Cordulegaster
| Cordulegaster | |
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| Cordulegaster heros, Balkan Goldenring | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Superfamily: | Cordulegastroidea |
| Family: | Cordulegastridae |
| Genus: | Cordulegaster Leach in Brewster, 1815[1] |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Cordulegaster is a genus of golden-ringed dragonflies in the family Cordulegastridae. There are about 10 described species in Cordulegaster, found mainly in North America, Europe, and Asia.[3][4][5]
In accordance with research published in 2024, the species bidentata, helladica, and mzymtae were moved from the genus Cordulegaster to Thecagaster, and bilineata, diastatops, dorsalis, erronea, maculata, obliqua, and sayi were moved to the genus Zoraena.[4][5]
Etymology
[edit]The genus name Cordulegaster is presumed to be derived from the Greek κορδύλη (kordylē, "club") and γαστήρ (gastēr, "belly" or "abdomen").[6]
Species
[edit]The following species are currently placed in Cordulegaster:[5]
- Cordulegaster boltonii (Donovan, 1807) (common goldenring)
- Cordulegaster diadema Selys, 1868 (apache spiketail)
- Cordulegaster heros Theischinger, 1979 (balkan goldenring)
- Cordulegaster kalkmani Schneider et al., 2021
- Cordulegaster parvistigma (Selys, 1873)
- Cordulegaster picta Selys, 1854 (Turkish goldenring)
- Cordulegaster princeps Morton, 1916 (atlas goldenring)
- Cordulegaster trinacriae Waterston, 1976 (Italian goldenring)
- Cordulegaster vanbrinkae Lohmann, 1993
- Cordulegaster virginiae Novelo-Gutiérrez, 2018 (cloudforest spiketail)
References
[edit]- ↑ Leach, W.E. (1815). "Entomology". In Brewster, D. (ed.). The Edinburgh Encyclopedia. Vol. 9 (reprint 1830 ed.). Edinburgh: William Blackburn. pp. 57-172 [136].
- ↑ "ITIS report, Cordulegaster". Retrieved 2026-06-12.
- ↑ "Catalogue of Life, Cordulegaster Leach in Brewster, 1815". Retrieved 2026-06-12.
- 1 2 Schneider, Thomas; Vierstraete, Andy; Kosterin, Oleg E.; Ikemeyer, Dietmar; et al. (2024). "Molecular Phylogeny of the Family Cordulegastridae (Odonata) Worldwide". Insects. 15 (8). doi:10.3390/insects15080622. hdl:1854/LU-01KFJHS9FW1CB06PNZN48VN0M6. Retrieved 2026-06-12.
- 1 2 3 Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
- ↑ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1954). Composition of Scientific Words: A Manual of Methods and a Lexicon of Materials for the Practice of Logotechnics. [Washington].
External links
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