Acisoma
Genus of dragonflies
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Acisoma is a small genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.
| Pintails | |
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| Grizzled pintail | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Subfamily: | Sympetrinae |
| Genus: | Acisoma Rambur, 1842 |
Species
It contains six species:[1][2]
| Male | Female | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acisoma ascalaphoides Rambur, 1842 | littoral pintail | Madagascar | ||
_male.jpg) | Acisoma attenboroughi Mens, Schütte, Stokvis & Dijkstra, 2016 | Attenborough's pintail | Madagascar | |
 |  | Acisoma inflatum Selys, 1882 | stout pintail | Sahara in Algeria, Egypt and Libya. |
 |  | Acisoma panorpoides Rambur, 1842 | Asian pintail, grizzled pintail[3] | Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia. |
| Acisoma trifidum Kirby, 1889 | pied pintail, ivory pintail[4] | Africa | ||
 |  | Acisoma variegatum Kirby, 1898 | slender pintail | Eastern and south-eastern Africa; Ethiopia to Katanga and north-eastern South Africa |
