Somatochlora taiwana

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

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]

References[]

^ ^a ^b 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.

[Inoue-1] Inoue, K; Yokota, H (2001). "Somatochlora taiwana spec. nov., a new dragonfly from Taiwan (Anisoptera: Corduliidae)". Odonatologica. 30 (2): 217–221.

[Zhang-2] Zhang, Hao-Miao; Vogt, Timothy E.; Cai, Qing-hua (2014). "Somatochlora shennong sp. nov. from Hubei, China (Odonata: Corduliidae)". Zootaxa.

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