Two new relict Syncordulia species found during museum and field studies of threatened dragonflies in the Cape Floristic Region (Odonata: Corduliidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1467, 2007, Pages 19-34

  Dijkstra, Klaas Douwe B ^a   Samways, Michael J ^b   Simaika, John P ^b  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anisoptera; Biogeography; Conservation; Key; South Africa; Syncordulia; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); CORDULIIDAE; ODONATA;

EID: 34248675807     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1467.1.2     Document Type: Article

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