Pseudagrion
Pseudagrion | |
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Pseudagrion indicum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Coenagrionidae |
Genus: | Pseudagrion Selys, 1876[1] |
Pseudagrion is the largest genus of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae,[2] with over 140 species. Its range includes most of Africa, much of Asia, and Australia. Africa holds most of the diversity with almost 100 species. It has occupied most of the freshwater habitats in its range, and dominates damselfly communities in habitats as different as desert pools, equatorial rainforests and montane streams.[3]
On the African continent, the genus comprises two distinct groups: The "A-group" has about 45 species - they are predominantly highland species and males lack spines on S10; The "B-group" has about 25 species - mainly from lowlands and males have spines on S10.[4] A third Afrotropical group comprises 31 species from the forest streams of Madagascar and the Comores.[3]
Species[]
The genus Pseudagrion includes the following species:[5]
- Pseudagrion acaciae Förster, 1906 - Green-naped Sprite[6]
- Pinhey, 1964
- Förster, 1906
- Aguesse, 1968
- Aguesse, 1968
- Fraser, 1924
- Selys, 1876
- Schmidt, 1951
- Schmidt, 1951
- Pseudagrion arabicum Waterston, 1980
- Pseudagrion assegaii Pinhey, 1950 - Spearhead Sprite[6]
- Pseudagrion aureofrons Tillyard, 1906 - Gold-fronted Riverdamsel[7]
- Pseudagrion australasiae Selys, 1876
- Needham & Gyger, 1939
- Schmidt, 1936
- Terzani & Carletti, 2001
- Pseudagrion bicoerulans Martin, 1906
- Morton, 1907
- Müller, 1996
- Pseudagrion caffrum (Burmeister, 1839) - Springhead Sprite[6]
- Lieftinck, 1936
- Pseudagrion camerunense (Karsch, 1899)
- Lieftinck, 1937
- Fraser, 1949
- Fraser, 1953
- Pseudagrion cingillum (Brauer, 1869) - Northern Riverdamsel[7]
- Pseudagrion citricola Barnard, 1937 - Yellow-faced Sprite[6]
- Lieftinck, 1932
- Lieftinck, 1932
- Longfield, 1947 - Catshead Sprite[6]
- Pseudagrion coeruleipunctum Pinhey, 1964
- Pseudagrion commoniae Förster, 1902 - Black Sprite, Mourning Spite[6]
- Lieftinck, 1937
- Selys, 1876
- Selys, 1876
- Pinhey, 1973
- Zhou & Zhou, 2007
- Aguess, 1968
- Pseudagrion decorum (Rambur, 1842)
- Pinhey, 1961
- Schmidt, 1951
- Schmidt, 1951
- Pseudagrion draconis Barnard, 1937 - Mountain Sprite[6]
- Longfield, 1959
- Karsch, 1893
- Karsch, 1891
- Pinhey, 1971
- Needham & Gyger, 1939
- Lieftinck, 1932
- Pinhey, 1961
- Sjöstedt, 1900
- Polhemus, Michalski & Richards, 2008
- Pseudagrion furcigerum (Rambur, 1842) - Palmiet Sprite, Cape Sprite[6]
- Pseudagrion gamblesi Pinhey, 1978 - Great Sprite[6]
- Schmidt, 1951
- Schmidt in Ris, 1936
- Pseudagrion glaucescens Selys, 1876
- Pseudagrion glaucoideum Schmidt, 1936
- Pinhey, 1961
- Legrand, 1987
- Pseudagrion guichardi Kimmins, 1958
- Pseudagrion hageni Karsch, 1893 - Painted Sprite[6]
- Pseudagrion hamoni Fraser, 1955 - Drab Sprite[6]
- Schmidt, 1951
- Pseudagrion helenae Balinsky, 1964
- Selys, 1876
- Fraser, 1953
- Pseudagrion ignifer Tillyard, 1906 - Flame-headed Riverdamsel[7]
- Lieftinck, 1949
- Pseudagrion inconspicuum Ris, 1931
- Pseudagrion indicum Fraser, 1924
- Theischinger, 2000
- Pseudagrion inopinatum Balinsky, 1971 - Badplaas Sprite[6]
- Pseudagrion jedda Theischinger & Watson, 1991 - Dusky Riverdamsel[7]
