Camacinia
| Camacinia | |
|---|---|
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| Camacinia gigantea | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
[edit]Species of Camacinia include:[5]
| Male | Female | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Camacinia gigantea Brauer, 1867 | Giant Forest Skimmer | India, Bangladesh, Bhutan |
| Camacinia harterti Karsch, 1890 | Sikkim, India and northern Vietnam | |||
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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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- ^ 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.
- ^ "Genus Camacinia Kirby, 1889". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.