Acisoma is a small genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.
Description The colouration of Acisoma is typically brown to black and often includes contrasting bright white, green, and blue markings. They are small relative to many other dragonfly species at 16-25 mm.
Like other genera that are part of the Erythemis-group, Acisoma have an enlarged occipital triangle (the plate on the back of their head) causing their eyes to meet for less than the triangles length. Species This genus contains six species: Male Female Scientific name Common name Distribution Acisoma ascalaphoides littoral pintail Madagascar Acisoma attenboroughi Attenborough's pintail Madagascar Acisoma inflatum stout pintail Sahara in Algeria, Egypt and Libya. Acisoma panorpoides Asian pintail, grizzled pintail Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia. Acisoma trifidum pied pintail, ivory pintail Africa Acisoma variegatum slender pintail Eastern and south-eastern Africa; Ethiopia to Katanga and north-eastern South Africa
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