Agrionoptera
| Agrionoptera | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Red swampdragon | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Superfamily: | Libelluloidea |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Subfamily: | Libellulinae |
| Genus: | Agrionoptera Brauer, 1864[1] |
Agrionoptera is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.[2] Species of Agrionoptera are found across India, Southeast Asia and the Pacific.[3]
Species
The genus Agrionoptera includes the following species:[4]
- Agrionoptera cardinalis Lieftinck, 1962
- Agrionoptera insignis (Rambur, 1842) – red swampdragon[3]
- subspecies Agrionoptera insignis allogenes (Tillyard, 1908) – red swampdragon[3]
- Agrionoptera longitudinalis Selys, 1878
- subspecies Agrionoptera longitudinalis biserialis (Selys, 1879) – striped swampdragon[3]
- Agrionoptera sanguinolenta Lieftinck, 1962
- Agrionoptera sexlineata Selys, 1879
Etymology
The genus name Agrionoptera combines Agrion, a genus name derived from the Greek ἄγριος (agrios, "wild"), with the Greek –πτερος (pteros, "winged"), referring to the similarity of the wings to those of Agrion.[1][5]
References
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ "Genus Agrionoptera Brauer, 1864". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 Theischinger, Gunther (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
- ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ↑ Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.
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