Somatochlora elongata

Somatochlora elongata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Anisoptera
Family: Corduliidae
Genus: Somatochlora
Species: S. elongata
Binomial name
Somatochlora elongata
(Scudder, 1866)

Somatochlora elongata, known generally as the "ski-tipped emerald" or "ski-tailed emerald", is a species of emeralds in the family Corduliidae.[1][2] It is found in North America.[2]

The IUCN conservation status of Somatochlora elongata is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.[3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Somatochlora elongata Species Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
  2. 1 2 "Somatochlora elongata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
  3. ↑ "List of Endangered Species". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
  4. ↑ "Odonata Central". Odonata Central, University of Alabama. Retrieved 2018-01-26.

  • Garrison, Rosser W. / Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds. (1997). "Odonata". Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 4: Non-Holometabolous Orders, 551-580.
  • Paulson, Dennis R., and Sidney W. Dunkle (1999). "A Checklist of North American Odonata including English name, etymology, type locality, and distribution". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Occasional Paper no. 56, 88.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.


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