Agriocnemis Explained

Agriocnemis is a genus of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae.^[1] Agriocnemis is distributed widely across Africa, South-east Asia, Indonesia, Australia and islands in the Pacific.They are small insects, commonly known as wisps.

Species

The genus Agriocnemis includes the following species:^[2]

• Agriocnemis aderces
• Agriocnemis alcyone
• Agriocnemis angolense
• Agriocnemis angustirami
• Agriocnemis argentea - silver wisp^[3]
• Agriocnemis carmelita
• Agriocnemis clauseni
• Agriocnemis corbeti
• Agriocnemis dabreui
• Agriocnemis dissimilis
• Agriocnemis dobsoni - tropical wisp^[3]
• Agriocnemis exilis - little wisp
• Agriocnemis exsudans
• Agriocnemis falcifera - white-masked wisp^[4]
• Agriocnemis femina - pinhead wisp^[3]
• Agriocnemis forcipata
• Agriocnemis gratiosa - gracious wisp^[4]
• Agriocnemis interrupta
• Agriocnemis inversa
• Agriocnemis keralensis
• Agriocnemis kunjina - Pilbara wisp^[3]
• Agriocnemis lacteola
• Agriocnemis luteola
• Agriocnemis maclachlani
• Agriocnemis merina
• Agriocnemis minima
• Agriocnemis naia
• Agriocnemis nana
• Agriocnemis palaeforma
• Agriocnemis pieli
• Agriocnemis pieris
• Agriocnemis pinheyi - Pinhey's wisp^[4]
• Agriocnemis pygmaea - pygmy wisp^[3]
• Agriocnemis ruberrima
• Agriocnemis rubricauda - red-rumped wisp^[3]
• Agriocnemis salomonis
• Agriocnemis sania
• Agriocnemis splendidissima
• Agriocnemis thoracalis
• Agriocnemis victoria
• Agriocnemis zerafica

Notes and References

1. Web site: Genus Agriocnemis Selys, 1877. 2012. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2 April 2017.
2. • Web site: World Odonata List. University of Puget Sound. 11 August 2010. Martin Schorr . Martin Lindeboom . Dennis Paulson . https://web.archive.org/web/20100828091754/http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list/. 28 August 2010 . live.
3. Book: The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. 2006. CSIRO Publishing. 0-643-09073-8. Günther Theischinger . John Hawking .
4. Book: Samways, Michael J.. Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa. 2008. Pensoft. 978-954-642-330-6.