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Orange streamcruiser
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Genus:	Hesperocordulia Tillyard, 1911
Species:	H. berthoudi
Binomial name
Hesperocordulia berthoudi Tillyard, 1911

Hesperocordulia is a genus of dragonflies in the superfamily Libelluloidea, endemic to south-western Australia.

Hesperocordulia is a monotypic genus with only one species, Hesperocordulia berthoudi, known as the orange streamcruiser. Hesperocordulia berthoudi is a medium-sized, orange, red and black dragonfly with clear wings and very long legs. It inhabits streams, rivers and pools.

Gallery

• Female Hesperocordulia berthoudi wings
• Male Hesperocordulia berthoudi wings

Taxonomy

Recent taxonomic research could not assign the genus Hesperocordulia to any family and it was placed incertae sedis within the superfamily Libelluloidea.

Prior to this, Hesperocordulia had been considered to be part of the family Oxygastridae.

See also

• List of Odonata species of Australia

References

1. Dow, R.A. (2019). "Hesperocordulia berthoudi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T14274182A59256588. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T14274182A59256588.en. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
2. Tillyard, R.J. (1911). "Further notes on some rare Australian Corduliinae, with descriptions of new species". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 36: 366–387 . doi:10.5962/bhl.part.21904 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
3. Tillyard, R.J. (1911). "Further notes on some rare Australian Corduliinae, with descriptions of new species". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 36: 366–387 . doi:10.5962/bhl.part.21904 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
4. "Genus Hesperocordulia Tillyard, 1911". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
5. ^ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2021). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia (2nd ed.). Melbourne, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 406. ISBN 9781486313747.
6. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
7. "Species Hesperocordulia berthoudi Tillyard, 1911". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
8. Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. ISBN 0643051368.
9. Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 220. ISBN 978-1-74232-475-3.
10. Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Bechly, Günter; Bybee, Seth M.; Dow, Rory A.; Dumont, Henri J.; Fleck, Günther; Garrison, Rosser W.; Hämäläinen, Matti; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Karube, Haruki; May, Michael L.; Orr, Albert G.; Paulson, Dennis R.; Rehn, Andrew C.; Theischinger, Günther; Trueman, John W.H.; Van Tol, Jan; von Ellenrieder, Natalia; Ware, Jessica (2013). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1): 36–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9. hdl:10072/61365. ISSN 1175-5334.
11. Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 366. ISBN 978 0 64309 073 6.

• IUCN Red List near threatened species
• Libelluloidea
• Anisoptera genera
• Monotypic Odonata genera
• Odonata of Australia
• Endemic fauna of Australia
• Taxa named by Robert John Tillyard
• Insects described in 1911
• Dragonflies