Paracercion

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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: Zygoptera
Superfamilia: Coenagrionoidea

Familia: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Paracercion
Species: P. ambiguum – P. barbatum – P. calamorum – P. hieroglyphicum – P. impar – P. luzonicum – P. malayanum – P. melanotum – P. pendulum – P. plagiosum – P. sieboldii – P. v-nigrum – P. yunnanensis
Name

Paracercion Weekers & Dumont, 2004
Synonyms

Cercion Navás, 1907
References

Ning, X., Kompier, T., Yu, X. & Bu, W-J. 2016. Paracercion ambiguum sp. nov. from Lang Son, Vietnam (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Zootaxa 4144(2): 263–275. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.2.8. Reference page.

Paracercion is a small genus of damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae.They are commonly known as Lilysquatters.

The genus includes the following species:[1]

Paracercion barbatum (Needham, 1930)
Paracercion calamorum (Ris, 1916) - Dusky Lilysquatter[2]
Paracercion hieroglyphicum (Brauer, 1865)
Paracercion impar (Needham, 1930)
Paracercion malayanum (Selys, 1876)
Paracercion melanotum (Selys, 1876) - Eastern Lilysquatter[3]
Paracercion plagiosum (Needham, 1930)
Paracercion sieboldii (Selys, 1876)
Paracercion v-nigrum (Needham, 1930)

References

Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 Feb 2022.
Wilson, K. D. P. (2009). "Paracercion calamorum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2009: e.T164788A5926668. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T164788A5926668.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
Wilson, K. D. P. (2009). "Paracercion melanotum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2009: e.T167159A6309807. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T167159A6309807.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.