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The Dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) of the Columbia Basin, British Columbia: Field Surveys, Collections Development and Public Education Table of Contents Return to Family Corduliidae Cordulia Leach Cordulia is remarkably similar to Somatochlora. The genus is small, but the species are widespread and common. Cordulia is represented by a single species pair -- C. aenea in Eurasia and C. shurtleffi in North America. Cordulia shurtleffi Scudder American Emerald Provincial Status CDC rank: S5 Common and widespread. Columbia-Kootenay Distribution Widespread in the region. Global Distribution Alaska east to Labrador and Newfoundland; south to Virginia, Michigan, Minnesota, Saskatchewan, and in the mountains to Colorado and California (Bick and Mauffray 2000). Faunal element: Widespread Boreal (see Appendix 2). Biological information Cordulia shurtleffi is the most common member of the Corduliidae in British Columbia. It flies early in the summer around forest lakes and peatlands. Columbia Basin flight records range from 7 May to 26 August.

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