Somatochlora shanxiensis
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Corduliidae |
Genus: | Somatochlora |
Species: | S. shanxiensis
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Binomial name | |
Somatochlora shanxiensis Zhu & Zhang, 1999
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Somatochlora shanxiensis is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. It is a metallic green to black dragonfly with yellow spots and a total length of 51 to 53 mm.[1] It was described in 1999 based on specimens from Shanxi, China, and has also been recorded in Hubei.[1][2] It is most similar to Somatochlora graeseri and Somatochlora uchidai.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Zhu, H.-q.; Zhang, X.-x. (1999). "Somatochlora shanxiensis spec. nov., a new dragonfly from Shanxi, China (Anisoptera: Corduliidae)". Odonatologica. 28 (3): 289–292.
- ^ Zhang, Hao-Miao; Vogt, Timothy E.; Cai, Qing-hua (2014). "Somatochlora shennong sp. nov. from Hubei, China (Odonata: Corduliidae)". Zootaxa.