Agrionoptera

Agrionoptera is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.[2] Species of Agrionoptera are found across India, Southeast Asia and the Pacific.[3]

Agrionoptera
Red swampdragon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Agrionoptera
Brauer, 1864[1]

Species

The genus Agrionoptera includes the following species:[4]

  • Agrionoptera bartola Needham & Gyger, 1937
  • Agrionoptera cardinalis Lieftinck, 1962
  • Agrionoptera insignis (Rambur, 1842) – red swampdragon[3]
  • Agrionoptera sanguinolenta Lieftinck, 1962
  • Agrionoptera sexlineata Selys, 1879

References

  1. Brauer, F. (1864). "Erster Bericht über die auf der Weltfahrt der kais. Fregatte Novara gesammelten Neuropteren". Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (in German). 14: 159–164 [163] via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. "Genus Agrionoptera Brauer, 1864". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. Theischinger, Gunther (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
  4. Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
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