Aciagrion
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| Aciagrion occidentale, male | |
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| Aciagrion occidentale, female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| 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)
- Fraser, 1922
- Legrand, 1982
- Ris, 1911
- Legrand, 1982
- Aciagrion congoense (Sjöstedt, 1917)
- Dijkstra, 2007 - Opal Slim[5]
- Lieftinck, 1934
- 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)
- Xu, 2005
- Pinhey, 1962
- Aciagrion macrootithenae Pinhey, 1972
- (Selys, 1876)
- (Pinhey, 1964)
- Aciagrion occidentale Laidlaw, 1919
- Laidlaw, 1919
- Selys, 1891
- Aciagrion pinheyi Samways, 2001 - Emerald-striped Slim[5]
- Aciagrion rarum (Longfield, 1947)
- Aciagrion steeleae Kimmins, 1955
- Laidlaw, 1919
- Lieftinck, 1937
- Carfi & D'Andrea, 1994
- Pinhey, 1972
References[]
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- ^ Jump up to: a b 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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b 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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Samways, Michael J. (2008). Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa. Pensoft. ISBN 954-642-330-0.
Categories:
- Coenagrionidae
- Zygoptera genera
- Odonata of Asia
- Odonata of Africa
- Odonata of Australia
- Taxa named by Edmond de Sélys Longchamps
- Insects described in 1891
- Damselflies