| Agyrtacantha | |
|---|---|
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| Female ovipositing | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Aeshnidae |
| Genus: | Agyrtacantha Lieftinck, 1937[1] |
Agyrtacantha is a genus of dragonflies in the family Aeshnidae.[2] Species of Agyrtacantha can be large, dull-coloured dragonflies.[3]
Species
The genus Agyrtacantha includes the following species:[4]
- Agyrtacantha browni Marinov & Theischinger, 2012
- Agyrtacantha dirupta (Karsch, 1889) – trifid dusthawker[3]
- Agyrtacantha microstigma (Selys, 1878)
- Agyrtacantha othello Lieftinck, 1942
- Agyrtacantha picta Theischinger & Richards, 2019
- Agyrtacantha tumidula Lieftinck, 1937
Etymology
The genus name Agyrtacantha combines the Greek ἀγύρτης (agyrtēs, "imposter" or "charlatan"), referring to confusion surrounding its earlier classification, with ἄκανθα (akantha, "thorn" or "spine"), referring to the spines at the tip of the female abdomen.[1][5]
References
- Lieftinck, M.A. (1937). "The dragonflies (Odonata) of New Guinea and neighbouring islands Part IV. Descriptions of new and little known species of the families Agrionidae (sens. lat.), Libellulidae and Aeshnidae (genera Idiocnemis, Notoneura, Papuagrion, Teinobasis, Aciagrion, Bironides, Agyrtacantha, Plattycantha and Oreaeschna)". Nova Guinea. 1: 1–82 [59].
- "Genus Agyrtacantha Lieftinck, 1937". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- Theischinger, Gunther; Hawking, John (2007). The complete field guide to dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 978-0-643-09073-6.
- Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
- Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.