Aciagrion

Aciagrion
Aciagrion occidentale, male
Aciagrion occidentale, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Family:	Coenagrionidae
Genus:	Aciagrion Selys, 1891

Aciagrion is a genus of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It has a wide range from Africa, through Indonesia to Australia. They are commonly known as Slims.

It contains 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^[1]
• Aciagrion fasciculare Lieftinck, 1934
• Aciagrion feuerborni Schmidt, 1934
• Aciagrion fragilis (or fragile) (Tillyard, 1906) - Blue Slim^[2]
• 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^[1]
• 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

Notes

1. Samways, Michael J. (2008). Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa. Pensoft. ISBN 954-642-330-0.
2. Günther Theischinger, John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.

References

• 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.