Corduliidae

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Corduliidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Corduliidae
Subfamilies

Corduliidae, also knowns as the emeralds, emerald dragonflies, or green-eyed skimmers, is a family of dragonflies. These dragonflies are usually black or dark brown with areas of metallic green or yellow, and most of them have large, emerald-green eyes. The larvae are black, hairy-looking, and usually semiaquatic. This family include species called "baskettails", "emeralds", "sundragons", "shadowdragons", and "boghaunters". They are not uncommon and are found nearly worldwide, but some individual species are quite rare. Hine's emerald dragonfly (Somatochlora hineana), for example, is an endangered species in the United States.

Contents

Corduliidae are known to occasionally take quantities of their eggs at the tip of their stomach, before then sticking their eggs in mud or water using a sprout-like appendage that extends from their abdomens. [1]

Selected genera

Some genera included in this family are: [2]

Related Research Articles

<i>Hemicordulia</i> Genus of dragonflies

Hemicordulia is a genus of dragonfly in family Corduliidae. It occurs in Africa, southern Asia, Australasia and Pacific Islands such as the Bonin Islands, Fiji and French Polynesia. Species of Hemicordulia are small to medium-sized dragonflies, coloured black or metallic, with yellow.

<i>Archaeophya</i> Genus of dragonflies

Archaeophya is a small genus of dragonflies belonging to the family Gomphomacromiidae. Species of Archaeophya are large dragonflies with metallic bodies, dark with yellow spots and clear wings. They only occur in eastern Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Synthemistidae</span> Family of dragonflies

The Synthemistidae are the family of dragonflies commonly known as tigertails, or sometimes called southern emeralds. This family is sometimes treated as a subfamily of Corduliidae. This is an ancient dragonfly family, with some species occurring in Australia and New Guinea. Most species are small in size and have narrow abdomens. Their nymphs are bottom dwellers, and resist droughts by burying themselves very deeply. Synthemistid dragonflies frequently prefer marshy areas, as well as fast-flowing streams. The family Synthemistidae is sometimes called Synthemidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tau emerald</span> Species of dragonfly

The tau emerald is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. Corduliidae is the only family not a clade within the Infraorder Anisoptera. The species was first described by Edmond de Sélys Longchamps in 1871.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Australian emerald</span> Species of dragonfly

The Australian emerald is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. It can be found in Australia, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Lesser Sunda Islands and New Zealand. It is a small to medium-sized, long-legged dragonfly coloured black-metallic and yellow. In both males and females the inboard edge of the hindwing is rounded.

<i>Hemicordulia continentalis</i> Species of dragonfly

Hemicordulia continentalis is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae, known as the fat-bellied emerald. It inhabits pools, lakes, ponds and swamps in coastal Queensland and northern New South Wales, Australia.

<i>Hemicordulia flava</i> Species of dragonfly

Hemicordulia flava is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae, known as the desert emerald. It inhabits still pools in Central Australia.

<i>Hemicordulia kalliste</i> Species of dragonfly

Hemicordulia kalliste is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae, known as the slender emerald. It is uncommon and has been found in both Arnhem Land and Cape York, Australia.

<i>Hemicordulia koomina</i> Species of dragonfly

Hemicordulia koomina is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae, known as the Pilbara emerald. It has been found in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

<i>Hemicordulia superba</i> Species of dragonfly

Hemicordulia superba is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae, known as the superb emerald. It inhabits rivers, pools and lakes in south-eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales in Australia.

<i>Procordulia</i> Genus of dragonflies

Procordulia is a genus of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. Procordulia are found in Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand and parts of the Pacific region.

<i>Procordulia affinis</i> Species of dragonfly

Procordulia affinis is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae, known as the western swamp emerald. It inhabits rivers, pools and lakes in south-western Australia.

<i>Procordulia jacksoniensis</i> Species of dragonfly

Procordulia jacksoniensis is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae, known as the eastern swamp emerald. It inhabits rivers, pools and lakes in eastern Australia, from Brisbane through New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, and around Adelaide in South Australia.

<i>Pentathemis membranulata</i> Species of dragonfly

Pentathemis membranulata is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae, known as the metallic tigerhawk. It is endemic to rivers, streams, and lagoons in the Top End of Australia's Northern Territory.

Pentathemis is a genus of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. Pentathemis membranulata is the only known species of this genus, which is found in northern Australia.

<i>Apocordulia</i> Genus of dragonflies

Apocordulia is a genus of dragonflies in the family Austrocorduliidae, endemic to the Murray-Darling Basin in eastern Australia.

Metaphya is a genus of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. Metaphya are found in Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Indonesia and parts of the Pacific region.

<i>Metaphya tillyardi</i> Species of dragonfly

Metaphya tillyardi is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae, known as an offshore emerald. It has been found on Bramble Cay, near the Papuan coast; its habitats are unknown.

<i>Somatochlora ensigera</i> Species of dragonfly

Somatochlora ensigera, the plains emerald, is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. It is found in central North America.

References

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  2. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama . Retrieved 14 Mar 2023.
  3. "Genus Hemicordulia Selys, 1870". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  4. "Genus Metaphya Laidlaw, 1912". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  5. "Genus Pentathemis Karsch, 1890". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  6. "Genus Procordulia Martin, 1907". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2017.