Pseudagrion

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: Pseudagrion
Species (149): P. acaciae – P. aguessei – P. alcicorne – P. ambatoroae – P. ampolomitae – P. andamanicum – P. angolense – P. apicale – P. approximatum – P. arabicum – P. assegaii – P. aureofrons – P. australasiae – P. azureum – P. basicornu – P. bernardi – P. bicoerulans – P. bidentatum – P. buenafei – P. caffrum – P. calosomum – P. camerunense – P. celebense – P. cheliferum – P. chloroceps – P. cingillum – P. citricola – P. civicum – P. coarctatum – P. coeleste – P. coeruleipunctum – P. commoniae – P. coomansi – P. coriaceum – P. crocops – P. cyathiforme – P. daponshanensis – P. deconcertans – P. decorum – P. deningi – P. dispar – P. divaricatum – P. draconis – P. dundoense – P. emarginatum – P. epiphonematicum – P. estesi – P. evanidum – P. farinicolle – P. fisheri – P. flavipes – P. fumipennis – P. furcigerum – P. gamblesi – P. giganteum – P. gigas – P. glaucescens – P. glaucoideum – P. greeni – P. grilloti – P. guichardi – P. hageni – P. hamoni – P. hamulus – P. helenae – P. hypermelas – P. igniceps – P. ignifer – P. incisurum – P. inconspicuum – P. indicum – P. ingrid – P. inopinatum – P. jedda – P. kaffinum – P. kersteni – P. kibalense – P. laidlawi – P. lalakense – P. lindicum – P. lucidum – P. lucifer – P. macrolucidum – P. makabusiense – P. malabaricum – P. malagasoides – P. malgassicum – P. mascagnii – P. massaicum – P. melanicterum – P. mellisi – P. merina – P. microcephalum – P. mohelii – P. newtoni – P. nigripes – P. nigrofasciatum – P. niloticum – P. nubicum – P. olsufieffi – P. pacificum – P. palauense – P. papuense – P. pelecotomum – P. perfuscatum – P. pilidorsum – P. pontogenes – P. pruinosum – P. pterauratum – P. punctum – P. ranauense – P. renaudi – P. risi – P. rubriceps – P. rufocinctum – P. rufostigma – P. salisburyense – P. samoensis – P. schmidtianum – P. serrulatum – P. seyrigi – P. silaceum – P. simile – P. simonae – P. simplicilaminatum – P. sjostedti – P. spencei – P. spernatum – P. spinithoracicum – P. starreanum – P. stuckenbergi – P. sublacteum – P. sudanicum – P. superbum – P. symoensii – P. syriacum – P. thenartum – P. tinctipenne – P. torridum – P. tricornis – P. trigonale – P. umsingaziense – P. ungulatum – P. ustum – P. vaalense – P. vakoanae – P. vumbaense – P. williamsi – P. williamsoni
Name

Pseudagrion Selys, 1876
References

Saetung, T. & Boonsoong, B. 2016. Description of the final instar larva of Pseudagrion pruinosum (Burmeister, 1839) (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) from Thailand. Zootaxa 4175(3): 292–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.3.8. Reference page.

Pseudagrion is the largest genus of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae,[2] with over 140 species. Its range includes most of Africa, much of Asia, and Australia. Africa holds most of the diversity with almost 100 species. It has occupied most of the freshwater habitats in its range, and dominates damselfly communities in habitats as different as desert pools, equatorial rainforests and montane streams.[3]

On the African continent, the genus comprises two distinct groups: The "A-group" has about 45 species - they are predominantly highland species and males lack spines on S10; The "B-group" has about 25 species - mainly from lowlands and males have spines on S10.[4] A third Afrotropical group comprises 31 species from the forest streams of Madagascar and the Comores.[3]

Species

The genus Pseudagrion includes the following species:[5]

