
S. angusta
Binomial name
Spesbona angusta
(Selys, 1863)

Spesbona angusta, the Ceres stream-damsel or Ceres streamjack, is a species of damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. The species was moved from the genus Metacnemis in 2013.[2][3][4]

Distribution and habitat

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The species endemic to the south western part of the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Its natural habitat is river pools with the aquatic plant Aponogeton. It is threatened by habitat loss due to human activity.[1] [5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Spesbona angusta Red List status". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  2. ^ Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B. (September 2013). "Three new genera of damselflies (Odonata: Chlorocyphidae, Platycnemididae)". International Journal of Odonatology. 16 (3): 269–274. doi:10.1080/13887890.2013.832606. S2CID 85369608.
  3. ^ Tarboton, W.R.; Tarboton, M. (2015). A guide to dragonflies and damselflies of South Africa. Struik Natute Publishing. ISBN 9781775841845.
  4. ^ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  5. ^ Samways, Michael J. (2008). Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa. Pensoft Publishers. ISBN 9789546423306.


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