Description
Habitat
Ecology: Swampy forest or gallery forest (Pinhey 1984). No other information on specific habitat is known.[1]
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:
macrootithenae
- Pinhey, 1972
- Scientific name: - Aciagrion macrootithenae Pinhey, 1972
- Specific name:
macrootithenae
- Pinhey, 1972
- 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
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: van Tol J., 07-Mar-2006
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
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Further Reading
- Pinhey, E. 1964. Dragonflies (Odonata) of the Angola-Congo borders of Rhodesia. Publiçaciones culturais Companhia de Diamantes de Angola Lisboa 63: 97-129.
- Pinhey, E. 1984. A check-list of the Odonata of Zimbabwe and Zambia. Smithersia 3: 1-64.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World
- Suhling, F. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5037282
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Odo-1634
- IUCN ID: 63181
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1757478
Footnotes
- Suhling, F. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
