| Orange-spotted emerald | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Corduliidae |
| Subfamily: | Gomphomacromiinae |
| Genus: | Oxygastra |
| Species: | O. curtisii
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| Binomial name | |
| Oxygastra curtisii (Dale, 1834)
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The orange-spotted emerald (Oxygastra curtisii) is a dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. It is the only species in its genus.[2]
The orange-spotted emerald is about 53 millimetres (2.1 in) long. It has bright green eyes and a bronzy-green body with yellow spots along the top of the abdomen. The last segment of the abdomen (S10) has a prominent yellow mark on the upper surface.[3]
The species occurs in much of Europe but is regionally extinct in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Its habitat is slow flowing streams, pools and ponds.[1]
- ^ a b Boudot, J.-P. (2020). "Oxygastra curtisii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T15777A140606655. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T15777A140606655.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- ^ "Oxygastra curtisii". British Dragonfly Society. Retrieved 28 May 2011.