Hemicordulia hilaris
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Corduliidae |
| Genus: | Hemicordulia |
| Species: | H. hilaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemicordulia hilaris Lieftinck, 1975
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World. Tol J. van, 2008-08-01
- ^ a b 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).
- ^ Donnelly, T. W. (1986). "Preliminary report on Odonata collected in Samoa, 1985". Notulae odonatologicae. 2 (7): 109–112.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Marinov, M. (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. ISSN 1174-9202. JSTOR 42905928. Wikidata Q58623385.
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