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Acisoma

Pintails
Acisoma panorpoides male by kadavoor.JPG
Grizzled pintail
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Acisoma
Rambur, 1842

Acisoma is a small genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. It contains six species:[1][2]

  • Acisoma ascalaphoides Rambur, 1842 – littoral pintail
  • Acisoma attenboroughi Mens, Schütte, Stokvis & Dijkstra, 2016 – Attenborough's pintail
  • Acisoma inflatum Selys, 1882 – stout pintail
  • Acisoma panorpoides Rambur, 1842 – Asian pintail, grizzled pintail[3]
  • Acisoma trifidum Kirby, 1889 – pied pintail, ivory pintail[4]
  • Acisoma variegatum Kirby, 1898 – slender pintail

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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4109.2.3. ISSN 1175-5334.
  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. ^ Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F. - Dijkstra; K.-D.B. (2009). "Acisoma trifidum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2010.


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