Description
Habitat
Ecology: Pools and pans with an abundance of grasses, reeds and lilies, and with fringing thick bush (Samways 2006).[1]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Arthropods
- Class:
Insecta
()
- Insects
- Order:
Odonata
()
- Dragonflies and Damselflies
- Family:
Coenagrionoidea
()
- Genus:
Aciagrion
()
- Specific name:
pinheyi
- Samways, 2001
- Scientific name: - Aciagrion pinheyi Samways, 2001
- Specific name:
pinheyi
- Samways, 2001
- Genus:
Aciagrion
(
- Family:
Coenagrionoidea
(
- Order:
Odonata
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
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
More Info
- Search for Pictures: images.google.com
- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
- Samways, M.J. 1999. Diversity and conservation status of South African dragonflies (Odonata). Odonatologica 28: 13-62.
- Samways, M.J. 2002. A strategy for national red listing invertebrates based on experiences with Odonata in South Africa. African Entomology 10: 43-52.
- Samways, M.J. 2004. Critical species of Odonata in southern Africa. International Journal of Odonatology 7: 255-262.
- Samways, M.J. 2006. Honing Red List assessments of lesser known taxa in biodiversity hotspots. Biodiversity and Conservation In press.
- Samways, M.J. 2006. National Red List of South African Odonata. Odonatologica 35(4): 341-368.
- Tarboton, W. and Tarboton, M. 2005. A fieldguide to the damselflies of South Africa. Privately published by the authors, Nylstroom.
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
- Samways, M.J. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5037294
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Odo-8958
- IUCN ID: 63173
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1760630
Footnotes
- Samways, M.J. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
