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Ceriagrion

Ceriagrion
Ceriagrion glabrum male panorama.jpg
Male Ceriagrion glabrum
Ceriagrion glabrum female.jpg
Female Ceriagrion glabrum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Ceriagrion
Selys, 1876[1]
Ceriagrion cerinorubellum mating

Ceriagrion is a genus of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae.[2] Species of Ceriagrion are small to medium size, generally brightly coloured damselflies. They are found across the Old World, Africa, Asia and Australia.[3]

Species

The genus Ceriagrion includes the following species:[4]

  • Ceriagrion aeruginosum (Brauer, 1869) – Redtail[3]
  • Ceriagrion annulatum Fraser, 1955
  • Ceriagrion annulosum Lieftinck, 1934
  • Ceriagrion auranticum Fraser, 1922
  • Ceriagrion auritum Fraser, 1951
  • Ceriagrion azureum (Selys, 1891)
  • Ceriagrion bakeri Fraser, 1941
  • Ceriagrion batjanum Asahina, 1967
  • Ceriagrion bellona Laidlaw, 1915
  • Ceriagrion calamineum Lieftinck, 1951
  • Ceriagrion cerinorubellum (Brauer, 1865)
  • Ceriagrion chaoi Schmidt, 1964
  • Ceriagrion citrinum Campion, 1914
  • Ceriagrion coeruleum Laidlaw, 1919
  • Ceriagrion corallinum Campion, 1914
  • Ceriagrion coromandelianum (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Ceriagrion fallax Ris, 1914
  • Ceriagrion georgifreyi Schmidt, 1953 – Turkish Red Damsel[5]
  • Ceriagrion glabrum (Burmeister, 1839) – Common Orange, Common Pond-damsel,[6] Common Citril[7]
  • Ceriagrion hamoni Fraser, 1955
  • Ceriagrion hoogerwerfi Lieftinck, 1940
  • Ceriagrion ignitum Campion, 1914
  • Ceriagrion inaequale Lieftinck, 1932
  • Ceriagrion indochinense Asahina, 1967
  • Ceriagrion katamborae Pinhey, 1961
  • Ceriagrion kordofanicum Ris, 1924
  • Ceriagrion lieftincki Asahina, 1967
  • Ceriagrion madagazureum Fraser, 1949
  • Ceriagrion malaisei Schmidt, 1964
  • Ceriagrion melanurum Selys, 1876
  • Ceriagrion moorei Longfield, 1952
  • Ceriagrion mourae Pinhey, 1969
  • Ceriagrion nigroflavum Fraser, 1933
  • Ceriagrion nigrolineatum Schmidt, 1951
  • Ceriagrion nipponicum Asahina, 1967
  • Ceriagrion oblongulum Schmidt, 1951
  • Ceriagrion olivaceum Laidlaw, 1914
  • Ceriagrion pallidum Fraser, 1933
  • Ceriagrion praetermissum Lieftinck, 1929
  • Ceriagrion rubellocerinum Fraser, 1947
  • Ceriagrion rubiae Laidlaw, 1916
  • Ceriagrion sakejii Pinhey, 1963
  • Ceriagrion sinense Asahina, 1967
  • Ceriagrion suave Ris, 1921 – Suave Citril[7]
  • Ceriagrion tenellum (de Villers, 1789) – Small Red Damselfly[8]
  • Ceriagrion tricrenaticeps Legrand, 1984
  • Ceriagrion varians (Martin, 1908)
  • Ceriagrion whellani Longfield, 1952

References

  1. ^ Selys-Longchamps, E. (1876). "Synopsis des Agrionines, 5me légion: Agrion (suite). Le grand genre Agrion". Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Académie Royale de Belgique (in French). 42: 490–531, 952–991 [525] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ^ "Genus Ceriagrion Selys, 1876". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  3. ^ a b Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The complete field guide to dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
  4. ^ Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  5. ^ "Ceriagrion georgifreyi". 2010. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T59700A11978497.en.
  6. ^ "Ceriagrion glabrum". IUCN. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  7. ^ a b Samways, Michael J. (2008). Dragonflies and damselflies of South Africa. Pensoft. ISBN 978-954-642-330-6.
  8. ^ "Ceriagrion tenellum". British Dragonfly Society. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
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