Somatochlora viridiaenea

Somatochlora viridiaenea is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. The species was described in 1858 by American entomologist Philip Reese Uhler based on a female specimen from Hokkaido, Japan.[2] It has also been recorded on Honshu and in eastern Russia.[3]

  • female
    female
  • male in flight
    male in flight

Somatochlora viridiaenea
male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Corduliidae
Genus: Somatochlora
Species:
S. viridiaenea
Binomial name
Somatochlora viridiaenea
(Uhler, 1858)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cordulia viridiaenea Uhler, 1858
  • Somatochlora atrovirens Selys, 1883

References
  1. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama. Retrieved 14 Mar 2023.
  2. Asahina, Syoziro (1961). "The type specimens of the Odonata in the Entomological Institute, Hokkaido University". Insecta Matsumurana. 24 (1): 57–65.
  3. "Somatochlora viridiaenea". GBIF. GBIF. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
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