Hemicordulia

Hemicordulia
Hemicordulia tau
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Anisoptera
Superfamily: Libelluloidea
Family: Corduliidae
Subfamily: Corduliinae
Genus: Hemicordulia
Selys, 1871
Hemicordulia australiae mating
Australian Emerald in midflight

Hemicordulia is a genus of dragonfly in family Corduliidae. It occurs in Africa, southern Asia, Australasia and Pacific Islands such as the Bonin Islands, Fiji and French Polynesia. Species of Hemicordulia are small to medium-sized dragonflies, coloured black or metallic, with yellow.

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

Etymology

The genus name Hemicordulia is derived from the Greek ἡμι- (hēmi, "half"), combined with Cordulia, a genus name derived from the Greek κορδύλη (kordylē, "club" or "cudgel"). The name refers to the close relationship of the genus to Cordulia.

Species

The genus Hemicordulia contains the following species:

References

  1. 1 2 Selys-Longchamps, Edmond de (1871). "Sous-famille des Cordulines. Comptes-rendus des séances de la Société entomologique de Belgique: Assemblée mensuelle du 5 novembre 1870". Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique (in French). 14: iv–vii [v] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ↑ "Genus Hemicordulia Selys, 1870". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Theischinger, G.; Hawking, J. (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
  5. ↑ Marinov, Milen (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. JSTOR 42905928. Wikidata Q58623385.
  6. ↑ Goodman, Aaron; Abbott, John C.; Bybee, Seth; Ehlert, Juliana; Frandsen, Paul B.; Guralnick, Rob; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Newton, Lacie; Parise Pinto, Ângelo; Ware, Jessica L. (2025-10-09). Christopher Owen (ed.). "Systematic and taxonomic revision of emerald and tigertail dragonflies (Anisoptera: Synthemistidae and Corduliidae)". Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/syen.70000.
  7. ↑ Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ Hawking, J. (2009). "Hemicordulia continentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009 e.T163550A5614899. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163550A5614899.en.
  10. ↑ Hawking, J. (2009). "Hemicordulia intermedia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009 e.T163561A5616305. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163561A5616305.en.
  11. ↑ Hawking, J. (2009). "Hemicordulia koomina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009 e.T163549A5614673. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163549A5614673.en.