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Family Corduliidae - Emeralds

Clamp-tipped emerald - Somatochlora tenebrosa - female

Petite Emerald - Dorocordulia lepida - female

Racket-tailed Emerald - Dorocordulia libera

Williamson's Emerald - Somatochlora williamsoni - female

Clamp-tipped Emerald - Somatochlora filosa - female

Incurvate Emerald, dorsal view - Somatochlora incurvata - male

male Common Baskettail - Epitheca cynosura - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)

Suborder Anisoptera (Dragonflies)

Family Corduliidae (Emeralds)

Numbers

fifty species in seven genera listed at The Odonata of North America

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 8 March, 2004 - 8:19pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 9 November, 2008 - 9:55am

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