{{Short description|Genus of dragonflies}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic Taxobox | name = ''Cordulia'' | image = CorduliaAeneaMale.jpg | image_caption = Downy Emerald | status = | taxon = Cordulia | authority = Leach, 1815 | synonyms = }} '''''Cordulia''''' is a genus of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae.<ref name="ITIS"/><ref name="nomen.at"/><ref name="GBIF"/>
== Species == The genus includes two species:<ref name="WOL"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name!! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px || ''Cordulia aenea'' {{small|(Linnaeus, 1758)}} || downy emerald<ref name="BDS"/>|| Great Britain |- |120px || ''Cordulia shurtleffii'' {{small|Scudder, 1866}} || American emerald<ref name="NAO"/>|| North America. |- |}
==Etymology== The genus name ''Cordulia'' is derived from the Greek κορδύλη (''kordylē'', "club" or "cudgel"), referring to the shape of the male abdomen.<ref name="Endersby & Fliedner 2015"/>
==References== <references> <ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS|taxon=Cordulia |id=102014}}</ref>
<ref name="nomen.at">[http://nomen.at/Cordulia nomen.at]</ref>
<ref name="GBIF">{{Cite GBIF|taxon=Cordulia |id=1429716}}</ref>
<ref name="WOL">{{cite web|title=World Odonata List|url=http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list/|publisher=University of Puget Sound|accessdate=11 August 2010|author1=Martin Schorr |author2=Martin Lindeboom |author3=Dennis Paulson }}</ref>
<ref name="BDS">{{cite web|title=Checklist of UK Species|url=http://www.british-dragonflies.org.uk/content/uk-species|publisher=British Dragonfly Society|accessdate=28 May 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="NAO">{{cite web|title=North American Odonata|url=http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/north-american-odonata/|publisher=University of Puget Sound|accessdate=5 August 2010|year=2009}}</ref>
<ref name="Endersby & Fliedner 2015">{{cite book |last1=Endersby |first1=Ian |last2=Fliedner |first2=Heinrich |title=The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies |date=2015 |publisher=Busybird Publishing |location=Eltham, Victoria, Australia |isbn=9781925260625 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283318421_The_Naming_of_Australia's_Dragonflies}}</ref> </references>
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Category:Corduliidae Category:Dragonfly genera Category:Taxa named by William Elford Leach Category:Insects described in 1815
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