Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater
Ecology: Swampy rivers
.[1]
List of Habitats
:5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls
)
5.4Wetlands (inland) - Bogs
, Marshes, Swamps
, Fens
, Peatlands
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Arthropods
- Class:
Insecta
()
- Insects
- Order:
Odonata
()
- Dragonflies and Damselflies
- Family:
Coenagrionoidea
()
- Genus:
Aciagrion
()
- (Longfield, 1945)
- Specific name:
rarum
- (Longfield, 1947)
- Scientific name: - Aciagrion rarum (Longfield, 1947)
- Specific name:
rarum
- (Longfield, 1947)
- 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
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Further Reading
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Longfield, C. 1947. The Odonata of South Angola. Arquivos do Museu Bocage, Lisboa 16: 1-31.
- 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.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World
- Odonata Specialist Group 1996. Aciagrion rarum. In: IUCN 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.redlist.org . Downloaded on 30 January 2005.
- Suhling, F. 2005. Aciagrion rarum. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 14 January 2007.
- Suhling, F. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2486366
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Odo-1581
- IUCN ID: 214
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1341
Footnotes
- Suhling, F. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
