Agriocnemis

Agriocnemis is a genus of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. Agriocnemis is distributed widely across Africa, South-east Asia, Indonesia, Australia and islands in the Pacific.They are small insects, commonly known as wisps.

Etymology

The genus name Agriocnemis is derived from two Greek words: agrion or ἄγριος, meaning wild, and cnemis or κνημίς, meaning legging. Agrion was the name given in 1775 by Johan Fabricius for all damselflies. cnemis is commonly used for many damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae.

Species

The genus Agriocnemis includes the following species:

• Agriocnemis aderces
• Agriocnemis alcyone
• Agriocnemis angolense
• Agriocnemis angustirami
• Agriocnemis argentea - silver wisp
• Agriocnemis carmelita
• Agriocnemis clauseni
• Agriocnemis corbeti
• Agriocnemis dabreui
• Agriocnemis dissimilis
• Agriocnemis dobsoni - tropical wisp
• Agriocnemis exilis - little wisp
• Agriocnemis exsudans
• Agriocnemis falcifera - white-masked wisp
• Agriocnemis femina - pinhead wisp
• Agriocnemis forcipata
• Agriocnemis gratiosa - gracious wisp
• Agriocnemis interrupta
• Agriocnemis inversa
• Agriocnemis keralensis
• Agriocnemis kunjina - Pilbara wisp
• Agriocnemis lacteola
• Agriocnemis luteola
• Agriocnemis maclachlani
• Agriocnemis merina
• Agriocnemis minima
• Agriocnemis naia
• Agriocnemis nana
• Agriocnemis palaeforma
• Agriocnemis pieli
• Agriocnemis pieris
• Agriocnemis pinheyi - Pinhey's wisp
• Agriocnemis pygmaea - pygmy wisp
• Agriocnemis ruberrima
• Agriocnemis rubricauda - red-rumped wisp
• Agriocnemis salomonis
• Agriocnemis sania
• Agriocnemis splendidissima
• Agriocnemis thoracalis
• Agriocnemis victoria
• Agriocnemis zerafica

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