Pinheyschna subpupillata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Aeshnidae |
| Genus: | Pinheyschna |
| Species: | P. subpupillata
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| Binomial name | |
| Pinheyschna subpupillata (McLachlan, 1896)
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Aeshna subpupillata | |
Pinheyschna subpupillata, the stream hawker, is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae.
Distribution
This hawker is endemic to southern Africa; it is common in much of southern and eastern South Africa, and is also found in parts of Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[1]
Habitat
Its natural
Description
A large dragonfly (length 61–64 mm; wingspan 87–91 mm). The eyes are green and the face deep yellow to greenish yellow; the upper
Similar species
Pinheyschna subpupillata is similar to Zosteraeschna minuscula and Zosteraeschna usambarica, but the latter species have browner abdomens, and long green dorsal stripes on the thorax. The black marking on the upper frons of Zosteraeschna minuscula is shaped like an anchor, and that of Zosteraeschna usambarica like a pentagon, rather than the rounded spot of the stream hawker. Pinheyschna subpupillata males also differ in having secondary gentilia that project conspicuously from the second segment of the abdomen (S2), and lack the blue saddle (also S2) of Zosteraeschna males.[2][3]
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References
- ^ . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ ISBN 9781775841845.
- ^ ISBN 978-954-642-330-6.