Pintails
Grizzled pintail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily: Sympetrinae
Genus: Acisoma
Rambur, 1842

Acisoma is a small genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.

Species

It contains six species:[1][2]

MaleFemaleScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Acisoma ascalaphoides Rambur, 1842littoral pintailMadagascar
Acisoma attenboroughi Mens, Schütte, Stokvis & Dijkstra, 2016Attenborough's pintailMadagascar
Acisoma inflatum Selys, 1882stout pintailSahara in Algeria, Egypt and Libya.
Acisoma panorpoides Rambur, 1842Asian pintail, grizzled pintail[3]Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia.
Acisoma trifidum Kirby, 1889pied pintail, ivory pintail[4]Africa
Acisoma variegatum Kirby, 1898slender pintailEastern and south-eastern Africa; Ethiopia to Katanga and north-eastern South Africa


References

  1. ↑ Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Mens, Lotte P.; Schütte, Kai; Stokvis, Frank R.; Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B. (2016). "Six, not two, species of Acisoma pintail dragonfly (Odonata: Libellulidae)". Zootaxa. 4109 (2): 153–172. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4109.2.3. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27394858.
  3. ↑ Clausnitzer, V. & Suhling, F. (2009). "Acisoma panorpoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T59785A11988855. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T59785A11988855.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  4. ↑ Suhling, F.; Clausnitzer, V. (2016). "Acisoma trifidum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59786A83842599. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59786A83842599.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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