Somatochlora uchidai is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae.[1] It is native to Japan, China and Russia.[2] It was described in 1909 by German entomologist Friedrich Förster based on specimens from Japan; the name uchidai refers to the Japanese odonate researcher Uchidas from whom Förster received the specimens.[3]

Somatochlora uchidai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Corduliidae
Genus: Somatochlora
Species:
S. uchidai
Binomial name
Somatochlora uchidai
Förster, 1909

References edit

  1. ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama. Retrieved 14 Mar 2023.
  2. ^ "Somatochlora uchidai". Odonata of Japan. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  3. ^ Förster, Friedrich (1909). "Beiträge zu den Gattungen und Arten der Libellen". Jahrbücher Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde. 62: 211–235.