Neurocordulia


Neurocordulia is a genus of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. They are commonly known as shadowdragons.
These are medium-sized dragonflies, 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.

Species

The genus contains the following species:
ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Neurocordulia alabamensis Hodges in Needham & Westfall, 1955Alabama shadowdragonAlabama
Neurocordulia michaeli Brunelle, 2000broad-tailed shadowdragonCanada and the United States.
Neurocordulia molesta smoky shadowdragonNorth America
Neurocordulia obsoleta umber shadowdragonNorth America
Neurocordulia virginiensis Davis, 1927cinnamon shadowdragonNorth America
Neurocordulia xanthosoma orange shadowdragonNorth America
Neurocordulia yamaskanensis stygian shadowdragonmid-Atlantic US states and extends northward into southern Canada