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Somatochlora meridionalis
	Female
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Corduliidae
Genus:	Somatochlora
Species:	S. meridionalis
Binomial name
	Somatochlora meridionalis; Nielsen, 1935

Somatochlora meridionalis, the Balkan emerald, is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. It occurs in southeastern Europe from France to the Czech Republic to Turkey.^[1] It is found at narrow, shallow, shaded streams.^[2]

male
close-up of head and thorax

References

^ ^a ^b "Somatochlora meridionalis". IUCN Redlist. IUCN. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
^ Holusa, Otakar (2009). "Notes to the first record of Somatochlora meridionalis (Odonata: Corduliidae) in the Czech Republic". Acta Mus. Beskid. 1: 89–95.

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[IUCN-1] "Somatochlora meridionalis". IUCN Redlist. IUCN. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

[Holusa-2] Holusa, Otakar (2009). "Notes to the first record of Somatochlora meridionalis (Odonata: Corduliidae) in the Czech Republic". Acta Mus. Beskid. 1: 89–95.

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