Somatochlora minor Calvert, 1898 is a animal in the Corduliidae family, order Odonata, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Somatochlora minor Calvert, 1898 (Somatochlora minor Calvert, 1898)
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Somatochlora minor Calvert, 1898

Somatochlora minor Calvert, 1898

The ocellated emerald (Somatochlora minor) is a stable, least-concern Corduliidae emerald dragonfly native to North America.

Family
Genus
Somatochlora
Order
Odonata
Class
Insecta

About Somatochlora minor Calvert, 1898

Somatochlora minor, commonly called the ocellated emerald, is a species of emerald dragonfly belonging to the family Corduliidae. This species is found in North America. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has listed Somatochlora minor with the conservation status "LC", which stands for least concern, meaning there is no immediate threat to the survival of the species. The population of Somatochlora minor is currently stable.

Photo: (c) Denis Doucet, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Denis Doucet · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Odonata Corduliidae Somatochlora

More from Corduliidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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