Hemicordulia hilaris
Scientific classification Edit this 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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). Faunistic studies in Southeast Asian and Pacific island Odonata. Journal of the International Dragonfly Fund, 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". Records of the Auckland Museum. 48: 97–105. ISSN 1174-9202.
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