Aciagrion
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| Aciagrion occidentale, male | |
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| Aciagrion occidentale, female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Clade: | Euarthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Coenagrionidae |
| Genus: | Aciagrion Selys, 1891[1] |
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| Likely distribution of Aciagrion | |
Aciagrion is a genus of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae.[2] Aciagrion are small and slender damselflies with a small head.[1] They are found at still waters including swamps. Aciagrion is widely distributed in the tropics from Africa, through Indonesia to Australia.[3] They are commonly known as Slims.
Species
The genus Aciagrion includes the following species:[4]
- Aciagrion africanum Martin, 1908
- Aciagrion approximans (Selys, 1876)
- Aciagrion azureum Fraser, 1922
- Aciagrion balachowskyi Legrand, 1982
- Aciagrion borneense Ris, 1911
- Aciagrion brosseti Legrand, 1982
- Aciagrion congoense (Sjöstedt, 1917)
- Aciagrion dondoense Dijkstra, 2007 - Opal Slim[5]
- Aciagrion fasciculare Lieftinck, 1934
- Aciagrion feuerborni Schmidt, 1934
- Aciagrion fragilis (Tillyard, 1906) - Blue Slim[3]
- Aciagrion gracile (Sjöstedt, 1909)
- Aciagrion hamoni Fraser, 1955
- Aciagrion heterosticta Fraser, 1955
- Aciagrion hisopa (Selys, 1876)
- Aciagrion huaanensis Xu, 2005
- Aciagrion karamoja Pinhey, 1962
- Aciagrion macrootithenae Pinhey, 1972
- Aciagrion migratum (Selys, 1876)
- Aciagrion nodosum (Pinhey, 1964)
- Aciagrion occidentale Laidlaw, 1919
- Aciagrion olympicum Laidlaw, 1919
- Aciagrion pallidum Selys, 1891
- Aciagrion pinheyi Samways, 2001 - Emerald-striped Slim[5]
- Aciagrion rarum (Longfield, 1947)
- Aciagrion steeleae Kimmins, 1955
- Aciagrion tillyardi Laidlaw, 1919
- Aciagrion tonsillare Lieftinck, 1937
- Aciagrion walteri Carfi & D'Andrea, 1994
- Aciagrion zambiense Pinhey, 1972
References
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- 1 2 Selys-Longchamps, E. (1891). "Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine XXXII". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Genova. 2 (in French). 10: 433–518 [509] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ↑ "Genus Aciagrion Selys, 1891". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- 1 2 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 290. ISBN 978 0 64309 073 6.
- ↑ Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- 1 2 Samways, Michael J. (2008). Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa. Pensoft. ISBN 954-642-330-0.
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