Biology:Somatochlora elongata

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Short description: Species of dragonfly

Somatochlora elongata
Ski-tailed Emerald.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Corduliidae
Genus: Somatochlora
Species:
S. elongata
Binomial name
Somatochlora elongata
(Scudder, 1866)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cordulia elongata Scudder, 1866

Somatochlora elongata, the ski-tipped emerald or ski-tailed emerald, is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae.[2][3] It is found in North America.[3]

The IUCN conservation status of Somatochlora elongata is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.[4] [5]

References

  • Garrison, Rosser W. / Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds. (1997). "Odonata". Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 4: Non-Holometabolous Orders, 551–580.
  • Paulson, Dennis R., and Sidney W. Dunkle (1999). "A Checklist of North American Odonata including English name, etymology, type locality, and distribution". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Occasional Paper no. 56, 88.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q289576 entry