Acisoma trifidum

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	ARTHROPODA	INSECTA	ODONATA	LIBELLULIDAE

Scientific Name:

Acisoma trifidum

Species Authority:

Kirby, 1889

Common Name/s:

English

–

Ivory Pintail

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2010

Assessor/s:

Clausnitzer, V., Suhling, F. & Dijkstra, K.-D.B.

Reviewer/s:

Dijkstra, K.-D.B., Clausnitzer, V., Suhling, F., Samways, M., Samraoui, B., Boudot, J.P., Kipping, J. (Odonata Red List Authority) & Allen, D. (IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Unit)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
At global level, the species is widespread with no known major widespread threats. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern.

In central and western Africa, it is listed as Least Concern due to its wide distribution and because it is unlikely to decline fast enough to qualify for listing in a threatened category.

Although this species has a limited distribution in the southern Africa region, it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a threatened or Near Threatened category and, therefore, it is assessed as Least Concern. It is also it is expected to be more widespread than currently known in the southern parts of the region.

History:

2009	–	Least Concern
2008	–	Least Concern (IUCN 2009.2)
2006	–	Least Concern (IUCN 2006)
2006	–	Least Concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	The species has been recorded from Zambia, Uganda to West Africa, records from west Tanzania and west Kenya are not confirmed. In central Africa, the species has been recorded from all the countries. In eastern Africa, it has been recorded from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi and Burundi. It is widespread and common in Uganda, and its occurrence in Burundi is assumed. Records from west Tanzania and west Kenya are not confirmed. In southern Africa, this species occurs in the Okavango and Zambia basins in south Angola and northwest Zambia. In western Africa, it was found in Gambia and Senegal to Nigeria.
Countries:	Native: Angola (Angola); Benin; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo; Uganda; Zambia
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Population [top]

Population:	No information available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Swamps in bush, forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Threats to the species are agriculture, wood extraction, and water pollution.

Major Threat(s):

Threats to the species are agriculture, wood extraction, and water pollution.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	No conservation measures known but information on taxonomy, population ecology, habitat status and population trends would be valuable.

Conservation Actions:

No conservation measures known but information on taxonomy, population ecology, habitat status and population trends would be valuable.

Citation:	Clausnitzer, V., Suhling, F. & Dijkstra, K.-D.B. 2010. Acisoma trifidum. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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