Acanthagrion: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Odonata
- Family
- Coenagrionidae
- Genus
- Acanthagrion
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Acanthagrion
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Acanthagrion
Acanthagrion is a genus of damselflies. It is the dominant genus of damselfly at ponds and lakes in the Neotropics but A. quadratum is the only one found in North America. They are commonly known as Wedgetails because of the raised tip of the abdomen.
The genus contains the following species:
...Acanthagrion in languages:
- English
- Wedgetails
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Acanthagrion
- Acanthallagma
- Aceratobasis
- Aciagrion
- Aeolagrion
- Africallagma
- Agriocnemis
- Amazoneura
- Amorphostigma
- Amphiagrion
- Amphiallagma
- Amphicnemis
- Andinagrion
- Angelagrion
- Anisagrion
- Anomisma
- Antiagrion
- Apanisagrion
- Archibasis
- Argentagrion
- Argia
- Argiocnemis
- Austroagrion
- Austroallagma
- Austrocnemis
- Austrocoenagrion
- Austrotepuibasis
- Azuragrion
- Bromeliagrion
- Caliagrion
- Calvertagrion
- Ceriagrion
- Chromagrion
- Coenagriocnemis
- Coenagrion
- Coryphagrion
- Cyanallagma
- Dactylobasis
- Denticulobasis
- Diceratobasis
- Dolonagrion
- Drepanoneura
- Enacantha
- Enallagma
- Epipleoneura
- Epipotoneura
- Erythromma
- Fluminagrion
- Forcepsioneura
- Franciscagrion
- Franciscobasis
- Fredyagrion
- Helveciagrion
- Hesperagrion
- Hivaagrion
- Homeoura
- Huosoma
- Hylaeonympha
- Idioneura
- Inpabasis
- Ischnura
- Juenagrion
- Junix
- Kiautagrion
- Lamproneura
- Leptagrion
- Leptobasis
- Leptocnemis
- Leucobasis
- Luzonobasis
- Machadagrion
- Mecistogaster
- Megalagrion
- Megaloprepus
- Melanesobasis
- Mesamphiagrion
- Mesoleptobasis
- Metaleptobasis
- Microstigma
- Millotagrion
- Minagrion
- Mortonagrion
- Nathaliagrion
- Negragrion
- Nehalennia
- Neoerythromma
- Neoneura
- Nesobasis
- Oreiallagma
- Oreocnemis
- Oxyagrion
- Oxyallagma
- Pacificagrion
- Pandanobasis
- Papuagrion
- Paracercion
- Pericnemis
- Peristicta
- Phasmoneura
- Phoenicagrion
- Pinheyagrion
- Plagulibasis
- Platystigma
- Proischnura
- Proneura
- Protallagma
- Protoneura
- Psaironeura
- Pseudagrion
- Pseudostigma
- Pseudotepuibasis
- Pyrrhosoma
- Roppaneura
- Sangabasis
- Schistolobos
- Stenagrion
- Teinobasis
- Telagrion
- Telebasis
- Tepuibasis
- Thaumatagrion
- Tigriagrion
- Tuberculobasis
- Tukanobasis
- Vanuatubasis
- Xanthagrion
- Xanthocnemis
- Xiphiagrion
- Zoniagrion
Child Taxa
- Acanthagrion abunae
- Acanthagrion adustum
- Acanthagrion aepiolum
- Acanthagrion amazonicum
- Acanthagrion apicale
- Acanthagrion ascendens
- Acanthagrion chacoense
- Acanthagrion chararum
- Acanthagrion cuyabae
- Acanthagrion descendens
- Acanthagrion dichrostigma
- Acanthagrion egleri
- Acanthagrion flaviae
- Acanthagrion floridense
- Acanthagrion fluviatile
- Acanthagrion franciscoi
- Acanthagrion gracile
- Acanthagrion hildegarda
- Acanthagrion indefensum
- Acanthagrion inexpectum
- Acanthagrion jessei
- Acanthagrion kaori
- Acanthagrion kennedii
- Acanthagrion lancea
- Acanthagrion latapistylum
- Acanthagrion longispinosum
- Acanthagrion marinae
- Acanthagrion minutum
- Acanthagrion obsoletum
- Acanthagrion peruanum
- Acanthagrion phallicorne
- Acanthagrion quadratum
- Acanthagrion rubrifrons
- Acanthagrion speculum
- Acanthagrion temporale
- Acanthagrion tepuiense
- Acanthagrion triangulare
- Acanthagrion trilobatum
- Acanthagrion truncatum
- Acanthagrion vidua
- Acanthagrion williamsoni
- Acanthagrion yungarum