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Acanthagrion
Sign in to saveAcanthagrion 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.
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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- Parent taxon
- Coenagrionidae
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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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