Somatochlora
| Somatochlora | |
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| Somatochlora arctica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Epiprocta |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Corduliidae |
| Genus: | Somatochlora Selys, 1871 |
Somatochlora is a genus of dragonflies in the family Corduliidae. Members of this genus are medium-sized dragonflies with dark bodies and a metallic green lustre. The abdomens of males are distinctive, with the first two segments bulbous-shaped, the third constricted, and the rest of the abdomen club-shaped with a straight ending. The exception is S. borisi, which is shaped like a Cordulia species. There are usually two crossveins between the hind wing base and the triangle, where Cordulia have only one crossvein.
Species
- Somatochlora albicincta (Burmeister, 1839) – ringed emerald
- Somatochlora alpestris (Selys, 1840) – alpine emerald[1]
- Somatochlora arctica (Zetterstedt, 1840) – Northern emerald[2][1]
- Somatochlora borisi Marinov, 2001 – Bulgarian emerald[1]
- Somatochlora brevicincta Robert, 1954 – Quebec Emerald
- Somatochlora calverti Williamson & Gloyd, 1933 – Calvert's emerald
- Somatochlora cingulata (Selys, 1871) – lake emerald
- Somatochlora clavata Oguma, 1922
- Somatochlora daviesi Lieftinck, 1977
- Somatochlora dido Needham, 1930
- Somatochlora elongata (Scudder, 1866) – ski-tipped emerald
- Somatochlora ensigera Martin, 1907 – plains emerald
- Somatochlora filosa (Hagen, 1861) – fine-lined emerald
- Somatochlora flavomaculata (Vander Linden, 1825) – yellow-spotted emerald[1]
- Somatochlora forcipata (Scudder, 1866) – forcipate emerald
- Somatochlora franklini (Selys, 1878) – delicate emerald
- Somatochlora georgiana Walker, 1925 – coppery emerald
- Somatochlora graeseri Selys, 1887
- Somatochlora hineana Williamson, 1931 – Hine's emerald
- Somatochlora hudsonica (Hagen in Selys, 1871) – Hudsonian emerald
- Somatochlora incurvata Walker, 1918 – incurvate emerald
- Somatochlora japonica Matsumura, 1911
- Somatochlora kennedyi Walker, 1918 – Kennedy's emerald
- Somatochlora linearis (Hagen, 1861) – mocha emerald
- Somatochlora lingyinensis Zhou & Wa, 1979
- Somatochlora margarita Donnelly, 1962 – Texas emerald
- Somatochlora meridionalis Nielsen, 1935 – Balkan emerald[1]
- Somatochlora metallica (Vander Linden, 1825) – brilliant emerald[1][2]
- Somatochlora minor Calvert, 1898 – ocellated emerald
- Somatochlora nepalensis Asahina, 1982
- Somatochlora ozarkensis Bird, 1933 – Ozark emerald
- Somatochlora provocans Calvert, 1903 – treetop emerald
- Somatochlora sahlbergi Trybom, 1889 – treeline emerald
- Somatochlora semicircularis (Selys, 1871) – mountain emerald
- Somatochlora septentrionalis (Hagen, 1861) – muskeg emerald
- Somatochlora shanxiensis Zhu & Zhang, 1999
- Somatochlora tenebrosa (Say, 1840) – clamp-tipped emerald
- Somatochlora uchidai Förster, 1909
- Somatochlora viridiaenea (Uhler, 1858)
- Somatochlora walshii (Scudder, 1866) – brush-tipped emerald
- Somatochlora whitehousei Walker, 1925 – Whitehouse's emerald
- Somatochlora williamsoni Walker, 1907 – Williamson's emerald
References
- Martin Schorr, Martin Lindeboom, Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 3 Oct 2013.
- "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- 1 2 "Checklist of UK Species". British Dragonfly Society. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
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