Biology:Hemicordulia hilaris

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Hemicordulia hilaris
Scientific classification edit
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. 3.0 3.1 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. 5.0 5.1 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.  , Wikidata Q58623385

Wikidata ☰ Q2694690 entry