Aethriamanta
Pond adjutant, male
Aethriamanta gracilis
Pulau Ubin, Singapore
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily: Urothemistinae
Genus: Aethriamanta
Kirby, 1889[1]
Type species
Aethriamanta brevipennis

Aethriamanta is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.[2] Species of Aethriamanta are found in Madagascar, through Southeast Asia, Indonesia, New Guinea and northern Australia.[2]

Species

This genus Aethriamanta includes the following species:[3]

MaleFemaleScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Aethriamanta aethra Ris, 1912Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Aethriamanta brevipennis (Rambur, 1842)scarlet marsh hawk[4]Asia
Aethriamanta circumsignata Selys, 1897square-spot basker[5]Australia, and New Guinea
Aethriamanta gracilis (Brauer, 1878)Sumatra and Borneo Philippines, Singapore, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand and Lao
Aethriamanta nymphaeae Lieftinck, 1949L-spot basker[5]northern Australia
Aethriamanta rezia Kirby, 1889pygmy basker[6]Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe

References

  1. ↑ Kirby, W.F. (1889). "A revision of the subfamily Libellulinae, with descriptions of new genera and species". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 12: 249–348 [283]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1889.tb00016.x – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. 1 2 "Genus Aethriamanta Kirby, 1889". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  4. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF).
  5. 1 2 Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
  6. ↑ Clausnitzer, V. (2016). "Aethriamanta rezia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59793A83843446. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59793A83843446.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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