Hemicordulia hilaris is a species of Pacific dragonfly in the family Corduliidae, first described by the Dutch entomologist Maurits Lieftinck in 1975.[1][2] The species is found across the Pacific Islands including Samoa and New Caledonia,[3][4][5] with its range extending east to the Cook Islands and French Polynesia.[6][7]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Corduliidae |
| Genus: | Hemicordulia |
| Species: | H. hilaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemicordulia hilaris Lieftinck, 1975
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Description and habitat
editHemicordulia hilaris have brown-green abdomens with a metallic sheen. It can be differentiated from Hemicordulia fidelis, which has a similar appearance, however bright yellow spots on the lower body segments.[5] The species tends to prefer living in sunny, shallow swamps with dene reed beds.[3]
References
edit- ^ Lieftinck, M. A. (1975) The dragonflies (Odonata) of New Caledonia and the Loyalty islands. Part I. Imagines., Cahiers ORSTOM Hydrobiologie 9 (3): 127-166, figs. 1-59.
- ^ Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World. Tol J. van , 2008-08-01
- ^ a b Grand, D., Marinov, M., Jourdan, H., Cook, C., Rouys, S., Mille, C., & Theuerkauf, J. (2019). Distribution, habitats, phenology and conservation of New Caledonian Odonata. Zootaxa, 4640(1).
- ^ Donnelly, T. W. (1986). Preliminary report on Odonata collected in Samoa, 1985. Notulae odonatologicae, 2(7), 109–112.
- ^ a b Grand, D., Marinov, M., Cook, C., Jourdan, H., Rouys, S., & Theuerkauf, J. (2014). Identification key to adult Odonata of New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna. Odonatologica, 43(3/4), 247–277.
- ^ Marinov, M., Fossati, Gaschignard, O., & Schorr, M. (2016). Faunistic studies in Southeast Asian and Pacific island Odonata. Journal of the International Dragonfly Fund, 18, 1–12.
- ^ Marinov, M. (2012). "Description of Female Hemicordulia Hilaris Lieftinck, 1975 (Anisoptera: Corduliidae) with Brief Notes on the Biogeography of the Genus". Records of the Auckland Museum. 48: 97–105. ISSN 1174-9202. JSTOR 42905928. Wikidata Q58623385.
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