Procordulia jacksoniensis

{{short description|Species of dragonfly}}

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|name=Eastern swamp emerald

|image=Eastern Swamp Emerald, Procordulia jacksoniensis, male.jpg

|image_caption=Male in flight

|status=LC

|status_system=IUCN3.1

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Hawking, J. |date=2009 |title=Procordulia jacksoniensis |volume=2009 |page=e.T163526A5611581 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163526A5611581.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

|taxon=Procordulia jacksoniensis

|authority=(Rambur, 1842){{Cite book|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k61025298/f169.image|title=Histoire naturelle des insectes. Névroptères|language=fr|last=Rambur|first=Jules|publisher=Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret|year=1842|location=Paris|pages=534 [147]|via=Gallica}}

|range_map=Procordulia jacksoniensis distribution map.svg

}}

Procordulia jacksoniensis is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae,{{Cite web|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Procordulia_jacksoniensis|title=Species Procordulia jacksoniensis (Rambur, 1842)|date=2012|website=Australian Faunal Directory|publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study|access-date=7 February 2017}}

known as the eastern swamp emerald.{{Cite book|title=The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia|last1=Theischinger|first1=Günther|last2=Hawking|first2=John|publisher=CSIRO Publishing|year=2006|isbn=978-0-64309-073-6|location=Collingwood, Victoria, Australia|pages=250}} It inhabits rivers, pools and lakes in eastern Australia, from Brisbane through New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, and around Adelaide in South Australia.{{cite book|title=Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata|last2=Endersby|first2=Ian|date=2009|publisher=Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW|isbn=978-1-74232-475-3|pages=233|last1=Theischinger|first1=Gunther}}

Procordulia jacksoniensis is a small to medium-sized black and orange-yellow dragonfly with a thick, flattened tail.{{Cite book|title=The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata |last1=Watson|first1=J.A.L.|last2=Theischinger|first2=G.|last3=Abbey|first3=H.M.|publisher=CSIRO|year=1991|isbn=0643051368|location=Melbourne}}