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Somatochlora metallica (Brilliant Emerald)

Synonyms: Libellula metallica (homotypic); Somatochlora metallica metallica; Somatochlora montana; Somatochlora superba; Somatochlora vera (pro parte)

Wikipedia Abstract

The brilliant emerald, Somatochlora metallica, is a middle-sized species of dragonfly. It is the largest and greenest of the Somatochlora species; 50–55 millimetres (2.0–2.2 in) long. S. metallica is found across most of northern Eurasia where it is the commonest of its genus. In Great Britain, it is locally common in south east England and has a very restricted population in Scotland.
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Infraspecies

Somatochlora metallica abocanica
Somatochlora metallica vera

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Central & Western Europe Austria, Belgium, Byelarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom Palearctic Temperate Floodplain River and Wetlands    

Protected Areas

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Dolichopus ungulatus[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Plagiorchis elegans[2]
Pleurogenoides medians[2]
Prosotocus confusus[2]
Prosthogonimus cuneatus[2]
Prosthogonimus ovatus[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Ecology of Commanster
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0