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Skimmers (Dragonflies)

Orthetrum Newman 1833

Body symmetry

Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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are preyed upon by

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Emberiza schoeniclus (Linnaeus 1758) (Reed bunting)
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Emberiza schoeniclus (Linnaeus 1758) (Reed bunting)
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Talitrus saltator (Montagu 1808) (Sand hopper)
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Falco subbuteo Linnaeus 1758 (Eurasian Hobby)
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Falco subbuteo Linnaeus 1758 (Eurasian Hobby)

developmental mode

Insect Development
hemimetabolous
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/hemimetabolous

Definition: Development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis, resulting in a gradual change in body form with each molt, without a pupal stage.

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eat

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Euphaea decorata Hagen ex Selys 1853

geographic distribution

Mozambique Species List
Mozambique
URI: https://www.geonames.org/1036973

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habitat

Wikipedia (inferred records)
field
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000352

Definition: An unbroken expanse

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latitude

OBIS environmental data records

11.1167 degrees

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

7.23778 degrees

(min)

longitude

OBIS environmental data records

93.7361 degrees

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

92.8167 degrees

(min)

prey on

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Culex
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Chloropidae (grass flies)
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Ceratopogonidae (biting midges)
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Chloropidae (grass flies)
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Drosophilidae (vinegar flies)

visual system

Bitsch 2005
ocelli
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0001758

Definition: small simple eyes, found in many invertebrates, usually consisting of a few sensory cells and a single lens

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Bitsch 2005
compound eyes
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000018

Definition: A light sensing organ composed of multiple ommatidia, visual units consisting of a limited number of rhabdomeric photoreceptor cells, cornea-secreting epithelial cells, interommatidial pigment cells, and sometimes crystalline cone cells

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wing morphology

Insect Wings
macropterous
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/macropterous

Definition: The presence of fully functional wings.

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(adult)
Insect Wings
has wings
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/hasWings

Definition: Wings are present.

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(adult)