Orthetrum trinacria

Orthetrum trinacria, the Long Skimmer, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, France (Corsica), Gambia, Ghana, Italy (Sicily and Sardinia), Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. It was recently recorded in the Maltese Islands in 2003 and was recorded breeding on the island of Gozo in 2004. Its natural habitats are rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. Also breeding in Southern Spain (Murcia and Malaga Provinces) and the Canary Islands.^[1]

Orthetrum trinacria
Female Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Orthetrum
Species:	O. trinacria
Binomial name
Orthetrum trinacria (Selys, 1841)
Synonyms^[2]
Libellula trinacria Selys, 1841

References

1. Boudot, J.-P.; Clausnitzer, V.; Samraoui, B.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2016). "Orthetrum trinacria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59965A83859517. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59965A83859517.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
2. "Species summary for Orthetrum trinacria". Animalbase. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

• Sciberras, A.; Sciberras, J. and Magro D. (2007) "A Celebration of Dragonflies". The Malta Independent. November 19, pp. 8–9.
• Sciberras, A. (2008) A Contribution To The Knowledge Of Odonata In The Maltese Islands. The Central Mediterranean Naturalist 4(4): pp. 275–288.
• Orthetrum trinacria : 2012 : a new species on the island of Corsica (in French)