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Taxonomy of Genus Pseudagrion Selys, 1876


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
315
2742
23344
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
212
1837
15688
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
170
1701
15422
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Zygoptera
Selys, 1854
Damselflies
24
490
6731
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Coenagrionoidea
Kirby, 1890
7
278
4343
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyCoenagrionidae
Kirby, 1890
Narrow-winged damselflies, Narrow-Winged Damselfly
176
2958
Genera
Species
SubfamilyPseudagrioninae
Tillyard, 1917
31
903
Genera
Species
GenusPseudagrion
Selys, 1876
299Species
Subnodes of Pseudagrion Selys, 1876
SpeciesPseudagrion acaciae Förster, 1906
Acacia Sprite, Green-naped Sprite
1Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion aguessei Pinhey, 1964
SpeciesPseudagrion alcicorne Förster, 1906
2Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion ambatoroae Aguesse, 1968
SpeciesPseudagrion ampolomitae Aguesse, 1968
SpeciesPseudagrion andamanicum Fraser, 1924
SpeciesPseudagrion angelicum Fraser, 1947  ⇒ Eustrotia thionaris
SpeciesPseudagrion angolense Selys, 1876
Angola Sprite
1Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion apicale Schmidt, 1951
SpeciesPseudagrion approximans Selys, 1876
SpeciesPseudagrion approximatum Schmidt, 1951
SpeciesPseudagrion arabicum Waterston, 1980
SpeciesPseudagrion assegaii Pinhey, 1950
Assegaai Sprite, Assegai Sprite, Spear Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion aureofrons Tillyard, 1906
Gold-fronted Riverdamsel, Gold-fronted Sprites
SpeciesPseudagrion aureolum Dijkstra, Mézière & Kipping, 2015
Nugget Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion australasiae Selys, 1876
Look-alike sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion azureum Needham & Gyger, 1939  ⇒ Eupsilia flavimaculata
SpeciesPseudagrion basicornu Schmidt, 1936
SpeciesPseudagrion beadlei Pinhey, 1961  ⇒ Pseudagrion sjoestedti
SpeciesPseudagrion bengalense Laidlaw, 1919  ⇒ Pseudagrion australasiae
SpeciesPseudagrion bernardi Terzani & Carletti, 2001
SpeciesPseudagrion bicoerulans Martin, 1906
Giant Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion bidentatum Morton, 1907
SpeciesPseudagrion billinghursti Martin, 1901  ⇒ Caliagrion billinghursti
SpeciesPseudagrion buenafei Müller, 1996
SpeciesPseudagrion caffrum Burmeister, 1839
Springhead Sprite, Springwater Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion calosomum Lieftinck, 1936
SpeciesPseudagrion camerunense Karsch, 1899
Orange-faced Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion caputavis Terzani & Carletti, 1998  ⇒ Pseudagrion niloticum
SpeciesPseudagrion celebense Lieftinck, 1937
SpeciesPseudagrion ceylonica Kirby, 1891
SpeciesPseudagrion cheliferum Fraser, 1949
SpeciesPseudagrion chloroceps Fraser, 1953
SpeciesPseudagrion chomae Pinhey, 1964  ⇒ Eutelia clarirena
SpeciesPseudagrion chongwe Pinhey, 1961  ⇒ Eutelia geyeri
SpeciesPseudagrion cingillum Brauer, 1869
Norther Riverdamsel, Northern riverdamsel
SpeciesPseudagrion citricola Barnard, 1937
Yellow-faced Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion civicum Lieftinck, 1932
SpeciesPseudagrion coarctatum Lieftinck, 1932
SpeciesPseudagrion coeleste Longfield, 1947
Catshead Sprite
2Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion coelestis Longfield, 1947
Catshead Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion coeruleiceps Longfield, 1959  ⇒ Eustrotiopis richinii
SpeciesPseudagrion coeruleipunctum Pinhey, 1964
Pretty Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion coeruleum Tillyard, 1908  ⇒ Austroagrion cyane
SpeciesPseudagrion cogmani Barnard, 1937  ⇒ Eutelia clarirena
SpeciesPseudagrion commoniae Förster, 1902
Black Sprite, Mourning Spite
2Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion conspicuum Fraser, 1947  ⇒ Pseudagrion hemicolon
SpeciesPseudagrion coomansi Lieftinck, 1937
SpeciesPseudagrion coriaceum Selys, 1876
SpeciesPseudagrion crocops Selys, 1876
SpeciesPseudagrion cyane Selys, 1876  ⇒ Austroagrion cyane
SpeciesPseudagrion cyathiforme Pinhey, 1973
SpeciesPseudagrion dactylidium Dijkstra & Mézière, 2015
