Acisoma panorpoides

Acisoma panorpoides
Male, Singapore
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Acisoma
Species: A. panorpoides
Binomial name
Acisoma panorpoides
Rambur, 1842

Acisoma panorpoides, the Asian pintail[2] or grizzled pintail,[1] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.

Distribution

From the Indian subcontinent to Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia.[2]

Habitat

It is found in subtropical or tropical swampy or marshy habitats.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Clausnitzer, V. & Suhling, F. (2009). "Acisoma panorpoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Mens, Lotte P.; Schütte, Kai; Stokvis, Frank R.; Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B. (2016). "Six, not two, species of Acisoma pintail dragonfly (Odonata: Libellulidae)". Zootaxa. 4109 (2): 153. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4109.2.3. ISSN 1175-5334.


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