Somatochlora taiwana

Somatochlora taiwana is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. It is endemic to Taiwan, and is the only member of the genus Somatochlora found there.[1] It is a metallic green to black dragonfly with yellow spots, and measures about 35 mm long.[1] It is closely related to S. shennong and S. dido, and is sometimes treated as conspecific with the latter species.[2]

Somatochlora taiwana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Corduliidae
Genus: Somatochlora
Species:
S. taiwana
Binomial name
Somatochlora taiwana
Inoue & Yokota, 2001

References

  1. Inoue, K; Yokota, H (2001). "Somatochlora taiwana spec. nov., a new dragonfly from Taiwan (Anisoptera: Corduliidae)". Odonatologica. 30 (2): 217–221.
  2. Zhang, Hao-Miao; Vogt, Timothy E.; Cai, Qing-hua (2014). "Somatochlora shennong sp. nov. from Hubei, China (Odonata: Corduliidae)". Zootaxa.
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