Gabon Slim Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion daponshanensis Zhou & Zhou, 2007
SpeciesPseudagrion deckeni Gerstaecker, 1869  ⇒ Pseudagrion kersteni
SpeciesPseudagrion deconcertans Aguesse, 1968
SpeciesPseudagrion decorum Rambur, 1842
Three striped blue dart, Three-lined dart
SpeciesPseudagrion demorsum Needham, 1935  ⇒ Hivaagrion demorsum
SpeciesPseudagrion deningi Pinhey, 1961
Dening's Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion digitatum Fraser, 1949
SpeciesPseudagrion dispar Schmidt, 1951
SpeciesPseudagrion divaricatum Schmidt, 1951
SpeciesPseudagrion draconis Barnard, 1937  ⇒ Pseudagrion kersteni
Mountain Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion dubium Laidlaw, 1912
SpeciesPseudagrion dundoense Longfield, 1959
SpeciesPseudagrion elongatum Needham, 1930
1Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion emarginatum Karsch, 1893  ⇒ Pseudagrion melanicterum
Blue-faced Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion epiphonematicum Karsch, 1891
SpeciesPseudagrion estesi Pinhey, 1971
Estes's Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion evanidum Needham & Gyger, 1939
SpeciesPseudagrion farinicolle Lieftinck, 1932
SpeciesPseudagrion farinicollis Lieftinck, 1932
SpeciesPseudagrion filiforme Schmidt, 1936  ⇒ Eustrotia retroversa
SpeciesPseudagrion fisheri Pinhey, 1961
Fisher's Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion flavifrons Needham & Gyger, 1939  ⇒ Pseudagrion rubriceps
SpeciesPseudagrion flavipes Sjöstedt, 1900  ⇒ Pseudagrion hemicolon
1Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion flavithorax Selys, 1878
SpeciesPseudagrion fraseri Schmidt, 1934  ⇒ Pseudagrion ranauense
SpeciesPseudagrion fumipennis Polhemus, Michalski & Richards, 2008
SpeciesPseudagrion furcigerum Rambur, 1842
Cape Sprite, Palmiet Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion gamblesi Pinhey, 1978
Gamble's sprite, Gamble´s Sprite, Great Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion gerstaeckeri Karsch, 1899  ⇒ Eutelia guerouti
SpeciesPseudagrion giganteum Schmidt, 1951
SpeciesPseudagrion gigas Schmidt in Ris, 1936  ⇒ Pseudagrion gamblesi
Giant Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion glaucescens Selys, 1876
Blue-green Sprite
3Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion glaucoideum Schmidt, 1936
Cryptic Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion glaucum Sjöstedt, 1899  ⇒ Pseudagrion nubicum
Slender Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion grande Sjöstedt, 1909  ⇒ Eustrotia serica
SpeciesPseudagrion greeni Pinhey, 1961
SpeciesPseudagrion greigi Pinhey, 1961  ⇒ Pseudagrion sjoestedti
SpeciesPseudagrion grilloti Legrand, 1987
Orange-striped Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion guichardi Kimmins, 1958
SpeciesPseudagrion hageni Karsch, 1893
Hagen's sprite, Hagen´s Sprite, Painted Sprite
2Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion hamoni Fraser, 1955
Contrast Sprite, Drab Sprite, Hamon's sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion hamulus Schmidt, 1951
SpeciesPseudagrion helenae Balinsky, 1964
Helen's Sprite, Helena Sprite
2Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion hemicolon Pinhey, 1964
Yellow-legged Sprite
2Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion hisopa Selys, 1876
SpeciesPseudagrion hulae Dumont, 1973
SpeciesPseudagrion hypermelas Selys, 1876
SpeciesPseudagrion igniceps Fraser, 1953  ⇒ Pseudagrion chloroceps
SpeciesPseudagrion ignifer Tillyard, 1906
Flame-headed Riverdamsel, Flameheaded riverdamsel
2Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion incisurum Lieftinck, 1949
SpeciesPseudagrion inconspicuum Ris, 1931
Inconspicuous Sprite
1Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion indicum Fraser, 1924
SpeciesPseudagrion infracavum Schmidt, 1934  ⇒ Eutelia discistriga
SpeciesPseudagrion ingrid Theischinger, 2000
Azure riverdamsel
SpeciesPseudagrion inopinatum Balinsky, 1971
Badplaas Sprite, Balinsky's sprite, Balinsky´s Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion isidromorai Compte Sart, 1967  ⇒ Eutelia affinis
Great Blue Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion jacksoni Pinhey, 1961
SpeciesPseudagrion jedda Theischinger & Watson, 1991
Dusky Riverdamsel
SpeciesPseudagrion kaffinum Consiglio, 1978
SpeciesPseudagrion kamiranzovu Kipping, Günther & Uyizeye, 2017
