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]

Following current research, Hemicordulia now includes species that had until recently been included in the genus Procordulia. ^[6]

Species

The genus Hemicordulia contains the following species: ^[1]

• Hemicordulia affinis (Selys, 1871) – western swamp emerald
• Hemicordulia africana Dijkstra, 2007 – African emerald ^[7]
• Hemicordulia apoensis Asahina, 1980
• Hemicordulia armstrongi Rowe, 2019
• Hemicordulia artemis (Lieftinck, 1930)
• Hemicordulia asahinai (Karube, 1997)
• Hemicordulia asiatica Selys, 1878
• Hemicordulia assimilis Hagen in Selys, 1871
• Hemicordulia astridae (Lieftinck, 1935)
• Hemicordulia atrovirens Dijkstra, 2007
• Hemicordulia australiae (Rambur, 1842) – Australian emerald ^[4]
• Hemicordulia chrysochlora Lieftinck, 1953
• Hemicordulia continentalis Martin, 1906 – fat-bellied emerald ^{[4] [8]}
• Hemicordulia cupricolor Fraser, 1927
• Hemicordulia cyclopica Lieftinck, 1942
• Hemicordulia edai Karube & Katatani, 2012
• Hemicordulia eduardi Lieftinck, 1953
• Hemicordulia ericetorum Lieftinck, 1942
• Hemicordulia erico Asahina, 1940
• Hemicordulia fidelis McLachlan, 1886
• Hemicordulia flava Theischinger & Watson, 1991 – desert emerald ^[4]
• Hemicordulia fusiformis (Lieftinck, 1977)
• Hemicordulia grayi (Selys, 1871) – yellow spotted dragonfly
• Hemicordulia haluco Asahina, 1940
• Hemicordulia hilaris Lieftinck, 1975
• Hemicordulia hilbrandi Lieftinck, 1942
• Hemicordulia intermedia Selys, 1871 – yellow-spotted emerald ^{[4] [9]}
• Hemicordulia irregularis (Martin, 1907)
• Hemicordulia jacksoniensis (Rambur, 1842) – eastern swamp emerald
• Hemicordulia kalliste Theischinger & Watson, 1991 – slender emerald ^[4]
• Hemicordulia karnyi (Fraser, 1926)
• Hemicordulia koomina Watson, 1969 – Pilbara emerald ^{[4] [10]}
• Hemicordulia leopoldi (Fraser, 1932)
• Hemicordulia lompobatang (van Tol, 1997)
• Hemicordulia lulico Asahina, 1940
• Hemicordulia mindana Needham & Gyger, 1937
• Hemicordulia moroensis (Lieftinck, 1977)
• 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 papandayanensis (van Tol, 1997)
• Hemicordulia rantemario (van Tol, 1997)
• Hemicordulia sambawana (Förster, 1899)
• Hemicordulia silvarum Ris, 1913
• Hemicordulia similis (Rambur, 1842)
• Hemicordulia smithii (White in White & Gardiner, 1846) – ranger dragonfly
• Hemicordulia superba Tillyard, 1911 – superb emerald ^[4]
• Hemicordulia sylvia (Lieftinck, 1935)
• Hemicordulia tau Selys, 1871 – tau emerald ^[4]
• Hemicordulia tenera Lieftinck, 1930
• Hemicordulia teramotoi Yokoi, 2015
• Hemicordulia toxopei Lieftinck, 1926
• Hemicordulia tuiwawai Marinov, 2019
• Hemicordulia valevahalo (Marinov, 2016)
• Hemicordulia virens (Rambur, 1842)

References

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