Aciagrion facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Aciagrion
Aciagrion occidentale, male
Aciagrion occidentale, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Coenagrionidae
Genus:	Aciagrion Selys, 1891
Likely distribution of Aciagrion

Aciagrion is a genus of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. Aciagrion are small and slender damselflies with a small head. They are found at still waters including swamps. Aciagrion is widely distributed in the tropics from Africa, through Indonesia to Australia. They are commonly known as Slims.

Species

The genus Aciagrion includes the following species:

• Aciagrion africanum Martin, 1908
• Aciagrion approximans (Selys, 1876)
• Aciagrion azureum Fraser, 1922
• Aciagrion balachowskyi Legrand, 1982
• Aciagrion borneense Ris, 1911
• Aciagrion brosseti Legrand, 1982
• Aciagrion congoense (Sjöstedt, 1917)
• Aciagrion dondoense Dijkstra, 2007 - Opal Slim
• Aciagrion fasciculare Lieftinck, 1934
• Aciagrion feuerborni Schmidt, 1934
• Aciagrion fragilis (Tillyard, 1906) - Blue Slim
• Aciagrion gracile (Sjöstedt, 1909)
• Aciagrion hamoni Fraser, 1955
• Aciagrion heterosticta Fraser, 1955
• Aciagrion hisopa (Selys, 1876)
• Aciagrion huaanensis Xu, 2005
• Aciagrion karamoja Pinhey, 1962
• Aciagrion macrootithenae Pinhey, 1972
• Aciagrion migratum (Selys, 1876)
• Aciagrion nodosum (Pinhey, 1964)
• Aciagrion occidentale Laidlaw, 1919
• Aciagrion olympicum Laidlaw, 1919
• Aciagrion pallidum Selys, 1891
• Aciagrion pinheyi Samways, 2001 - Emerald-striped Slim
• Aciagrion rarum (Longfield, 1947)
• Aciagrion steeleae Kimmins, 1955
• Aciagrion tillyardi Laidlaw, 1919
• Aciagrion tonsillare Lieftinck, 1937
• Aciagrion walteri Carfi & D'Andrea, 1994
• Aciagrion zambiense Pinhey, 1972

See also

In Spanish: Aciagrion para niños