{{Short description|Genus of dragonflies}} {{Automatic_taxobox | name = Shadowdragons | image = Neurocordulia xanthosoma annikaml 36315823.jpg | image_caption = ''Neurocordulia xanthosoma'' | taxon = Neurocordulia | authority = Selys, 1871 }}
'''''Neurocordulia''''' is a genus of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. They are commonly known as '''shadowdragons'''.
These are medium-sized dragonflies, {{convert|40|–|55|mm|in|abbr=on}} long, light brown with orange or yellowish markings. They are confined to the eastern United States and Canada, where their habitat is clean forest streams and lakes.<ref name=DGNW>{{Cite book |title=Dragonfly Genera of the New World |last1=Garrison |first1=Rosser W. |last2=von Ellenrieder |first2=Natalia |last3=Louton |first3=Jerry A. |year=2006 |publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press |isbn=0-8018-8446-2 |page=164}}</ref> ==Species== The genus contains the following species:<ref name="WOL">{{World Odonata List}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name!! Common name !! Distribution |- | ||''Neurocordulia alabamensis'' {{small|Hodges in Needham & Westfall, 1955}} || Alabama shadowdragon<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>||Alabama |- |120px ||''Neurocordulia michaeli'' {{small|Brunelle, 2000}} || broad-tailed shadowdragon<ref name=NAO/>||Canada and the United States. |- |120px ||''Neurocordulia molesta'' {{small|(Walsh, 1863)}}|| smoky shadowdragon<ref name=NAO/>|| North America |- | ||''Neurocordulia obsoleta'' {{small|(Say, 1839)}}|| umber shadowdragon<ref name=NAO/>|| North America |- | ||''Neurocordulia virginiensis'' {{small|Davis, 1927}} || cinnamon shadowdragon<ref name=NAO/>|| North America |- |120px||''Neurocordulia xanthosoma'' {{small|(Williamson, 1908)}}|| orange shadowdragon<ref name=NAO/>|| North America |- |120px ||''Neurocordulia yamaskanensis'' {{small|(Provancher, 1875)}}|| stygian shadowdragon<ref name=NAO/>||mid-Atlantic US states and extends northward into southern Canada |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Neurocordulia|''Neurocordulia''}} *{{Wikispecies-inline|Neurocordulia|''Neurocordulia''}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q2699104}}
Category:Corduliidae Category:Dragonfly genera Category:Taxa named by Edmond de Sélys Longchamps Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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