Hemicordulia

Hemicordulia
Hemicordulia tau
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Corduliidae
Genus: Hemicordulia
Selys, 1870[1][2]
Hemicordulia australiae mating
Australian Emerald in midflight

Hemicordulia is a genus of dragonfly in family Corduliidae.[3] It occurs in Africa, southern Asia, and Australasia.[4] Species of Hemicordulia are small to medium-sized dragonflies, coloured black or metallic, with yellow.[4]

Species

The genus contains the following species:[1]

  • Hemicordulia africana Dijkstra, 2007 – African emerald[5]
  • Hemicordulia apoensis Asahina, 1980
  • Hemicordulia asiatica Selys, 1878
  • Hemicordulia assimilis Hagen in Selys, 1871
  • Hemicordulia atrovirens Dijkstra, 2007
  • Hemicordulia australiae (Rambur, 1842) – Australian emerald[4]
  • Hemicordulia chrysochlora Lieftinck, 1953
  • Hemicordulia continentalis Martin, 1906 – fat-bellied emerald[4][6]
  • Hemicordulia cupricolor Fraser, 1927
  • Hemicordulia cyclopica Lieftinck, 1942
  • Hemicordulia eduardi Lieftinck, 1953
  • Hemicordulia ericetorum Lieftinck, 1942
  • Hemicordulia erico Asahina, 1940
  • Hemicordulia fideles McLachlan, 1886
  • Hemicordulia flava Theischinger & Watson, 1991 – desert emerald[4]
  • Hemicordulia gracillima Fraser, 1944
  • Hemicordulia haluco Asahina, 1940
  • Hemicordulia hilaris Lieftinck, 1975
  • Hemicordulia hilbrandi Lieftinck, 1942
  • Hemicordulia intermedia Selys, 1871 – yellow-spotted emerald[4][7]
  • Hemicordulia kalliste Theischinger & Watson, 1991 – slender emerald[4]
  • Hemicordulia koomina Watson, 1979 – Pilbara emerald[4][8]
  • Hemicordulia lulico Asahina, 1940
  • Hemicordulia mindana Needham & Gyger, 1937
  • Hemicordulia mumfordi Needham, 1933
  • Hemicordulia novaehollandiae (Selys, 1871)
  • Hemicordulia oceanica Selys, 1871
  • Hemicordulia ogasawarensis Oguma, 1913
  • Hemicordulia okinawensis Asahina, 1947
  • Hemicordulia olympica Lieftinck, 1942
  • Hemicordulia pacifica Fraser, 1925
  • Hemicordulia silvarum Ris, 1913
  • Hemicordulia similis (Rambur, 1842)
  • Hemicordulia superba Tillyard, 1911 – superb emerald[4]
  • Hemicordulia tau Selys, 1871 – tau emerald[4]
  • Hemicordulia tenera Lieftinck, 1930
  • Hemicordulia toxopei Lieftinck, 1926
  • Hemicordulia virens (Rambur, 1842)

References

  1. 1 2 Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 3 Oct 2013.
  2. ↑ Selys-Longchamps, Edmond (1870). "Synopsis des Cordulines". Comptes-rendus des séances de la société entomologique de Belgique: Assemblée mensuelle du 5 novembre 1870. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) (in French). 14: v – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ↑ "Genus Hemicordulia Selys, 1870". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
  5. ↑ Clausnitzer, V. & Suhling, F. (2009). "Hemicordulia africana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  6. ↑ Hawking, J. (2007). "Hemicordulia continentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  7. ↑ Hawking, J. (2007). "Hemicordulia intermedia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  8. ↑ Hawking, J. (2007). "Hemicordulia koomina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 10 August 2011.


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