Hine's Emerald Dragonfly

Hine's Emerald Dragonfly

Taxobox | name = Hine's Emerald Dragonfly
status = NT
status_system = IUCN3.1
status_ref = [IUCN2006 |assessors=Odonata Specialist Group |year=1996 |id=20342 |title= Somatochlora hineana |downloaded=2008-05-23]


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Odonata
familia = Corduliidae
genus = "Somatochlora"
species = "S. hineana"
binomial = "Somatochlora hineana"
binomial_authority = Williamson, 1931

The Hine's Emerald Dragonfly ("Somatochlora hineana") is a dragonfly in the family Corduliidae.

Globally, the species is extremely rare. The largest breeding population known is in Door County, Wisconsin. The only other known populations occur at small sites in northern Michigan, northeastern Illinois, and a recently discovered site in Missouri.

One site where the species is present in good numbers is The Ridges Sanctuary in Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin.

Hine's Emerald is listed on the United States Federal List of Endangered Species, the only species of Odonata so listed.

References

External links

* [http://www.hinesdragonfly.org/ Hine's Emerald Fan Site]
* [http://hinesemeraldgallery.org/ Hine's Emerald Gallery]
*cite news |url=http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=669572&catname=Local+News |title=Rare dragonfly spotted in Minesing; Hine's emerald on endangered list |author=Rebecca Lander |publisher=Barrie Examiner |date=2007-08-27


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