Amanipodagrion
species of damselfly
Amanipodagrion gilliesi is a species of damselfly endemic to the East Usambara Mountains of north-eastern Tanzania. It is the sole species in the genus Amanipodagrion, which in turn is the only genus in the family Amanipodagrionidae, one of two families in the superfamily Mesopodagrionoidea.
Commonly known as the Amani flatwing, it is a slender dark-coloured damselfly with a conspicuous white tip to the abdomen. Males have a broad dark band near the tips of the wings. The species is associated with shaded forest streams and is known from only a tiny area within the Amani-Sigi Forest Reserve in the East Usambara Mountains.
Because of its extremely restricted distribution and the continuing degradation of surrounding forest habitat, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed the Amani flatwing as Critically Endangered.
Description
The Amani flatwing has a long, extremely slender abdomen, which is darkly coloured with a conspicuous white tip. Its wings are distinctly narrower at their base than at their tip, and the males have a broad brown band close to their wing tips.
Range
It is endemic to the Amani Sigi Forest of the East Usambara Mountains from Tanzania. The Amani flatwing population appears to be largely confined to a 500 meter long stream in the Amani-Sigi Forest Reserve, although a single male has been found outside of this reserve.
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