Hemicordulia

Hemicordulia
Hemicordulia tau
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Corduliidae
Subfamily:	Corduliinae
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, 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

1. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
2. 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.
3. "Genus Hemicordulia Selys, 1870". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
4. Theischinger, G.; Hawking, J. (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN   0-643-09073-8.
5. Marinov, M. (2012). "Description of Female Hemicordulia Hilaris Lieftinck, 1975 (Anisoptera: Corduliidae) with Brief Notes on the Biogeography of the Genus". Papahou: Records of the Auckland Museum . 48: 97–105. ISSN   1174-9202. JSTOR   42905928. Wikidata   Q58623385.
6. 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.
7. Hawking, J. (2009). "Hemicordulia continentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009 e.T163550A5614899. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163550A5614899.en .
8. Hawking, J. (2009). "Hemicordulia intermedia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009 e.T163561A5616305. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163561A5616305.en .
9. Hawking, J. (2009). "Hemicordulia koomina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009 e.T163549A5614673. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163549A5614673.en .