Aethriamanta

Aethriamanta
	Pond adjutant, male; Aethriamanta gracilis; Pulau Ubin, Singapore
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Superfamily:	Libelluloidea
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Aethriamanta; Kirby, 1889
Type species
	Aethriamanta brevipennis;

Aethriamanta is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.^[2] Species of Aethriamanta are found in Madagascar, through Southeast Asia, Indonesia, New Guinea and northern Australia.^[2]

Etymology

The genus name Aethriamanta combines the Greek αἴθρα (aithra, "bright sky") with the Latin amans ("loving"), possibly meaning "loving the bright sky".^[3]

Species

This genus Aethriamanta includes the following species:^[4]

Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
Aethriamanta aethra Ris, 1912		Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Aethriamanta brevipennis (Rambur, 1842)	scarlet marsh hawk^[5]	Asia
Aethriamanta circumsignata Selys, 1897	square-spot basker^[6]	Australia, and New Guinea
Aethriamanta gracilis (Brauer, 1878)		Sumatra and Borneo Philippines, Singapore, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand and Lao
Aethriamanta nymphaeae Lieftinck, 1949	L-spot basker^[6]	northern Australia
Aethriamanta rezia Kirby, 1889	pygmy basker^[7]	Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe

References

↑ Kirby, W.F. (1889). "A revision of the subfamily Libellulinae, with descriptions of new genera and species". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 12: 249–348 [283]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1889.tb00016.x – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
1 2 "Genus Aethriamanta Kirby, 1889". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
↑ Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.
↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF).
1 2 Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
↑ Clausnitzer, V. (2016). "Aethriamanta rezia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T59793A83843446. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59793A83843446.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[Kirby_1889-1] Kirby, W.F. (1889). "A revision of the subfamily Libellulinae, with descriptions of new genera and species". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 12: 249–348 [283]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1889.tb00016.x – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[AFD-2] 1 2 "Genus Aethriamanta Kirby, 1889". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

[Endersby_&_Fliedner_2015-3] Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.

[WOL-4] Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.

[Subramanian_2005-5] Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF).

[Theischinger_Hawking_2006-6] 1 2 Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.

[Clausnitzer_2016-7] Clausnitzer, V. (2016). "Aethriamanta rezia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T59793A83843446. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59793A83843446.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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