Agriocnemis

Agriocnemis
	Agriocnemis pieris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Coenagrionidae
Genus:	Agriocnemis; Selys, 1877
	Probable distribution of Agriocnemis

Agriocnemis is a genus of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae.^[2] Agriocnemis is distributed widely across Africa, South-east Asia, Indonesia, Australia and islands in the Pacific.^[3] They are small insects, commonly known as wisps.

Species

The genus Agriocnemis includes the following species:^[4]

Agriocnemis aderces Lieftinck, 1932
Agriocnemis alcyone Laidlaw, 1931
Agriocnemis angolense Longfield, 1947
Agriocnemis angustirami Pinhey, 1974
Agriocnemis argentea Tillyard, 1906 - silver wisp^[3]
Agriocnemis carmelita Selys, 1877
Agriocnemis clauseni Fraser, 1922
Agriocnemis corbeti Kumar & Prasad, 1978
Agriocnemis dabreui Fraser, 1919
Agriocnemis dissimilis D'Andrea & Carfi, 1997
Agriocnemis dobsoni Fraser, 1954 - tropical wisp^[3]
Agriocnemis exilis Selys, 1872 - little wisp^[5]
Agriocnemis exsudans Selys, 1877
Agriocnemis falcifera Pinhey, 1959 - white-masked wisp^[5]
Agriocnemis femina (Brauer, 1868) - pinhead wisp^[3]
Agriocnemis forcipata Le Roi, 1915
Agriocnemis gratiosa Gerstäcker, 1891 - gracious wisp^[5]
Agriocnemis interrupta Fraser, 1927
Agriocnemis inversa Karsch, 1899
Agriocnemis keralensis Peters, 1981
Agriocnemis kunjina Watson, 1974 - Pilbara wisp^[3]
Agriocnemis lacteola Selys, 1877
Agriocnemis luteola Navás, 1936
Agriocnemis maclachlani Selys, 1877
Agriocnemis merina Lieftinck, 1965
Agriocnemis minima Selys, 1877
Agriocnemis naia Fraser, 1923
Agriocnemis nana Laidlaw, 1914
Agriocnemis palaeforma Pinhey, 1959
Agriocnemis pieli Navás, 1933
Agriocnemis pieris Laidlaw, 1919
Agriocnemis pinheyi Balinsky, 1963 - Pinhey's wisp^[5]
Agriocnemis pygmaea (Rambur, 1842) - pygmy wisp^[3]
Agriocnemis ruberrima Balinsky, 1961
Agriocnemis rubricauda Tillyard, 1913 - red-rumped wisp^[3]
Agriocnemis salomonis Lieftinck, 1949
Agriocnemis sania Nielsen, 1959
Agriocnemis splendidissima Laidlaw, 1919
Agriocnemis thoracalis Sjöstedt, 1917
Agriocnemis victoria Fraser, 1928
Agriocnemis zerafica Le Roi, 1915

References

^ Selys-Longchamps, E. (1877). "Synopsis des Agrionines, 5me légion: Agrion (suite et fin). Les genres Telebasis, Argiocnemis et Hemiphlebia". Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Académie Royale de Belgique. 2 (in French). 43: 97–159 [134] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^ "Genus Agriocnemis Selys, 1877". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
^ *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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Samways, Michael J. (2008). Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa. Pensoft. ISBN 978-954-642-330-6.

[Selys_1877-1] Selys-Longchamps, E. (1877). "Synopsis des Agrionines, 5me légion: Agrion (suite et fin). Les genres Telebasis, Argiocnemis et Hemiphlebia". Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Académie Royale de Belgique. 2 (in French). 43: 97–159 [134] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[AFD-2] "Genus Agriocnemis Selys, 1877". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2017.

[Oz-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (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 August 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.

[DDSA-5] Samways, Michael J. (2008). Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa. Pensoft. ISBN 978-954-642-330-6.

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