''Cordulegaster'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
dragonfly
A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of true dragonfly are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threate ...
in the family
Cordulegastridae
The Cordulegastridae are a family of Odonata (dragonflies) from the suborder Anisoptera. They are commonly known as spiketails. Some vernacular names for the species of this family are biddie and flying adder. They have large, brown or black bodi ...
. It contains the following species:
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Cordulegaster annandalei''
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Cordulegaster bidentata'' – sombre goldenring
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Cordulegaster bilineata'' – brown spiketail
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Cordulegaster boltonii
The golden-ringed dragonfly (''Cordulegaster boltonii'') is a large, striking dragonfly and the longest British species, the only member of its genus to be found in the United Kingdom.
Identification
They are easily identified by their distincti ...
'' – golden-ringed dragonfly,
common goldenring
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Cordulegaster brevistigma''
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Cordulegaster diadema'' – Apache spiketail
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Cordulegaster diastatops'' – delta-spotted spiketail
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Cordulegaster dorsalis'' – Pacific spiketail
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Cordulegaster erronea'' – tiger spiketail
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Cordulegaster helladica''
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Cordulegaster heros'' – balkan goldenring
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Cordulegaster insignis''
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Cordulegaster jinensis''
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Cordulegaster lunifera''
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Cordulegaster maculata'' – twin-spotted spiketail
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Cordulegaster magnifica''
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Cordulegaster mzymtae''
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Cordulegaster nachitschevanica''
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Cordulegaster obliqua'' – arrowhead spiketail
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Cordulegaster orientalis''
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Cordulegaster parvistigma''
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Cordulegaster picta'' – Turkish goldenring
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Cordulegaster plagionyx''
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Cordulegaster princeps''
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Cordulegaster sarracenia''
[Abbott, J.C. & Hibbitts, T.D. (2011). "''Cordulegaster sarracenia'', n. sp. (Odonata: Cordulegastridae) from east Texas and western Louisiana, with a kew to adult Cordulegastridae of the New World." ''Zootaxa'' 2899: 60-68.]
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Cordulegaster sayi'' – Say's spiketail
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Cordulegaster talaria
''Cordulegaster'' is a genus of dragonfly in the family Cordulegastridae. It contains the following species:
*''Cordulegaster annandalei''
*''Cordulegaster bidentata'' – sombre goldenring
*''Cordulegaster bilineata'' – brown spiketail
*''C ...
'' – Ouachita spiketail
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Cordulegaster trinacriae
''Cordulegaster trinacriae'' is a species of dragonfly in the family Cordulegastridae. It is endemic to central-southern Italy, from Abruzzo south to Calabria and Sicily, from where it was first described (hence the scientific name) (Corso 2019, ...
'' – Italian goldenring
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Cordulegaster vanbrinkae''
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Cordulegaster virginiae''
References
External links
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Cordulegastridae
Anisoptera genera
Taxa named by William Elford Leach
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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