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Checklist for Family Corduliidae Selys-Longchamps, 1850 (Baskettails)
and region Indian Ocean islands (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
625
10660
39198
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
622
10652
39182
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
24
155
409
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
11
92
300
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
11
92
300
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Epiprocta
Lohmann, 1996
5
60
171
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anisoptera
Berthold, 1827
Dragonflies, True Dragonflies
5
60
171
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Libelluloidea
Selys, 1840
2
44
129
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCorduliidae
Selys-Longchamps, 1850
Baskettails, Boghaunters, Emerald dragonflies, Emeralds
9
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Indian Ocean islands
9 Genera with 27 Species
Cordulia Leach, 1866American Emerald2SpeciesTaxom
Epitheca Burmeister, 1825Baskettails1SpeciesTaxom
Hemicordulia Selys, 18423SpeciesTaxom
Libellulosoma Martin, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Macromia Rambur, 1842river cruiser1SpeciesTaxom
Nesocordulia McLachlan, 19846SpeciesTaxom
Oxygastra Selys, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Phyllomacromia Selys, 1842Cruisers1SpeciesTaxom
Somatochlora Selys, 1925Emerald Dragonflies11SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Indian Ocean islands
27 Species
Cordulia aenea Linnaeus, 1758Downy Emerald
Cordulia shurtleffii Scudder, 1866American Emerald
Epitheca bimaculata Charpentier, 1825Eurasian Baskettail
Hemicordulia atrovirens Dijkstra, 2007
Hemicordulia similis Rambur, 1842
Hemicordulia virens Rambur, 1842
Libellulosoma minuta Martin, 1907
Macromia trifasciata Rambur, 1842
Nesocordulia flavicauda McLachlan, 1882
Nesocordulia malgassica Fraser, 1956
Nesocordulia mascarenica Fraser, 1948
Nesocordulia rubricauda Martin, 1900
Nesocordulia spinicauda Martin, 1903
Nesocordulia villiersi Legrand, 1984
Oxygastra curtisii Dale, 1834Orange-spoted Emerald
Phyllomacromia trifasciata Rambur, 1842
Somatochlora albicincta Burmeister, 1839Ringed Emerald
Somatochlora franklini Selys, 1878Delicate Emerald
Somatochlora hudsonica (Hagen, 1871)⇒ Somatochlora sahlbergi Trybom, 1889
Somatochlora kennedyi Walker, 1918Kennedy's emerald
Somatochlora meridionalis Nielsen, 1935Balkan Emerald
Somatochlora metallica Vander Linden, 1825Brillant emerald
Somatochlora minor (Calvert, 1898)⇒ Somatochlora flavomaculata Vander Linden, 1825
Somatochlora sahlbergi Trybom, 1889Treeline Emerald
Somatochlora semicircularis Selys, 1871Mountain Emerald
Somatochlora septentrionalis Hagen, 1861Muskeg Emerald
Somatochlora whitehousei Walker, 1925Whitehouse's emerald

Subnodes of Corduliidae with occurrences in Indian Ocean islands
SubfamilyCorduliinae
Kirby, 1890
3
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMacromiinae
Tillyard, 1917
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Corduliidae at ru.ac.za
Corduliidae at artfakta.se
Corduliidae at dyntaxa.se
Corduliidae at gbif.org
Corduliidae at irmng.org
Corduliidae at itis.gov