Agrionoptera

Summary

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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily: Libellulinae
Genus: Agrionoptera
Brauer, 1864[1]

Species edit

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 edit

  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. ^ a b c d 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.