SpeciesPseudagrion kersteni Gerstäcker, 1869
Kersten's sprite, Kersten´s Sprite, Powder-faced sprite
1Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion kibalense Longfield, 1959
Forest Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion kilimandjaricum Sjöstedt, 1909  ⇒ Eutelia bryochlora
SpeciesPseudagrion kilimanjaricum Sjöstedt, 1909  ⇒ Pseudagrion kersteni
SpeciesPseudagrion laidlawi Fraser, 1922
SpeciesPseudagrion lalakense Orr & van Tol, 2001
SpeciesPseudagrion lindicum Grünberg, 1902
SpeciesPseudagrion lorenzi Gassmann, 2011
SpeciesPseudagrion lucidum Schmidt, 1951
SpeciesPseudagrion lucifer Theischinger, 1997
Citrine-headed Riverdamsel
SpeciesPseudagrion luzonicum Asahina, 1968
SpeciesPseudagrion macilentum Rambur, 1842
SpeciesPseudagrion macrolucidum Aguesse, 1968
SpeciesPseudagrion magnanimum Selys, 1876
SpeciesPseudagrion major Martin, 1915  ⇒ Eustrotia serica
SpeciesPseudagrion makabusiense Pinhey, 1950
Green-striped Sprite, Makabusi Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion makabusiensis
SpeciesPseudagrion malabaricum Fraser, 1924
Malabar dartlet, Malabar sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion malagasoides Pinhey, 1973
SpeciesPseudagrion malawiensis Pinhey, 1966
SpeciesPseudagrion malgassicum Schmidt, 1951
SpeciesPseudagrion mascagnii Terzani & Marconi, 2004
SpeciesPseudagrion massaicum Sjöstedt, 1909
Masai Sprite, Vermilion Sprite
3Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion melanicterum Selys, 1876
Black-and-yellow Sprite, Farmbush Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion mellisi Schmidt, 1951
SpeciesPseudagrion merina Schmidt, 1951
SpeciesPseudagrion microcepahlum
SpeciesPseudagrion microcephalum Rambur, 1842
Blue grass dart, Blue Riverdamsel, Blue Sprite
1Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion migratum Selys, 1876
SpeciesPseudagrion mohelii Aguesse, 1968
SpeciesPseudagrion monardi Longfield, 1947  ⇒ Eustrotia retroversa
SpeciesPseudagrion mortoni Schmidt, 1936
SpeciesPseudagrion mozambicensis Pinhey, 1962
SpeciesPseudagrion munte Dijkstra, 2015
Upemba Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion natalense Ris, 1921  ⇒ Pseudagrion spernatum natalense
SpeciesPseudagrion newtoni Pinhey, 1962
Harlequin Sprite, Newton's sprite, Newton´s Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion nigeriensis Gambles, 1975
SpeciesPseudagrion nigerrimum Pinhey, 1950
SpeciesPseudagrion nigripes Schmidt, 1951
SpeciesPseudagrion nigrofasciatum Lieftinck, 1934
SpeciesPseudagrion niloticum Dumont, 1978
Nile Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion nubicum Selys, 1876
Bluetail Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion olsufieffi Schmidt, 1951
SpeciesPseudagrion orientis Schmidt, 1951  ⇒ Pseudagrion torridum
SpeciesPseudagrion pacale Dijkstra, 2015
Peace Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion pacificum Tillyard, 1924
SpeciesPseudagrion palauense Lieftinck, 1962
SpeciesPseudagrion palliatum Selys, 1876  ⇒ Pseudagrion caffrum
SpeciesPseudagrion papuense Tillyard, 1926  ⇒ Eustrotia trigonodes
SpeciesPseudagrion parafarinicolle Theischinger, Richards & Toko, 2018
SpeciesPseudagrion pelecotomum Lieftinck, 1932
SpeciesPseudagrion perfuscatum Lieftinck, 1937
SpeciesPseudagrion pilidorsum Brauer, 1868
6Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion planiramum Pinhey, 1964
SpeciesPseudagrion platystictoides Fraser, 1941  ⇒ Pseudagrion risi
SpeciesPseudagrion pontogenes Ris, 1915
SpeciesPseudagrion praeclara Fraser, 1924  ⇒ Archibasis oscillans
SpeciesPseudagrion praeclarum Fraser, 1924
SpeciesPseudagrion praetextatum Hagen in Selys, 1876  ⇒ Eutelia bryochlora
1Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion pruinosum Burmeister, 1839
2Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion pseuderythromma Schmidt, 1936
SpeciesPseudagrion pseudomassaicum Pinhey, 1951  ⇒ Pseudagrion sublacteum
1Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion pseudosjoestedti Pinehy, 1964  ⇒ Pseudagrion sjoestedti pseudosjoestedti
SpeciesPseudagrion pterauratum Aguesse, 1968
SpeciesPseudagrion punctum Rambur, 1842
SpeciesPseudagrion quadrioculatum Fraser, 1956  ⇒ Pseudagrion torridum
SpeciesPseudagrion ranauense Schmidt, 1934
Ferruginous-faced Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion renaudi Fraser, 1953
