Ceriagrion

Ceriagrion
Male Ceriagrion glabrum
Female Ceriagrion glabrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Coenagrionidae
Genus:	Ceriagrion Selys, 1876 [1]

Ceriagrion cerinorubellum mating

Ceriagrion is a genus of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. ^[2] Species of Ceriagrion are small to medium size, generally brightly coloured damselflies. They are found across the Old World, Africa, Asia and Australia. ^[3]

Species

The genus Ceriagrion includes the following species: ^[4]

• Ceriagrion aeruginosum (Brauer, 1869) – Redtail ^[3]
• Ceriagrion annulatum Fraser, 1955
• Ceriagrion annulosum Lieftinck, 1934
• Ceriagrion auranticum Fraser, 1922
• Ceriagrion auritum Fraser, 1951
• Ceriagrion azureum (Selys, 1891)
• Ceriagrion bakeri Fraser, 1941
• Ceriagrion batjanum Asahina, 1967
• Ceriagrion bellona Laidlaw, 1915
• Ceriagrion calamineum Lieftinck, 1951
• Ceriagrion cerinorubellum (Brauer, 1865)
• Ceriagrion chaoi Schmidt, 1964
• Ceriagrion citrinum Campion, 1914
• Ceriagrion coeruleum Laidlaw, 1919
• Ceriagrion corallinum Campion, 1914
• Ceriagrion coromandelianum (Fabricius, 1798)
• Ceriagrion fallax Ris, 1914
• Ceriagrion georgifreyi Schmidt, 1953 – Turkish Red Damsel ^[5]
• Ceriagrion glabrum (Burmeister, 1839) – Common Orange, Common Pond-damsel, ^[6] Common Citril ^[7]
• Ceriagrion hamoni Fraser, 1955
• Ceriagrion hoogerwerfi Lieftinck, 1940
• Ceriagrion ignitum Campion, 1914
• Ceriagrion inaequale Lieftinck, 1932
• Ceriagrion indochinense Asahina, 1967
• Ceriagrion katamborae Pinhey, 1961
• Ceriagrion kordofanicum Ris, 1924
• Ceriagrion lieftincki Asahina, 1967
• Ceriagrion madagazureum Fraser, 1949
• Ceriagrion malaisei Schmidt, 1964
• Ceriagrion melanurum Selys, 1876
• Ceriagrion moorei Longfield, 1952
• Ceriagrion mourae Pinhey, 1969
• Ceriagrion nigroflavum Fraser, 1933
• Ceriagrion nigrolineatum Schmidt, 1951
• Ceriagrion nipponicum Asahina, 1967
• Ceriagrion oblongulum Schmidt, 1951
• Ceriagrion olivaceum Laidlaw, 1914
• Ceriagrion pallidum Fraser, 1933
• Ceriagrion praetermissum Lieftinck, 1929
• Ceriagrion rubellocerinum Fraser, 1947
• Ceriagrion rubiae Laidlaw, 1916
• Ceriagrion sakejii Pinhey, 1963
• Ceriagrion sinense Asahina, 1967
• Ceriagrion suave Ris, 1921 – Suave Citril ^[7]
• Ceriagrion tenellum (de Villers, 1789) – Small Red Damselfly ^[8]
• Ceriagrion tricrenaticeps Legrand, 1984
• Ceriagrion varians (Martin, 1908)
• Ceriagrion whellani Longfield, 1952

References

1. Selys-Longchamps, E. (1876). "Synopsis des Agrionines, 5me légion: Agrion (suite). Le grand genre Agrion". Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Académie Royale de Belgique (in French). 42: 490–531, 952–991 [525] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
2. "Genus Ceriagrion Selys, 1876". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
3. Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The complete field guide to dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN   0-643-09073-8.
4. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
5. Jović, M.; Boudot, J.-P. (2020). "Ceriagrion georgifreyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T59700A138714520. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T59700A138714520.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
6. Boudot, J.-P.; Clausnitzer, V.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Suhling, F.; Schneider, W.; Samraoui, B. (2016). "Ceriagrion glabrum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T59828A75380384. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59828A75380384.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
7. Samways, Michael J. (2008). Dragonflies and damselflies of South Africa. Pensoft. ISBN   978-954-642-330-6.
8. "Ceriagrion tenellum". British Dragonfly Society . Retrieved 2011-05-27.