Camacinia

Camacinia
Camacinia gigantea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily: Trameinae
Tribe: Trameini
Genus: Camacinia
Kirby, 1889[1]

Camacinia is a small genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.[2] Species of Camacinia are found from South-east Asia to the Solomon Islands, Australia and New Guinea.[3] There are three species.[4]

Species

Species of Camacinia include:[5]

Male Female Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Camacinia gigantea Brauer, 1867 Giant Forest Skimmer India, Bangladesh, Bhutan
Camacinia harterti Karsch, 1890 Sikkim, India and northern Vietnam
Camacinia othello Tillyard, 1908 black knight Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and the Northern Territory and Queensland in Australia.

References

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  1. ^ Kirby, W.F. (1889). "A revision of the subfamily Libellulinae, with descriptions of new genera and species". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 12: 249–348 [266] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ^ "Genus Camacinia Kirby, 1889". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. ^ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 292. ISBN 978 0 64309 073 6.
  4. ^ Jaffar, A. R. (2012). Observation of the dragonfly, Camacinia gigantea (Brauer) at the Night Safari, Singapore (Insecta: Odonata: Libellulidae). Archived 2016-03-08 at the Wayback Machine Nature in Singapore 5 7-11.
  5. ^ Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Archived from the original on 2010-10-28. Retrieved 10 March 2015.