Helocordulia
Sign in to saveHelocordulia is a genus of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. They are commonly known as sundragons.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 24
- Family
- Corduliidae
- Collections
- UDEM, CSU
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Corduliidae
- Image
- Selys' Sundragon.jpg
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- Commons category
- Helocordulia
- taxon name
- Helocordulia
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- Sundragons
- taxon author citation
- Needham, 1901
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Helocordulia is a genus of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. They are commonly known as sundragons.
These are medium-sized odonates, long, dark brown with orange markings. They are confined to eastern USA and Canada where their habitat is clear streams and lakes with sandy bottoms. ==Species== The genus contains only two species: {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name!! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px ||Helocordulia selysii || Selys's sundragon||North America |- |120px ||Helocordulia uhleri || Uhler's sundragon||North America |- |}
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