Biology:Aethriamanta

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Short description: Genus of dragonflies

Aethriamanta
Pond adjutant, male
Aethriamanta gracilis
Pulau Ubin, Singapore
Scientific classification e
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.
120px Aethriamanta brevipennis (Rambur, 1842) scarlet marsh hawk[4] Asia
120px Aethriamanta circumsignata Selys, 1897 square-spot basker[5] Australia, and New Guinea
Aethriamanta gracilis (Brauer, 1878) Sumatra and Borneo Philippines, Singapore, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand and Lao
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