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Helocordulia

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Helocordulia is a genus of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. They are commonly known as sundragons.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderOdonata
  5. FamilyCorduliidae

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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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