Somatochlora

Taxobox
name = "Somatochlora"


image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Somatochlora arctica"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Odonata
subordo = Epiprocta
infraordo = Anisoptera
familia = Corduliidae
genus = "Somatochlora"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text

"Somatochlora" is a genus of dragonflies in the family Corduliidae. Members of this genus are medium-sized dragonflies with dark bodies and a metallic green lustre.The abdomens of males are distinctive, with the first two segments bulbous-shaped, the third constricted, and the rest of the abdomen club-shaped with a straight ending. The exception is "S. boisei", which is shaped like a "Cordulia" species. There are usually two crossveins between the hind wing base and the triangle, where "Cordulia" have only one crossvein.

pecies

* British
*"Somatochlora metallica"
*Northern Emerald - "Somatochlora arctica"

* European
*"Somatochlora alpestris"
*"Somatochlora sahlbergi"
*"Somatochlora borisi"
*"Somatochlora flavomaculata"
*"Somatochlora meridionalis"

External links

* Slater Museum of Natural History "http://www.ups.edu/x14364.xml"