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Acanthagrion

Mauffray, William F.;Tennessen, Kenneth J.

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Acanthagrion

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Acanthagrion is a genus of damselflies. It is the dominant genus of damselfly at ponds and lakes in the Neotropics but A. quadratum is the only one found in North America. They are commonly known as Wedgetails because of the raised tip of the abdomen.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Acanthagrion is referenced by 3 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, insect and International Standard Book Number.

Vinony files it under Coenagrionidae, Damselfly genera and Taxa named by Edmond de Sélys Longchamps.

Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderOdonata
  5. FamilyCoenagrionidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
297
With media
78
Family
Coenagrionidae
Collections
USNM
Recorded in
Ecuador, Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Costa Rica, Trinidad And Tobago, Honduras

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Coenagrionidae
Image
Damselfly (Acanthagrion sp.) (10376767326).jpg
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Commons category
Acanthagrion
taxon name
Acanthagrion
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Category:Acanthagrion
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Acanthagrion is a genus of damselflies. It is the dominant genus of damselfly at ponds and lakes in the Neotropics but A. quadratum is the only one found in North America. They are commonly known as Wedgetails because of the raised tip of the abdomen.

The genus contains the following species:

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