Hemicordulia

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

Hemicordulia is a genus of dragonfly in family Corduliidae. It occurs in Africa, southern Asia, and Australasia.[2]

Species

The genus contains the following species:[1]

  • Hemicordulia africana Dijkstra, 2007 – African emerald[3]
  • Hemicordulia apoensis Asahina, 1980
  • Hemicordulia asiatica Selys, 1878
  • Hemicordulia assimilis Hagen in Selys, 1871
  • Hemicordulia atrovirens Dijkstra, 2007
  • Hemicordulia australiae (Rambur, 1842) – Australian emerald[2]
  • Hemicordulia chrysochlora Lieftinck, 1953
  • Hemicordulia continentalis Martin, 1906 – fat-bellied emerald[2][4]
  • 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[2]
  • Hemicordulia gracillima Fraser, 1944
  • Hemicordulia haluco Asahina, 1940
  • Hemicordulia hilaris Lieftinck, 1975
  • Hemicordulia hilbrandi Lieftinck, 1942
  • Hemicordulia intermedia Selys, 1871 – yellow-spotted emerald[2][5]
  • Hemicordulia kalliste Theischinger & Watson, 1991 – slender emerald[2]
  • Hemicordulia koomia Watson, 1979 – Pilbara emerald[2][6]
  • 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[2]
  • Hemicordulia tau Selys, 1871 – tau emerald[2]
  • 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
  3. 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.
  4. Hawking, J. (2007). "Hemicordulia continentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  5. Hawking, J. (2007). "Hemicordulia intermedia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  6. 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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