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The Corduliid Dragonflies (Odonata: Corduliidae) of South Africa Compiled by Tanza Crouch and Tessa Hedge Department of Entomology & Arachnology, Durban Natural Science Museum, P O Box 4085, Durban, 4000 South Africa Tel: +27 [0]31-311 2243       Fax: +27 [0]31-311 2242

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Family: CORDULIIDAE

1. Genus: SYNCORDULIA Sélys 1882: 168-169 (= PRESBA Barnard 1933: 167)
   1. S. gracilis (Burmeister)

      Epopthalmia gracilis Burmeister 1839: Handb. Ent. 2(II)(2): 847

      = Presba piscator Barnard 1933: 168
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal; October to December

      
      
   2. S. venator (Barnard)

      Presba venator Barnard 1933: Stylops 2(167): 167, f. 1aže
      Western Cape; October to January, March

      
      
   
   
2. Genus: HEMICORDULIA Sélys 1870: 5
   1. H. asiatica Sélys

      Hemicordula asiatica Sélys 1878: Bull. Acad. r. Belg. (2)45: 186
      KwaZulu-Natal, to Uganda and Asia; February

      
      
   
   
3. Genus: MACROMIA Rambur 1842: 137
   1. M. bifaciata (Martin)

      Phyllomacromia bifaciata Martin 1912: Feuille jeun Nat. 5(42): 96
      Western Cape, KwaZulu-Nataland Mpumalanga, to equatorial Africa; December to March

      
      
   2. M. monoceros Förster

      Macromia monoceros Förster 1906: Jb. Nass. Ver. Nat. 59: 319
      Mpumalanga, to Kenya; December

      
      
   3. M. picta Hagen in Sélys

      Macromia picta Hagen in Sélys 1871: Bull. Acad. r. Belg. (2)31: 552

      = Macromia tropicalis Sélys 1878: **

      = Macromia flavicincta Kirby 1898: **
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Mpumalanga, NorthwesternProvince and Northern Province to equatorial Africa;