Helocordulia
Encyclopedia
Helocordulia is a genus
of dragonfly
in the family
Corduliidae
. They are commonly known as Sundragons.
These are medium-sized Odonates, 38 – 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.
The genus contains only two species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of dragonfly
Odonata
Odonata is an order of insects, encompassing dragonflies and damselflies . The word dragonfly is also sometimes used to refer to all Odonata, but the back-formation odonate is a more correct English name for the group as a whole...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Corduliidae
Corduliidae
The insect family Corduliidae contains the emerald dragonflies or green-eyed skimmers. These dragonflies are usually black or dark brown with areas of metallic green or yellow, and most of them have large, emerald-green eyes...
. They are commonly known as Sundragons.
These are medium-sized Odonates, 38 – long, dark brown with orange markings.They are confined to eastern USA and Canada where their habitat
Habitat
* Habitat , a place where a species lives and grows*Human habitat, a place where humans live, work or play** Space habitat, a space station intended as a permanent settlement...
is clear streams and lakes with sandy bottoms.
The genus contains only two species:
- Helocordulia selysii – Selys's Sundragon
- Helocordulia uhleri – Uhler's Sundragon