Pseudagrion acaciae Förster, 1906 - Green-naped Sprite[6]
Pseudagrion aguessei Pinhey, 1964
Pseudagrion alcicorne Förster, 1906
Pseudagrion ambatoroae Aguesse, 1968
Pseudagrion ampolomitae Aguesse, 1968
Pseudagrion andamanicum Fraser, 1924
Pseudagrion angolense Selys, 1876
Pseudagrion apicale Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion approximatum Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion arabicum Waterston, 1980
Pseudagrion assegaii Pinhey, 1950 - Spearhead Sprite[6]
Pseudagrion aureofrons Tillyard, 1906 - Gold-fronted Riverdamsel[7]
Pseudagrion australasiae Selys, 1876
Pseudagrion azureum Needham & Gyger, 1939
Pseudagrion basicornu Schmidt, 1936
Pseudagrion bernardi Terzani & Carletti, 2001
Pseudagrion bicoerulans Martin, 1906
Pseudagrion bidentatum Morton, 1907
Pseudagrion buenafei Müller, 1996
Pseudagrion caffrum (Burmeister, 1839) - Springhead Sprite[6]
Pseudagrion calosomum Lieftinck, 1936
Pseudagrion camerunense (Karsch, 1899)
Pseudagrion celebense Lieftinck, 1937
Pseudagrion cheliferum Fraser, 1949
Pseudagrion chloroceps Fraser, 1953
Pseudagrion cingillum (Brauer, 1869) - Northern Riverdamsel[7]
Pseudagrion citricola Barnard, 1937 - Yellow-faced Sprite[6]
Pseudagrion civicum Lieftinck, 1932
Pseudagrion coarctatum Lieftinck, 1932
Pseudagrion coelestis Longfield, 1947 - Catshead Sprite[6]
Pseudagrion coeruleipunctum Pinhey, 1964
Pseudagrion commoniae Förster, 1902 - Black Sprite, Mourning Spite[6]
Pseudagrion coomansi Lieftinck, 1937
Pseudagrion coriaceum Selys, 1876
Pseudagrion crocops Selys, 1876
Pseudagrion cyathiforme Pinhey, 1973
Pseudagrion daponshanensis Zhou & Zhou, 2007
Pseudagrion deconcertans Aguess, 1968
Pseudagrion decorum (Rambur, 1842)
Pseudagrion deningi Pinhey, 1961
Pseudagrion dispar Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion divaricatum Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion draconis Barnard, 1937 - Mountain Sprite[6]
Pseudagrion dundoense Longfield, 1959
Pseudagrion emarginatum Karsch, 1893
Pseudagrion epiphonematicum Karsch, 1891
Pseudagrion estesi Pinhey, 1971
Pseudagrion evanidum Needham & Gyger, 1939
Pseudagrion farinicolle Lieftinck, 1932
Pseudagrion fisheri Pinhey, 1961
Pseudagrion flavipes Sjöstedt, 1900
Pseudagrion fumipennis Polhemus, Michalski & Richards, 2008
Pseudagrion furcigerum (Rambur, 1842) - Palmiet Sprite, Cape Sprite[6]
Pseudagrion gamblesi Pinhey, 1978 - Great Sprite[6]
Pseudagrion giganteum Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion gigas Schmidt in Ris, 1936
Pseudagrion glaucescens Selys, 1876
Pseudagrion glaucoideum Schmidt, 1936
Pseudagrion greeni Pinhey, 1961
Pseudagrion grilloti Legrand, 1987
Pseudagrion guichardi Kimmins, 1958
Pseudagrion hageni Karsch, 1893 - Painted Sprite[6]
Pseudagrion hamoni Fraser, 1955 - Drab Sprite[6]
Pseudagrion hamulus Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion helenae Balinsky, 1964
Pseudagrion hypermelas Selys, 1876
Pseudagrion igniceps Fraser, 1953
Pseudagrion ignifer Tillyard, 1906 - Flame-headed Riverdamsel[7]
Pseudagrion incisurum Lieftinck, 1949
Pseudagrion inconspicuum Ris, 1931
Pseudagrion indicum Fraser, 1924
Pseudagrion ingrid Theischinger, 2000
Pseudagrion inopinatum Balinsky, 1971 - Badplaas Sprite[6]
Pseudagrion jedda Theischinger & Watson, 1991 - Dusky Riverdamsel[7]
Pseudagrion kaffinum Consiglio, 1978
Pseudagrion kersteni (Gerstäcker, 1869) - Powder-striped Sprite[6]
Pseudagrion kibalense Longfield, 1959
Pseudagrion laidlawi Fraser, 1922
Pseudagrion lalakense Orr & van Tol, 2001
Pseudagrion lindicum Grünberg, 1902
Pseudagrion lorenzi Gassmann, 2011
Pseudagrion lucidum Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion lucifer Theischinger, 1997 - Citrine-headed Riverdamsel[7]
Pseudagrion macrolucidum Aguesse, 1968
Pseudagrion makabusiense Pinhey, 1950 - Makabusi Sprite[6]
Pseudagrion malabaricum Fraser, 1924
Pseudagrion malagasoides Pinhey, 1973
