Biology:Aethriamanta

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Short description: Genus of dragonflies

Aethriamanta
Pond adjutant (Aethriamanta gracilis) male.jpg
Pond adjutant, male
Aethriamanta gracilis
Pulau Ubin, Singapore
Scientific classification e
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]

Male Female Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Aethriamanta aethra Ris, 1912 Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Scarlet marsh hawk (Aethriamanta brevipennis) male.jpg 120px Aethriamanta brevipennis (Rambur, 1842) scarlet marsh hawk[4] Asia
Square-spot basker 3094.jpg 120px Aethriamanta circumsignata Selys, 1897 square-spot basker[5] Australia, and New Guinea
Pond adjutant (Aethriamanta gracilis) male.jpg Aethriamanta gracilis (Brauer, 1878) Sumatra and Borneo Philippines, Singapore, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand and Lao
L-spot basker 6576.jpg Aethriamanta nymphaeae Lieftinck, 1949 L-spot basker[5] northern Australia
Aethriamanta rezia Kirby, 1889 pygmy 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

Wikidata ☰ Q1375133 entry