Hemicordulia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Odonatoptera
Cladus: Holodonata
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Epiprocta
Infraordo: Anisoptera
Superfamilia: Libelluloidea

Familia: Corduliidae
Subfamilia: Corduliinae
Genus: Hemicordulia
Species: H. africana – H. apoensis – H. asiatica – H. assimilis – H. atrovirens – H. australiae – H. chrysochlora – H. continentalis – H. cupricolor – H. cyclopica – H. eduardi – H. ericetorum – H. erico – H. fideles – H. flava – H. gracillima – H. haluco – H. hilaris – H. hilbrandi – H. intermedia – H. kalliste – H. koomia – H. lulico – H. mindana – H. mumfordi – H. novaehollandiae – H. oceanica – H. ogasawarensis – H. okinawensis – H. olympica – H. pacifica – H. silvarum – H. similis – H. superba – H. tau – H. tenera – H. toxopei – H. virens
Name

Hemicordulia Selys, 1870

References

Marinov, M. 2012: Description of the female Hemicordulia hilaris Lieftinck, 1975 (Anisoptera: Corduliidae) with brief notes on the biogeography of the genus. Records of the Auckland Museum 47: 97–105. Reference page.

Hemicordulia is a genus of dragonfly in family Corduliidae.[3] It occurs in Africa, southern Asia, Australasia and Pacific Islands such as the Bonin Islands, Fiji and French Polynesia.[4][5] 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[6]
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][7]
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][8]
Hemicordulia kalliste Theischinger & Watson, 1991 – slender emerald[4]
Hemicordulia koomina Watson, 1979 – Pilbara emerald[4][9]
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

Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 Feb 2022.
Selys-Longchamps, Edmond (1870). "Synopsis des Cordulines". Comptes-rendus des séances de la Société entomologique de Belgique (in French). 14: v – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
"Genus Hemicordulia Selys, 1870". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
Theischinger, G.; Hawking, J. (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
Marinov, M. (2012). "DESCRIPTION OF FEMALE HEMICORDULIA HILARIS LIEFTINCK, 1975 (ANISOPTERA: CORDULIIDAE) WITH BRIEF NOTES ON THE BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE GENUS". Records of the Auckland Museum. 48: 97–105. ISSN 1174-9202.
Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F. (2016). "Hemicordulia africana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T168007A85584784. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T168007A85584784.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Hawking, J. (2009). "Hemicordulia continentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T163550A5614899. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163550A5614899.en.
Hawking, J. (2009). "Hemicordulia intermedia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T163561A5616305. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163561A5616305.en.
Hawking, J. (2009). "Hemicordulia koomina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T163549A5614673. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163549A5614673.en.