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Wedgetails
Acanthagrion
Acanthagrion is a genus of damselflies. It is the dominant genus of damselfly at ponds and lakes in the Neotropics but A. quadratum is the only one found in North America. They are commonly known as Wedgetails because of the raised tip of the abdomen.
The genus contains the following species:
42 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 42 known species
Acanthagrion lancea
speciesAcanthagrion lancea
Mexican Wedgetail
speciesAcanthagrion quadratum
Pacific Wedgetail
speciesAcanthagrion trilobatum
Acanthagrion apicale
speciesAcanthagrion apicale
Acanthagrion gracile
speciesAcanthagrion gracile
Costa Rican Wedgetail
speciesAcanthagrion speculum
Acanthagrion ascendens
speciesAcanthagrion ascendens
Acanthagrion floridense
speciesAcanthagrion floridense
Acanthagrion temporale
speciesAcanthagrion temporale
Acanthagrion cuyabae
speciesAcanthagrion cuyabae
Narrow-tipped Wedgetail
speciesAcanthagrion inexpectum
Acanthagrion phallicorne
speciesAcanthagrion phallicorne
Acanthagrion adustum
speciesAcanthagrion adustum
Acanthagrion obsoletum
speciesAcanthagrion obsoletum
Acanthagrion hildegarda
speciesAcanthagrion hildegarda
Acanthagrion indefensum
speciesAcanthagrion indefensum
Acanthagrion abunae
speciesAcanthagrion abunae
Acanthagrion aepiolum
speciesAcanthagrion aepiolum
Acanthagrion yungarum
speciesAcanthagrion yungarum
Kennedy's Wedgetail
speciesAcanthagrion kennedii
Acanthagrion egleri
speciesAcanthagrion egleri
Acanthagrion minutum
speciesAcanthagrion minutum
Acanthagrion rubrifrons
speciesAcanthagrion rubrifrons
Acanthagrion chacoense
speciesAcanthagrion chacoense
Acanthagrion fluviatile
speciesAcanthagrion fluviatile
Acanthagrion chararum
speciesAcanthagrion chararum
Acanthagrion vidua
speciesAcanthagrion vidua
Acanthagrion truncatum
speciesAcanthagrion truncatum
Acanthagrion williamsoni
speciesAcanthagrion williamsoni
Acanthagrion amazonicum
speciesAcanthagrion amazonicum
Acanthagrion dichrostigma
speciesAcanthagrion dichrostigma
Acanthagrion longispinosum
speciesAcanthagrion longispinosum
Acanthagrion peruanum
speciesAcanthagrion peruanum
Acanthagrion tepuiense
speciesAcanthagrion tepuiense
Acanthagrion descendens
speciesAcanthagrion descendens
Acanthagrion flaviae
speciesAcanthagrion flaviae
Acanthagrion franciscoi
speciesAcanthagrion franciscoi
Acanthagrion kaori
speciesAcanthagrion kaori
Acanthagrion triangulare
speciesAcanthagrion triangulare
Acanthagrion marinae
speciesAcanthagrion marinae
Acanthagrion latapistylum
speciesAcanthagrion latapistylum
Acanthagrion jessei
speciesAcanthagrion jessei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86156.