Boghaunter

Williamsonia is a genus of small dragonflies in the family Corduliidae. They are commonly known as boghaunters. Unlike other genera of emerald dragonflies, they have dark eyes and nonmetallic bodies.^[1] The genus was established by entomologist John June Davis and named after the American banker and amateur odonatologist Edward Bruce Williamson.

Boghaunters
Williamsonia fletcheri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Corduliidae
Genus:	Williamsonia Davis, 1913

Species

The genus consists of only two living species:^[2]

Image	Species	Distribution
	Williamsonia fletcheri Williamson, 1923 – ebony boghaunter[1][3]	southeastern Canada and the northeastern United States.
	Williamsonia lintneri (Hagen in Selys, 1878) – ringed boghaunter[3]	United States ( Wisconsin, Michigan, New England, New York, and New Jersey)