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Aethriamanta

Aethriamanta
Pond adjutant (Aethriamanta gracilis) male.jpg
Pond adjutant, male
Aethriamanta gracilis
Pulau Ubin, Singapore
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Aethriamanta
Kirby, 1889[1]

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]

Species

This genus Aethriamanta includes the following species:[3]

  • Aethriamanta aethra Ris, 1912
  • Aethriamanta brevipennis (Rambur, 1842) – scarlet marsh hawk[4]
  • Aethriamanta circumsignata Selys, 1897 – square-spot basker[5]
  • Aethriamanta gracilis (Brauer, 1878)
  • Aethriamanta nymphaeae Lieftinck, 1949 – L-spot basker[5]
  • Aethriamanta rezia Kirby, 1889 – pygmy basker[6]

References

  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] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ^ a b "Genus Aethriamanta Kirby, 1889". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. ^ Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  4. ^ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF).
  5. ^ a b Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
  6. ^ Clausnitzer, V. (2006). "Aethriamanta rezia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
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