Pseudagrion ignifer

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Ecology: Inhabits streams and rivers (Theischinger and Hawking 2006). (Ref. 300900).

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     1.9     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Binomial generated by Sp2000

Last scrutiny: Jan-2009

The original description was by Tillyard (1906) based on both sexes from north-eastern Queensland. A full taxonomic history on the species was presented by Theischinger (1997), who suggested that Pseudagrion ignifer was a complex of two subspecies .[1].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Pseudagrion

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 43 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. acaciae (Acacia Sprite) · P. angolense (Angola Sprite) · P. assegaii (Assegaai Sprite) · P. bicoerulans (Afroalpine Sprite) · P. caffrum (Springwater Sprite) · P. camerunense (Orange-Faced Sprite) · P. citricola (Yellow-Faced Sprite) · P. coelestis (Catshead Sprite) · P. coelestis umsingaziense (Umsingazi Sprite) · P. commoniae (Black Sprite) · P. deningi (Dening's Sprite) · P. draconis (Mountain Sprite) · P. emarginatum (Blue-Faced Sprite) · P. fisheri (Fisher's Sprite) · P. furcigerum (Palmiet Sprite) · P. gamblesi (Great Sprite) · P. gigas (Giant Sprite) · P. glaucescens (Glaucous Sprite) · P. glaucum (Slim Sprite) · P. hageni (Painted Sprite) · P. hamoni (Hamon's Sprite) · P. helenae (Helena Sprite) · P. hemicolon (Yellow-Legged Sprite) · P. ignifer (Flame-Headed Riverdamsel) · P. inconspicuum (Inconspicuous Sprite) · P. inopinatum (Badplaas Sprite) · P. kersteni (Kerstens Sprite) · P. makabusiense (Green-Striped Sprite) · P. massaicum (Masai Sprite) · P. melanicterum (Black-And-Yellow Sprite) · P. microcephalum (Blue Sprite) · P. newtoni (Harlequin Sprite) · P. nubicum (Nubian Sprite) · P. risi (Cameroon Sprite) · P. rufostigma (Dark Sprite) · P. salisburyense (Salisbury Sprite) · P. sjoestedti (Sjoestedt's Sprite) · P. spernatum (Powder Sprite) · P. sublacteum (Cherry-Eye Sprite) · P. sudanicum (Sudan Sprite) · P. syriacum (Syrian Sprite) · P. torridum (Senegal Sprite) · P. vaalense (Vaal Sprite)

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Further Reading

• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: The Museum, 1950-1977. url p. 186.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
• Hawking, J. 2009. Pseudagrion ignifer. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5039325
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Odo-sp2-1538
• IUCN ID: 236733
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1757867

Footnotes

1. Hawking, J. 2009. Pseudagrion ignifer. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]

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