- Pseudagrion kaffinum Consiglio, 1978
- Pseudagrion kersteni (Gerstäcker, 1869) - Powder-striped Sprite[6]
- Pseudagrion kibalense Longfield, 1959
- Fraser, 1922
- Orr & van Tol, 2001
- Pseudagrion lindicum Grünberg, 1902
- Gassmann, 2011
- Schmidt, 1951
- Pseudagrion lucifer Theischinger, 1997 - Citrine-headed Riverdamsel[7]
- Aguesse, 1968
- Pseudagrion makabusiense Pinhey, 1950 - Makabusi Sprite[6]
- Pseudagrion malabaricum Fraser, 1924
- Pinhey, 1973
- Schmidt, 1951
- Terzani & Marconi, 2004
- Pseudagrion massaicum Sjöstedt, 1909
- Pseudagrion melanicterum Selys, 1876
- Schmidt, 1951
- Schmidt, 1951
- Pseudagrion microcephalum (Rambur, 1842) - Blue Riverdamsel[7]
- Aguesse, 1968
- Pseudagrion newtoni Pinhey, 1962 - Harlequin Sprite[6]
- Schmidt, 1951
- Lieftinck, 1934
- Pseudagrion niloticum Dumont, 1978
- Pseudagrion nubicum Selys, 1876 - Bluetail Sprite[8]
- Schmidt, 1951
- Tillyard, 1924
- Lieftinck, 1962
- Lieftinck, 1932
- Lieftinck, 1937
- (Brauer, 1868)
- Ris, 1915
- (Burmeister, 1839)
- Aguesse, 1968
- (Rambur, 1842)
- Fraser, 1953
- Schmidt in Ris, 1936
- Pseudagrion rubriceps Selys, 1876
- Pseudagrion rufocinctum Pinhey, 1956
- Longfield, 1947
- Pseudagrion salisburyense Ris, 1921 - Slate Sprite[6]
- Fraser, 1925
- Lieftinck, 1936
- Karsch, 1894
- Schmidt, 1951
- Lieftinck, 1932
- Schmidt, 1951
- Legrand, 1987
- Carletti & Terzani, 1997
- Pseudagrion sjoestedti Förster, 1906
- Fraser, 1922
- Pseudagrion spernatum Selys, 1881
- Legrand, 1981
- Lieftinck, 1949
- Pinhey, 1964
- Pseudagrion sublacteum (Karsch, 1893) - Rifle Sprite[6]
- Pseudagrion sudanicum Le Roi, 1915
- Pseudagrion superbum Fraser, 1956
- Pinhey, 1967
- Selys, 1887
- Fraser, 1955
- Fraser, 1951
- Pseudagrion torridum Selys, 1876
- Pinhey, 1967
- Schmidt, 1951
- Balinsky, 1963
- Fraser, 1951
- Selys, 1876
- Chutter, 1962
- Aguesse, 1968
- Pseudagrion vumbaense Balinsky, 1963
- Fraser, 1922
- Gassmann & Richards, 2016
Gallery of species without an article[]
P. dispar male
P. malagassicum male
P. malagassicum female
References[]
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- ^ Selys-Longchamps, E. (1876). "Synopsis des Agrionines, (suite de genre Agrion)". Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Académie Royale de Belgique (in French). 42: 490–531, 952–991 [490] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "Genus Pseudagrion Selys, 1876". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
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- ^ Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Clausnitzer, V. (2014). The dragonflies and damselflies of eastern Africa. Tervuren: Royal Museum for Central Africa. ISBN 978-94-916-1506-1.
- ^ Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
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- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
- ^ Boudot, J.-P., Clausnitzer, V., Suhling, F. & Dijkstra, K.-D.B. 2016. Pseudagrion nubicum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T60028A85433445. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60028A85433445.en. Downloaded on 28 June 2020.
- Coenagrionidae
- Zygoptera genera
- Odonata of Oceania
- Odonata of Asia
- Odonata of Africa
- Odonata of Australia
- Taxa named by Edmond de Sélys Longchamps
- Insects described in 1876
- Damselflies