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Northern emerald

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Northern emerald
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Corduliidae
Genus: Somatochlora
Species:
S. arctica
Binomial name
Somatochlora arctica
(Zetterstedt, 1840)
Synonyms[2]
  • Aeshna arctica Zetterstedt, 1840
  • Cordulia subalpina Selys, 1840
  • Somatochlora gratiosa Bartenev, 1919

The northern emerald (Somatochlora arctica) is a middle-sized species of dragonfly first described by Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt in 1840. The male can be recognised by its pincer-like appendages and its narrow-waisted body. The female has distinctive orange-yellow spots on (only) the third segment of the abdomen.

This species lives in bogs and lays its eggs in very small water-filled depressions. It hunts between trees and avoids open spaces.

In Great Britain, it is only present in north-western Scotland and is confined to the south-western part of Ireland.[3] It is present in all of northern Eurasia. In Western Europe, it is present in alpine areas and wherever a suitable habitat can be found. It is found in the Rila mountains of Bulgaria.

References

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  1. ^ Boudot, J.-P. (2020). "Somatochlora arctica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T165490A140528834. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T165490A140528834.en. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  2. ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
  3. ^ "Somatochlora arctica - Northern Emerald". British Dragonfly Society. 2011-05-28.