Acisoma
| Pintails | |
|---|---|
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| Grizzled pintail | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Subfamily: | Sympetrinae |
| Genus: | Acisoma Rambur, 1842 |
Acisoma is a small genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.
Species
It contains six species:[1][2]
| Male | Female | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acisoma ascalaphoides Rambur, 1842 | littoral pintail | Madagascar | ||
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Acisoma attenboroughi Mens, Schütte, Stokvis & Dijkstra, 2016 | Attenborough's pintail | Madagascar | |
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Acisoma inflatum Selys, 1882 | stout pintail | Sahara in Algeria, Egypt and Libya. |
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Acisoma panorpoides Rambur, 1842 | Asian pintail, grizzled pintail[3] | Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia. |
| Acisoma trifidum Kirby, 1889 | pied pintail, ivory pintail[4] | Africa | ||
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Acisoma variegatum Kirby, 1898 | slender pintail | Eastern and south-eastern Africa; Ethiopia to Katanga and north-eastern South Africa |
References
- ^ Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ 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): 153–172. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4109.2.3. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27394858.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Suhling, F.; Clausnitzer, V. (2016). "Acisoma trifidum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59786A83842599. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59786A83842599.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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