Pseudagrion malgassicum Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion mascagnii Terzani & Marconi, 2004
Pseudagrion massaicum Sjöstedt, 1909
Pseudagrion melanicterum Selys, 1876
Pseudagrion mellisi Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion merina Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion microcephalum (Rambur, 1842) - Blue Riverdamsel[7]
Pseudagrion mohelii Aguesse, 1968
Pseudagrion newtoni Pinhey, 1962 - Harlequin Sprite[6]
Pseudagrion nigripes Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion nigrofasciatum Lieftinck, 1934
Pseudagrion niloticum Dumont, 1978
Pseudagrion nubicum Selys, 1876 - Bluetail Sprite[8]
Pseudagrion olsufieffi Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion pacificum Tillyard, 1924
Pseudagrion palauense Lieftinck, 1962
Pseudagrion pelecotomum Lieftinck, 1932
Pseudagrion perfuscatum Lieftinck, 1937
Pseudagrion pilidorsum (Brauer, 1868)
Pseudagrion pontogenes Ris, 1915
Pseudagrion pruinosum (Burmeister, 1839)
Pseudagrion pterauratum Aguesse, 1968
Pseudagrion punctum (Rambur, 1842)
Pseudagrion renaudi Fraser, 1953
Pseudagrion risi Schmidt in Ris, 1936
Pseudagrion rubriceps Selys, 1876
Pseudagrion rufocinctum Pinhey, 1956
Pseudagrion rufostigma Longfield, 1947
Pseudagrion salisburyense Ris, 1921 - Slate Sprite[6]
Pseudagrion samoensis Fraser, 1925
Pseudagrion schmidtianum Lieftinck, 1936
Pseudagrion serrulatum Karsch, 1894
Pseudagrion seyrigi Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion silaceum Lieftinck, 1932
Pseudagrion simile Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion simonae Legrand, 1987
Pseudagrion simplicilaminatum Carletti & Terzani, 1997
Pseudagrion sjoestedti Förster, 1906
Pseudagrion spencei Fraser, 1922
Pseudagrion spernatum Selys, 1881
Pseudagrion spinithoracicum Legrand, 1981
Pseudagrion starreanum Lieftinck, 1949
Pseudagrion stuckenbergi Pinhey, 1964
Pseudagrion sublacteum (Karsch, 1893) - Rifle Sprite[6]
Pseudagrion sudanicum Le Roi, 1915
Pseudagrion superbum Fraser, 1956
Pseudagrion symoensii Pinhey, 1967
Pseudagrion syriacum Selys, 1887
Pseudagrion thenartum Fraser, 1955
Pseudagrion tinctipenne Fraser, 1951
Pseudagrion torridum Selys, 1876
Pseudagrion tricornis Pinhey, 1967
Pseudagrion trigonale Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion umsingaziense Balinsky, 1963
Pseudagrion ungulatum Fraser, 1951
Pseudagrion ustum Selys, 1876
Pseudagrion vaalense Chutter, 1962
Pseudagrion vakoanae Aguesse, 1968
Pseudagrion vumbaense Balinsky, 1963
Pseudagrion williamsoni Fraser, 1922
Pseudagrion woodlarkensis Gassmann & Richards, 2016

References

Selys-Longchamps, E. (1876). "Synopsis des Agrionines, (suite de genre Agrion)". Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Académie Royale de Belgique (in French). 42: 490–531, 952–991 [490] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
"Genus Pseudagrion Selys, 1876". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Groeneveld, Linn F.; Clausnitzer, Viola; Hadrys, Heike (April 2007). "The Pseudagrion split: molecular phylogeny confirms the morphological and ecological dichotomy of Africa's most diverse genus of Odonata (Coenagrionidae)". International Journal of Odonatology. 10 (1): 31–41. doi:10.1080/13887890.2007.9748286.
Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Clausnitzer, V. (2014). The dragonflies and damselflies of eastern Africa. Tervuren: Royal Museum for Central Africa. ISBN 978-94-916-1506-1.
Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
Samways, Michael J. (2008). Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa. Pensoft. ISBN 954-642-330-0.
Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
Boudot, J.-P.; Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2016). "Pseudagrion nubicum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T60028A85433445. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60028A85433445.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.