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Hemicordulia hilaris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Corduliidae
Genus:	Hemicordulia
Species:	H. hilaris
Binomial name
Hemicordulia hilaris Lieftinck, 1975

Hemicordulia hilaris is a species of Pacific dragonfly in the family Corduliidae, first described by the Dutch entomologist Maurits Lieftinck in 1975. The species is found across the Pacific Islands including Samoa and New Caledonia, with its range extending east to the Cook Islands and French Polynesia.

Description and habitat

Hemicordulia hilaris have brown-green abdomens with a metallic sheen. It can be differentiated from Hemicordulia fidelis, which has a similar appearance, however bright yellow spots on the lower body segments. The species tends to prefer living in sunny, shallow swamps with dene reed beds.

References

1. Lieftinck, M. A. (1975) The dragonflies (Odonata) of New Caledonia and the Loyalty islands. Part I. Imagines., Cahiers ORSTOM Hydrobiologie 9 (3): 127-166, figs. 1-59.
2. Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World. Tol J. van , 2008-08-01
3. ^ Grand, D., Marinov, M., Jourdan, H., Cook, C., Rouys, S., Mille, C., & Theuerkauf, J. (2019). Distribution, habitats, phenology and conservation of New Caledonian Odonata. Zootaxa, 4640(1).
4. Donnelly, T. W. (1986). Preliminary report on Odonata collected in Samoa, 1985. Notulae odonatologicae, 2(7), 109–112.
5. ^ Grand, D., Marinov, M., Cook, C., Jourdan, H., Rouys, S., & Theuerkauf, J. (2014). Identification key to adult Odonata of New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna. Odonatologica, 43(3/4), 247–277.
6. Marinov, M., Fossati, Gaschignard, O., & Schorr, M. (2016). Faunistic studies in Southeast Asian and Pacific island Odonata. Journal of the International Dragonfly Fund, 18, 1–12.
7. Marinov, M. (2012). "Description of Female Hemicordulia Hilaris Lieftinck, 1975 (Anisoptera: Corduliidae) with Brief Notes on the Biogeography of the Genus". Records of the Auckland Museum. 48: 97–105. ISSN 1174-9202. JSTOR 42905928. Wikidata Q58623385.

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