User:Alandmanson/South African Pseudagrion damselflies

The common English names are those used by Tarboton (2015) and Tarboton and Tarboton (2015). Alternative names used by Tarboton and Tarboton (2005), Samways (2008), and Dijkstra and Clausnitzer (2014) are given in brackets.


 * A-Group
 * Pseudagrion caffrum, springwater sprite
 * Pseudagrion citricola, yellow-faced sprite
 * Pseudagrion draconis, mountain sprite
 * Pseudagrion furcigerum, palmiet sprite
 * Pseudagrion gamblesi, great sprite (Gamble's sprite )
 * Pseudagrion hageni, painted sprite (Hagen's sprite )
 * Pseudagrion inopinatum, Balinsky's sprite (Badplaas sprite )
 * Pseudagrion kersteni, powder-faced sprite (Kersten's sprite )
 * Pseudagrion makabusiense, makabusi sprite
 * Pseudagrion newtoni, harlequin sprite (Newton's sprite )
 * Pseudagrion salisburyense, slate sprite (Salisbury sprite )
 * Pseudagrion spernatum, upland sprite (Natal sprite )


 * B-Group
 * Pseudagrion acaciae, acacia sprite
 * Pseudagrion assegaii, assegai sprite
 * Pseudagrion coeleste, catshead sprite
 * Pseudagrion commoniae, black sprite
 * Pseudagrion hamoni, swarthy sprite (Hamon's sprite )
 * Pseudagrion massaicum, Masai sprite
 * Pseudagrion sjoestedti, variable sprite (Sjostedt's sprite )
 * Pseudagrion sublacteum, cherry-eye sprite
 * Pseudagrion sudanicum, blue-sided sprite (Sudan sprite )
 * Pseudagrion vaalense, Vaal sprite

A-Group males

 * Antehumeral stripe absent
 * Face yellow
 * Postocular spots absent
 * Pseudagrion caffrum, springwater sprite P caffrum AManson 2015 02 14 12873-1.jpg
 * Blue postocular spots
 * Pseudagrion citricola, yellow-faced sprite P citricola AManson 011933-1.jpg
 * Labrum black
 * Pseudagrion draconis, mountain sprite P draconis AManson 2015 01 18 1989.jpg
 * Labrum blue
 * Pseudagrion salisburyense, slate sprite P salisburyense mature male 2014 03 11 OdonataMAP-8973.jpg
 * Labrum green
 * Purple (blue when fresh) elongated triangle on S7
 * Pseudagrion inopinatum, Balinsky's sprite Pseudagrion inopinatum 2014 03 11 7942.jpg
 * Only S8 and S9 purple or blue above
 * Pseudagrion spernatum, upland sprite Pseudagrion spernatum Natal Sprite 2013 02 10 13 07 59 8417.jpg


 * Antehumeral stripe present
 * Face yellow
 * Pseudagrion gamblesi, great sprite
 * Face orange
 * Pseudagrion hageni, painted sprite
 * Pseudagrion newtoni, harlequin sprite
 * Face pruinose
 * Pseudagrion furcigerum, palmiet sprite
 * Pseudagrion kersteni, powder-faced sprite
 * Face?
 * Pseudagrion makabusiense, makabusi sprite