| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | ARTHROPODA | INSECTA | ODONATA | PROTONEURIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Elattoneura pluotae |
| Species Authority: | Legrand, 1982 |
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Critically Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii)+2ab(i,ii,iii) ver 3.1 | |||
| Year Published: | 2010 | |||
| Assessor/s: | Dijkstra, K.-D.B. | |||
| Reviewer/s: | Amakye, J.S., Ogbogu, S.S., Tchibozo, S. & Smith, K. (IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Unit) | |||
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Justification: This species is short-listed by Dijkstra and Vick (2004) as western African odonate requiring special attention. It is only known from type material, a stream near Kedougou, which is of undisputed taxonomic status. Despite being a conspicuous insect occurring in a reasonably surveyed area it has not been rediscovered since it was described in 1982. A proposed dam in the area is likely to have severe impacts by flooding some, if not all, of the species habitat. The area of occupancy is less than 10 km² and the extent of occurrence is less than 100 km² and it is only found at one site. The species is therefore listed as Critically Endangered. |
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| Range Description: | The species is known only from near Kédougou in southeast Senegal. The site is on the border of Guinea, where the species is expected to occur as well. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Senegal
Presence uncertain:
Guinea
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| Population: | No information available. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | Known only from a small stream. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial; Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | A proposed dam in the area is likely to have major impacts upon the species by flooding some, if not all, the potential habitats of the species. |
| Conservation Actions: | No conservation measures known but research into population numbers and range, biology and ecology, habitat status, threats, and trends/monitoring would be valuable. |
| Citation: | Dijkstra, K.-D.B. 2010. Elattoneura pluotae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012. |
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