Hemicordulia
Genus of dragonflies
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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]
| Hemicordulia | |
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| Hemicordulia tau | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Corduliidae |
| Subfamily: | Corduliinae |
| Genus: | Hemicordulia Selys, 1870[1][2] |
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)
