Cordulegaster Explained

Cordulegaster is a genus of dragonfly in the family Cordulegastridae. It contains the following species:^[1]

• Cordulegaster annandalei
• Cordulegaster bidentata – sombre goldenring
• Cordulegaster bilineata – brown spiketail^[2]
• Cordulegaster boltonii – golden-ringed dragonfly,^[3] common goldenring^[4]
• Cordulegaster brevistigma
• Cordulegaster diadema – Apache spiketail^[2]
• Cordulegaster diastatops – delta-spotted spiketail^[2]
• Cordulegaster dorsalis – Pacific spiketail^[2]
• Cordulegaster erronea – tiger spiketail^[2]
• Cordulegaster helladica
• Cordulegaster heros – balkan goldenring^[4]
• Cordulegaster insignis
• Cordulegaster jinensis
• Cordulegaster lunifera
• Cordulegaster maculata – twin-spotted spiketail^[2]
• Cordulegaster magnifica
• Cordulegaster mzymtae
• Cordulegaster nachitschevanica
• Cordulegaster obliqua – arrowhead spiketail^[2]
• Cordulegaster orientalis
• Cordulegaster parvistigma
• Cordulegaster picta – Turkish goldenring^[4]
• Cordulegaster plagionyx
• Cordulegaster princeps
• Cordulegaster sarracenia ^[5]
• Cordulegaster sayi – Say's spiketail^[2]
• Cordulegaster talaria – Ouachita spiketail^[2]
• Cordulegaster trinacriae – Italian goldenring^[4]
• Cordulegaster vanbrinkae
• Cordulegaster virginiae

Notes and References

1. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1629/ BioLib
2. Web site: North American Odonata. University of Puget Sound. 5 August 2010. 2009.
3. Web site: Checklist of UK Species. British Dragonfly Society. 5 August 2010.
4. Web site: Checklist, English common names . DragonflyPix.com . 5 August 2010 . dead . https://archive.today/20121204160258/http://www.dragonflypix.com/checklist.html . 4 December 2012 .
5. 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.