Agriocnemis is a genus of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae .[2]
Agriocnemis is distributed widely across Africa, South-east Asia, Indonesia, Australia and islands in the Pacific.[3]
They are small insects, commonly known as wisps .
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Agriocnemis pygmaea , female at West Bengal , India
Agriocnemis splendidissima male
Agriocnemis splendidissima female
The genus Agriocnemis includes the following species:[4]
Agriocnemis aderces Lieftinck, 1932
Agriocnemis alcyone Laidlaw, 1931
Agriocnemis angolense Longfield, 1947
Agriocnemis angustirami Pinhey, 1974
Agriocnemis argentea Tillyard, 1906 - silver wisp[3]
Agriocnemis carmelita Selys, 1877
Agriocnemis clauseni Fraser, 1922
Agriocnemis corbeti Kumar & Prasad, 1978
Agriocnemis dabreui Fraser, 1919
Agriocnemis dissimilis D'Andrea & Carfi, 1997
Agriocnemis dobsoni Fraser, 1954 - tropical wisp[3]
Agriocnemis exilis Selys, 1872 - little wisp[5]
Agriocnemis exsudans Selys, 1877
Agriocnemis falcifera Pinhey, 1959 - white-masked wisp[5]
Agriocnemis femina (Brauer, 1868) - pinhead wisp[3]
Agriocnemis forcipata Le Roi, 1915
Agriocnemis gratiosa Gerstäcker, 1891 - gracious wisp[5]
Agriocnemis interrupta Fraser, 1927
Agriocnemis inversa Karsch, 1899
Agriocnemis keralensis Peters, 1981
Agriocnemis kunjina Watson, 1974 - Pilbara wisp[3]
Agriocnemis lacteola Selys, 1877
Agriocnemis luteola Navás, 1936
Agriocnemis maclachlani Selys, 1877
Agriocnemis merina Lieftinck, 1965
Agriocnemis minima Selys, 1877
Agriocnemis naia Fraser, 1923
Agriocnemis nana Laidlaw, 1914
Agriocnemis palaeforma Pinhey, 1959
Agriocnemis pieli Navás, 1933
Agriocnemis pieris Laidlaw, 1919
Agriocnemis pinheyi Balinsky, 1963 - Pinhey's wisp[5]
Agriocnemis pygmaea (Rambur, 1842) - pygmy wisp[3]
Agriocnemis ruberrima Balinsky, 1961
Agriocnemis rubricauda Tillyard, 1913 - red-rumped wisp[3]
Agriocnemis salomonis Lieftinck, 1949
Agriocnemis sania Nielsen, 1959
Agriocnemis splendidissima Laidlaw, 1919
Agriocnemis thoracalis Sjöstedt, 1917
Agriocnemis victoria Fraser, 1928
Agriocnemis zerafica Le Roi, 1915
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