Phyllomacromia melania

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Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
Animalia	Arthropoda	Insecta	Odonata	Macromiidae

Scientific Name:

Phyllomacromia melania (Selys, 1871)

Regional Assessments:

Northeastern Africa

Central Africa

Western Africa

Eastern Africa

Common Name(s):

English

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Sombre Cruiser

Synonym(s):

Macromia bredoi Schouteden, 1934

Macromia martorelli Compte Sart, 1964

Macromia melania Selys, 1871

Phyllomacromia funicularia (Martin, 1906)

Taxonomic Notes:

The confusing taxonomy is discussed by Dijkstra (2005). Phyllomacromia nyanzana (Grünberg, 1911); ?P. bifasciata Martin, 1912. The female holotype seems to be miss-matched to the male holotype contumax, so melania may be something distinct (funicularia-like), while "contumax" takes priority over the whole nyanzana-bifasciata-complex.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2016
Date Assessed:	2015-11-08
Assessor(s):	Clausnitzer, V. & Dijkstra, K.-D.B.
Reviewer(s):	Meziere, N.M. & Kipping, J.
Justification: This is a widespread species with no known major widespread threats. It is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a threatened category. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:

Phyllomacromia melania has been recorded from west Tanzania and Uganda to Guinea in western Africa.

Countries occurrence:

Native:

Angola; Cameroon; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Ghana; Guinea; Liberia; Tanzania, United Republic of; Togo; Uganda; Zambia

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Population [top]

Population:

The population size is unknown.

Current Population Trend:

Unknown

Additional data:

♦ Population severely fragmented:	No

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is known from rainforest rivers and lakes.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Use and Trade [top]

Use and Trade:	This species is not used.

Use and Trade:

This species is not used.

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Water pollution and forest destruction caused by agriculture and wood extraction are threats to this species.

Major Threat(s):

Water pollution and forest destruction caused by agriculture and wood extraction are threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	No information is available on conservation actions but research into threats and monitoring of the population trend would be valuable.

Conservation Actions:

No information is available on conservation actions but research into threats and monitoring of the population trend would be valuable.

Citation:	Clausnitzer, V. & Dijkstra, K.-D.B. 2016. Phyllomacromia melania. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T59994A85959920. . Downloaded on 26 September 2017.
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