Ceriagrion glabrum

Ceriagrion glabrum
Adult male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Ceriagrion
Species:
C. glabrum
Binomial name
Ceriagrion glabrum
(Burmeister, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Agrion ferrugineum (Rambur, 1842)
  • Agrion glabrum (Burmeister, 1839)
  • Agrion rhomboidalis (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807)
  • Brachybasis rhomboidalis (Kirby, 1898)
  • Ceriagrion glabrum longispinum (Pinhey, 1963)
  • Ceriagrion ferrugineum (Rambur, 1842)

Ceriagrion glabrum is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. Its common names include common orange, common citril,[2] common pond damsel, common waxtail, orange waxtail and gewone aljander. It is widespread in Africa, where it is found in habitats that are dominated by reeds.

  1. ^ Boudot, J.-P.; Clausnitzer, V.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Suhling, F.; Schneider, W.; Samraoui, B. (2016). "Ceriagrion glabrum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59828A75380384. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59828A75380384.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Tarboton, W.R.; Tarboton, M. (2005). A fieldguide to the damselflies of South Africa. Warwick & Michèle Tarboton. ISBN 0620338784.