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