Macromia flinti Lieftinck, 1977
Flint's emerald dragonfly, Flint's cruiser
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: October 1970 (de Fonseka, 2000:135)
Since rediscovered (Sumanapala et al., 2022)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Flint's emerald dragonfly (Macromia flinti) has not been seen since it was officially described (Lieftinck, 1977; Bedjanič, 2006).
Distribution
Uggalkaltota, Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Type locality: Uggalkaltota, Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Lieftinck, M. A. (1977). New and little known Corduliidae (Odonata: Anisoptera) from the Indo-Pacific Region. Oriental Insects 11(2): 157-179; Figs. 1-14.
Other references:
Bedjanič, M. (2006). Macromia flinti. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 10 May 2012.
Bedjanič, M., Dow, R. A. and Sumanapala, A. P. (2021). Macromia flinti. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T59738A170688022. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T59738A170688022.en. Accessed on 10 July 2022.
de Fonseka, Terence. (2000). The Dragonflies of Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: WHT Publications. 303 pp., 20 pl. [Corrigenda and Addenda]
Sumanapala, A. P., Ranasinghe, T. and Pushpalal, M. G. S. (2022). Rediscovery of Macromia flinti with observations on the female and novel faunistic records (Odonata: Macromiidae). Notulae Odonatologicae 9(9): 419-428. [Abstract]