Agyrtacantha

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Odonatoptera
Cladus: Holodonata
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Epiprocta
Infraordo: Anisoptera
Superfamilia: Aeshnoidea

Familia: Aeshnidae
Subfamilia: Aeshninae
Tribus: Gynacanthini
Genus: Agyrtacantha
Species: A. dirupta – A. microstigma – A. othello – A. tumidula
Name
Agyrtacantha Lieftinck, 1937

Agyrtacantha is a genus of dragonflies in the family Aeshnidae.[2] Species of Agyrtacantha can be large, dull-coloured dragonflies.[3]
Species

The genus Agyrtacantha includes the following species:[4]

Agyrtacantha dirupta (Karsch, 1889)[5] – trifid dusthawker[3]
Agyrtacantha microstigma (Selys, 1878)
Agyrtacantha othello Lieftinck, 1942
Agyrtacantha tumidula Lieftinck, 1937

References

Lieftinck, M.A. (1937). "The dragonflies (Odonata) of New Guinea and neighbouring islands Part IV. Descriptions of new and little known species of the families Agrionidae (sens. lat.), Libellulidae and Aeshnidae (genera Idiocnemis, Notoneura, Papuagrion, Teinobasis, Aciagrion, Bironides, Agyrtacantha, Plattycantha and Oreaeschna)". Nova Guinea. 1: 1–82 [59].
"Genus: Agyrtacantha Lieftinck, 1937". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
Theischinger, Gunther; Hawking, John (2007). The complete field guide to dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
Karsch, F. (1889). "Neue Aeschniden der indo-australischen Region". Entomologische Nachrichten. 15: 236 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.