SpeciesPseudagrion risi Schmidt in Ris, 1936
Cameroon Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion rubriceps Selys, 1876
Orange-faced Sprite, Saffron-faced blue dart
2Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion rubridorsum Balinsky, 1963  ⇒ Eutelia albocristata
SpeciesPseudagrion rubroviride Pinhey, 1956
SpeciesPseudagrion rubroviridis Pinhey, 1955  ⇒ Pseudagrion sudanicum rubroviride
SpeciesPseudagrion rufocinctum Pinhey, 1956
Albertine Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion rufostigma Longfield, 1947
Dark Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion rusingae Pinhey, 1956  ⇒ Eutelia histrio
SpeciesPseudagrion salisburyense Ris, 1921
Salisbury Sprite, Slate Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion samfyae Pinhey, 1964
SpeciesPseudagrion samoense Fraser, 1925
SpeciesPseudagrion samoensis Fraser, 1925
SpeciesPseudagrion sarepi Kipping & Dijkstra, 2015
Sarep Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion schieli Villanueva, 2011
SpeciesPseudagrion schmidtianum Lieftinck, 1936
SpeciesPseudagrion semicolon Foerster, 1896  ⇒ Eustrotia varipalpis
SpeciesPseudagrion serrulatum Karsch, 1894
2Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion seyrigi Schmidt, 1951
SpeciesPseudagrion siamensis Fraser, 1922  ⇒ Pseudagrion microcephalum
SpeciesPseudagrion sikorae Foerster, 1906  ⇒ Africallagma glaucum
SpeciesPseudagrion silaceum Lieftinck, 1932
SpeciesPseudagrion simile Schmidt, 1951
SpeciesPseudagrion simonae Legrand, 1987
SpeciesPseudagrion simplicilaminatum Carletti & Terzani, 1997
SpeciesPseudagrion sjoestedti Förster, 1906
Sjostedt's sprite, Sjostedt´s Sprite, Variable sprite
5Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion spec Rambur Rambur, 1842
SpeciesPseudagrion spencei Fraser, 1922
Brook Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion spernatum Selys, 1881
Natal Sprite, Upland sprite
3Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion spinithoracicum Legrand, 1981
SpeciesPseudagrion starreanum Lieftinck, 1949
SpeciesPseudagrion stellatum Martin, 1915  ⇒ Eustrotia serica
SpeciesPseudagrion stuckenbergi Pinhey, 1964
SpeciesPseudagrion sublacteum Karsch, 1893
Cherry-eye Sprite, Riffle Sprite, River Sprite
4Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion sudanicum Le Roi, 1915
Blue-sided sprite, Sudan Sprite
3Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion superbum Fraser, 1956  ⇒ Pseudagrion serrulatum
SpeciesPseudagrion symoensii Pinhey, 1967
Katanga Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion syriacum Selys, 1887
Syrian Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion tanganyicum Dijkstra & Kipping, 2015
Tanganyika Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion thenartum Fraser, 1955
Orange Slimsprite
SpeciesPseudagrion tinctipenne Fraser, 1951
SpeciesPseudagrion tinctipennis Fraser, 1951
SpeciesPseudagrion torridum Selys, 1876
Wing-tailed Sprite
2Subspecies
SpeciesPseudagrion tricorne Pinhey, 1967
SpeciesPseudagrion tricornis Pinhey, 1967
SpeciesPseudagrion trigonale Schmidt, 1951
SpeciesPseudagrion tropicanum Pinhey, 1966
SpeciesPseudagrion umsingaziense Balinsky, 1963
Umsingazi Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion ungulatum Fraser, 1951
SpeciesPseudagrion ustum Selys, 1876
SpeciesPseudagrion vaalense Chutter, 1962
Vaal Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion vakoanae Aguesse, 1968
SpeciesPseudagrion vansomereni Pinhey, 1961
SpeciesPseudagrion vumbaense Balinsky, 1963
Vumba Sprite
SpeciesPseudagrion whellani Pinhey, 1956  ⇒ Pseudagrion hamoni
SpeciesPseudagrion williamsi Pinhey, 1964  ⇒ Eutelia bryochlora
SpeciesPseudagrion williamsoni Fraser, 1922
SpeciesPseudagrion wittei Fraser, 1949
SpeciesPseudagrion woodlarkensis Gassmann & Richards, 2016
SpeciesPseudagrion zambesiensis Pinhey, 1964
SpeciesPseudagrion zumbense Navas, 1917  ⇒ Pseudagrion glaucescens


Distribution of Pseudagrion Selys, 1876
Algeria, Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East Timor, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Israel, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic South Africa, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe


Ecozone
Riversides


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