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Aciagrion
Sign in to saveAciagrion is a genus of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. Aciagrion are small and slender damselflies with a small head. They are found at still waters including swamps. Aciagrion is widely distributed in the tropics from Africa, through Indonesia to Australia. They are commonly known as Slims.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 218
- With media
- 17
- Family
- Coenagrionidae
- Collections
- SAM, USNM, AM
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Sri Lanka, Namibia, Malaysia, Indonesia
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- Parent taxon
- Coenagrionidae
- Image
- Aciagrion occidentale at Kadavoor.jpg
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Aciagrion is a genus of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. Aciagrion are small and slender damselflies with a small head. They are found at still waters including swamps. Aciagrion is widely distributed in the tropics from Africa, through Indonesia to Australia. They are commonly known as Slims.
==Etymology== The genus name Aciagrion is made from two greek words: aci or ἀκίς meaning a pointed object or needle, and agrion or ἄγριος, meaning wild. Agrion was the name given in 1775 by Johan Fabricius for all damselflies.
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