Hemicordulia fidelis MacLachlan, 1886

Grand, Daniel, Marinov, Milen, Jourdan, Herve, Cook, Carl, Rouys, Sophie, Mille, Christian & Theuerkauf, Jörn, 2019, Distribution, habitats, phenology and conservation of New Caledonian Odonata, Zootaxa 4640 (1), pp. 1-112 : 57-58

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4640.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5518740

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scientific name

Hemicordulia fidelis MacLachlan, 1886
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Hemicordulia fidelis MacLachlan, 1886 View in CoL

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Hemicordulia fidelis MacLachlan, 1886: 104 View in CoL .

Distribution ( Fig. 55 View FIGURE 55 ). Regional endemic. Also found in Vanuatu ( Tsuda 2000), this species is widely distributed in New Caledonia, except for the far north, Île des Pins and the Loyalty Islands, which is its type locality. Bigot (1985) collected several specimens in Prony, Touaourou and on Île des Pins. One specimen captured in November 2001 in the Pocquereux valley (La Foa) is held in the CXMNC collection.

Habitat. Hemicordulia fidelis breeds in a large variety of freshwater habitats: swamps, ponds, lakes, large pools in creeks and calm parts of streams and rivers. It avoids steep creeks with low water levels but seems able to tolerate ultramafic soil.

Biology and behaviour. Exuviae are found, sometimes numerous, hanging on bank vegetation up to a height of 2 m. Adults often wander far from water, while males patrol for a long time defending sites from 20–50 m along banks. They are very nervous. Females lay their eggs alone, rapidly touching the water surface a dozen times to release egg clumps with a quick and jerky flight.

Status. We assign H. fidelis to the category LC.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Odonata

Family

Corduliidae

Genus

Hemicordulia

Loc

Hemicordulia fidelis MacLachlan, 1886

Grand, Daniel, Marinov, Milen, Jourdan, Herve, Cook, Carl, Rouys, Sophie, Mille, Christian & Theuerkauf, Jörn 2019
2019
Loc

Hemicordulia fidelis

MacLachlan 1886: 104
1886
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