Agriocnemis

Agriocnemis
Agriocnemis pieris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Agriocnemis
Selys, 1877[1]
Probable distribution of Agriocnemis
Agriocnemis pygmaea, female at West Bengal, India
Agriocnemis splendidissima male
Agriocnemis splendidissima female

Agriocnemis is a genus of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae.[2] Agriocnemis is distributed widely across Africa, South-east Asia, Indonesia, Australia and islands in the Pacific.[3] They are small insects, commonly known as wisps.

  1. ^ Selys-Longchamps, E. (1877). "Synopsis des Agrionines, 5me légion: Agrion (suite et fin). Les genres Telebasis, Argiocnemis et Hemiphlebia". Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Académie Royale de Belgique. 2 (in French). 43: 97–159 [134] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ^ "Genus Agriocnemis Selys, 1877". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Oz was invoked but never defined (see the help page).