Description
Habitat
Ecology: Swamps
(Pinhey 1984). Other than this, specific habitat
is unknown.[1]
List of Habitats:5.4Wetlands (inland) - Bogs
, Marshes, Swamps, Fens
, Peatlands
5.7Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater
Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
5.8Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
)
- Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
)
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
)
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
)
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
)
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
)
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
)
- Class:
Insecta
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
)
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
)
- Superorder:
Odonatoptera
(
)
- Order:
Odonata
(
)
- Fabricius, 1793
- Dragonflies and Damselflies
- Suborder:
Zygoptera
(
)
- Selys, 1854
- Superfamily:
Coenagrionoidea
(
)
- Family:
Coenagrionidae
(
)
-
- Genus:
Aciagrion
(
)
- Specific name:
heterosticta
- Scientific name: - Aciagrion heterosticta Fraser, 1955
- Specific name:
heterosticta
- Genus:
Aciagrion
(
- Family:
Coenagrionidae
(
- Superfamily:
Coenagrionoidea
(
- Suborder:
Zygoptera
(
- Order:
Odonata
(
- Superorder:
Odonatoptera
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Aciagrion
There are approximately 31 species in this genus:
A. africanum · A. approximans · A. azureum · A. balachowskyi · A. borneense · A. brosseti · A. congoense · A. fasciculare · A. feuerborni · A. fragile · A. fragilis · A. gracile subsp. attenuatum · A. hamoni · A. heterosticta · A. heterostictum subsp. heterostictum · A. hisopa · A. macrootithenae · A. migratum · A. nodosum · A. occidentale · A. olympicum · A. pallidum · A. paludensis · A. pinheyi · A. pseuderythromma · A. rarum · A. steeleae · A. tillyardi · A. tonsillare · A. walteri · A. zambiense
More Info
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Further Reading
- Clausnitzer, V. and Dijkstra, K.–D.B. 2005. The dragonflies of Eastern Africa. An identification key. (in prep). To be submitted to Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale (Zoologie)
- Dijkstra, K.-D.B. and Clausnitzer, V. 2005. An annotated checklist of the dragonflies (Odonata) of eastern Africa, with critical lists for Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda, new records, taxonomic notes and descriptions of new species (in prep).
- IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.
- Pinhey, E. 1972. The genus Aciagrion Sélys (Odonata). Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia (B) 5(1): 1-59. Â
- Pinhey, E. 1984. A check-list of the Odonata of Zimbabwe and Zambia. Smithersia 3: 1-64.
- Suhling, F., Martens, A., Schmalstieg, K., Schütte, C. and Richter, O. 2006a. Biodiversity patterns of freshwaters in an arid country: distribution atlas and updated checklist of the Odonata of Namibia. Cimbebasia Memoirs In press.
Notes
Contributors
- Suhling, F. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5037278
- IUCN ID: 59783
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3962830
Footnotes
- Suhling, F. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
