Brilliant emerald
| Brilliant emerald | |
|---|---|
| teneral male | |
| teneral female both Moat Pond, Thursley Common, Surrey | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Corduliidae |
| Genus: | Somatochlora |
| Species: | S. metallica
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| Binomial name | |
| Somatochlora metallica (Vander Linden, 1825)
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| Synonyms | |
The brilliant emerald, Somatochlora metallica, is a middle-sized species of dragonfly. It is the largest and greenest of the Somatochlora species; 50–55 millimetres (2.0–2.2 in) long.[4]
S. metallica is found across most of northern Eurasia where it is the commonest of its genus.[4] In Great Britain, it is locally common in south east England and has a very restricted population in Scotland.[5]
The East Asian Somatochlora vera, scientifically described in 1914 by Aleksandr Bartenev based on a specimen from Ussuri, Siberia[6] (and later also reported in northern China[7]), is typically treated as part of S. metallica,[3][7] but has also been considered a synonym of the East Asian S. exuberata.[8]
References
- ^ Clausnitzer, V. (2020). "Somatochlora metallica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T158705A140535511. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T158705A140535511.en.
- ^ Billqvist, M.; De Knijf, G.; van Grunsven, R.H.A.; Prunier, F.; Vinko, D. (2024). "Somatochlora metallica (Europe assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T158705A208827490. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T158705A208827490.en.
- ^ a b c Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
- ^ a b Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B. (2006). Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe. British Wildlife Publishing. ISBN 0-9531399-4-8.
- ^ "The Brilliant Emerald". British Dragonfly Society.
- ^ Steinmann, Henrik (1997). World Catalogue of Odonata II: Anisoptera. De Gruyter. p. 273.
- ^ a b Zhang, Hao-Miao; Vogt, Timothy E.; Cai, Qing-hua (2014). "Somatochlora shennong sp. nov. from Hubei, China (Odonata: Corduliidae)". Zootaxa.
- ^ Malikova, Elena I.; Kosterin, Oleg E. (2019). "Check-list of Odonata of the Russian Federation". Odonatologica. 48 (1/2): 49–78. doi:10.5281/zenodo.2677689.