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.

Aciagrion
Aciagrion occidentale, male
Aciagrion occidentale, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Aciagrion
Selys, 1891[1]
Likely distribution of Aciagrion

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
  1. 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.
  2. "Genus Aciagrion Selys, 1891". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Samways, Michael J. (2008). Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa. Pensoft. ISBN 954-642-330-0.
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