Overview
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Description
Habitat
Ecology: Swamps , marshes and pans .[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:
Agriocnemis
()
- Specific name:
ruberrima
- Subspecies:
ruberrima
- Scientific name: - Agriocnemis ruberrima ruberrima Balinsky, 1961
- Subspecies:
ruberrima
- Specific name:
ruberrima
- Genus:
Agriocnemis
(
- 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 Agriocnemis
There are approximately 52 species in this genus:
A. aderces · A. alcyone · A. angolensis subsp. angolensis · A. angustirami · A. argentea · A. australis · A. carmelita · A. clauseni · A. corbeti · A. dabreui · A. dissimilis · A. dobsoni · A. exilis · A. exsudans · A. falcifera subsp. falcifera · A. femina subsp. femina · A. femina femina · A. femina oryzae · A. forcipata · A. gratiosa · A. incisa · A. interrupta · A. inversa · A. keralensis · A. kunjina · A. lacteola · A. luteola · A. maclachlani · A. materna · A. merina · A. minima · A. nana · A. palaeforma · A. pieli · A. pieris · A. pinheyi · A. pulverulans · A. pygmaea subsp. pygmaea · A. ruberrima subsp. albifrons · A. ruberrima albifrons · A. ruberrima ruberrima · A. rubescens rubeola · A. rubricauda · A. salomonis · A. sania · A. selenion · A. solitaria · A. splendida · A. splendidissima · A. velaris · A. victoria · A. zerafica
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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.
- Samways, M.J. and Taylor, S. 2004. Impacts of invasive alien plants on red-listed South African dragonflies (Odonata). South African Journal of Science 100: 78-80.
- Tarboton, W. and Tarboton, M. 2005. A fieldguide to the damselflies of South Africa. Privately published by the authors, Nylstroom.
Notes
Contributors
- 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: 5037419
- IUCN ID: 63207
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3962899
Footnotes
- Samways, M.J. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
