Hemicordulia hilaris

Hemicordulia hilaris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Corduliidae
Genus:	Hemicordulia
Species:	H. hilaris
Binomial name
Hemicordulia hilaris Lieftinck, 1975

Hemicordulia hilaris is a species of Pacific dragonfly in the family Corduliidae, first described by the Dutch entomologist Maurits Lieftinck in 1975. ^{[1] [2]} The species is found across the Pacific Islands including Samoa and New Caledonia, ^{[3] [4] [5]} with its range extending east to the Cook Islands and French Polynesia. ^{[6] [7]}

Description and habitat

Hemicordulia hilaris have brown-green abdomens with a metallic sheen. It can be differentiated from Hemicordulia fidelis , which has a similar appearance, however bright yellow spots on the lower body segments. ^[5] The species tends to prefer living in sunny, shallow swamps with dene reed beds. ^[3]

References

1. Lieftinck, M. A. (1975). "The dragonflies (Odonata) of New Caledonia and the Loyalty islands. Part I. Imagines". Cahiers ORSTOM Hydrobiologie. 9 (3): 127–166, figs. 1–59.
2. Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World. Tol J. van , 2008-08-01
3. Grand, D.; Marinov, M.; Jourdan, H.; Cook, C.; Rouys, S.; Mille, C.; Theuerkauf, J. (2019). "Distribution, habitats, phenology and conservation of New Caledonian Odonata". Zootaxa. 4640 (1).
4. Donnelly, T. W. (1986). "Preliminary report on Odonata collected in Samoa, 1985". Notulae odonatologicae. 2 (7): 109–112.
5. Grand, D.; Marinov, M.; Cook, C.; Jourdan, H.; Rouys, S.; Theuerkauf, J. (2014). "Identification key to adult Odonata of New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna". Odonatologica. 43 (3/4): 247–277.
6. Marinov, M.; Fossati-Gaschignard, O.; Schorr, M. (2016). "On a dragonfly collection from Nuku Hiva Island, Marquesas Islands and Paea, Tahiti (French Polynesia) with taxonomic discussion of some Polynesian genera (Insecta: Odonata)". Faunistic studies in Southeast Asian and Pacific island Odonata (18): 1–12.
7. 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.