Identity and distribution of the little known Aeshna meruensis (Odonata: Aeshnidae)

Viola Clausnitzera, Günther Petersb

  1. Halle, Germany
  2. Institut für Systematische Zoologie, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany

International Journal of Odonatology, Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 9-15, 2003
https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2003.10510446
Published: 1 January 2003 (Received: 6 July 2002, Accepted: 31 October 2002)

Abstract

Status and records of Aeshna meruensis are published for the first time. This species has been confused with A. rileyi for a long time, although A.R. Waterston separated and labelled specimens of both species in the collection of the Natural History Museum, London, as early as 1974. A. meruensis is known from seven localities in East Africa so far, but the authors anticipate a wider distribution.

Keywords: Odonata, dragonfly, Aeshna meruensis, montane species, East Africa, taxonomy

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