Allocnemis maccleeryi
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Allocnemis maccleeryi faces severe threats from habitat destruction due to deforestation and agricultural expansion within its extremely limited range in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania. The species' dependence on pristine forest streams makes it particularly vulnerable to water pollution from agricultural runoff and sedimentation. Climate change poses an additional threat by altering precipitation patterns and stream flow regimes essential for this damselfly's aquatic larval development.
Habitat
This critically endangered damselfly inhabits pristine forest streams and riparian zones within montane forests of the Eastern Arc Mountains in Tanzania. The species requires clean, fast-flowing water with dense canopy cover and minimal human disturbance for successful reproduction and larval development.
