Brilliant emerald | |
---|---|
teneral male | |
teneral female both Moat Pond, Thursley Common, Surrey | |
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Corduliidae |
Genus: | Somatochlora |
Species: | S. metallica
|
Binomial name | |
Somatochlora metallica (Vander Linden, 1825)
| |
Synonyms | |
The brilliant emerald, Somatochlora metallica, is a middle-sized species of dragonfly. It is the largest and greenest of the Somatochlora species; 50–55 millimetres (2.0–2.2 in) long. [2]
S. metallica is found across most of northern Eurasia where it is the commonest of its genus. [2] In Great Britain, it is locally common in south east England and has a very restricted population in Scotland. [3]
The East Asian Somatochlora vera, scientifically described in 1914 by Aleksandr Bartenev based on a specimen from Ussuri, Siberia [4] (and later also reported in northern China [5]), is typically treated as part of S. metallica, [1] [5] but has also been considered a synonym of the East Asian S. exuberata. [6]
Brilliant emerald | |
---|---|
teneral male | |
teneral female both Moat Pond, Thursley Common, Surrey | |
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Corduliidae |
Genus: | Somatochlora |
Species: | S. metallica
|
Binomial name | |
Somatochlora metallica (Vander Linden, 1825)
| |
Synonyms | |
The brilliant emerald, Somatochlora metallica, is a middle-sized species of dragonfly. It is the largest and greenest of the Somatochlora species; 50–55 millimetres (2.0–2.2 in) long. [2]
S. metallica is found across most of northern Eurasia where it is the commonest of its genus. [2] In Great Britain, it is locally common in south east England and has a very restricted population in Scotland. [3]
The East Asian Somatochlora vera, scientifically described in 1914 by Aleksandr Bartenev based on a specimen from Ussuri, Siberia [4] (and later also reported in northern China [5]), is typically treated as part of S. metallica, [1] [5] but has also been considered a synonym of the East Asian S. exuberata. [6]