Ski-tipped Emerald
Somatochlora elongata (Scudder, 1866)
Ski-tipped Emerald: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/701
Synonyms
Tags
S2 (State rare)

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26 Records

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Status

Ski-tipped Emerald (Somatochlora elongata) is a northeastern species of emerald, found at higher elevations down the Appalachians. They usually prefer slow-moving creeks and small rivers (Paulson, 2011), but also occasionally in well-oxygenated ponds. In Maryland, there is a single historic record from Montgomery Co. (perhaps a transient), and current records from Garrett Co., where it is considered rare (Richard Orr's The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia). This species is ranked as S2 (state rare) in Maryland.

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Somatochlora elongata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Corduliidae
Genus: Somatochlora
Species:
S. elongata
Binomial name
Somatochlora elongata
(Scudder, 1866)
Synonyms[2]
  • Cordulia elongata Scudder, 1866

Somatochlora elongata, the ski-tipped emerald or ski-tailed emerald, is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae.[3][4] It is found in North America.[4]

The IUCN conservation status of Somatochlora elongata is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.[1][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Somatochlora elongata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T50978798A65836299. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T50978798A65836299.en. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  2. ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
  3. ^ "Somatochlora elongata Species Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
  4. ^ a b "Somatochlora elongata". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
  5. ^ "Odonata Central". Odonata Central, University of Alabama. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
  • Garrison, Rosser W. / Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds. (1997). "Odonata". Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 4: Non-Holometabolous Orders, 551–580.
  • Paulson, Dennis R., and Sidney W. Dunkle (1999). "A Checklist of North American Odonata including English name, etymology, type locality, and distribution". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Occasional Paper no. 56, 88.

Further reading

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  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
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