Agyrtacantha
Genus of dragonflies
| Agyrtacantha | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Aeshnidae |
| Genus: | Agyrtacantha Lieftinck, 1937[1] |
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
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- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Theischinger, Gunther; Hawking, John (2007). The complete field guide to dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 978-0-643-09073-6.
- ^ 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.
