Chlorocyphid nymph Photograph courtesy of the Institute for Water Quality Studies, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry

The Chlorocyphid Damselflies (Odonata: Chlorocyphidae) 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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CONTENTS Introduction Chlorocyphidae References

Chlorocyphid adult Photograph courtesy of Hamish Robertson, South African Museum

Family: CHLOROCYPHIDAE Cowley, 1937

1. Genus: CHLOROCYPHA Fraser, 1934: 55
   1. C. consueta (Karsch)

      Libellago consueta Karsch 1899: Ent. Nachr. 25: 376
      Occurrence record based on a single specimen.
      KwaZulu-Natal, to Malawi and Angola

      
      
   
   
2. Genus: PLATYCYPHA Fraser 1949: 10
   1. P. caligata (Sélys)

      Libellago caligata Sélys 1853: Bull. Acad. r. Belg. 20 (Annexe): 57
      Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Mpumalanga, Gauteng and Northern Province, to equatorial Africa; October to April

      
      
   2. P. fitzsimonsi (Pinhey)

      Chlorocypha fitzsimonsi Pinhey 1950: Ann. Tvl. Mus. 21: 270
      Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, to Zimbabwe; October to February