Diplacodes
| Perchers | |
|---|---|
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| Male scarlet percher | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Epiprocta |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Diplacodes Kirby, 1889 |
Diplacodes is a genus of dragonflies in the Libellulidae family. They are commonly known as perchers. Their colours range from the totally black body of the African D. lefebvrei, the lovely pale blue of India's D. trivialis, to the intense red of the Asian–Australian D. haematodes.
Various species of this genus occur in Africa, Asia, Australia and the South West Pacific. They are generally small in size.
The genus contains the following species:[1]
- Diplacodes bipunctata (Brauer, 1865) – wandering percher[2]
- Diplacodes deminuta Lieftinck, 1969 – little percher[3]
- Diplacodes exul (Selys, 1883)
- Diplacodes haematodes (Burmeister, 1839) – scarlet percher[2]
- Diplacodes lefebvrii (Rambur, 1842) – black percher[4]
- Diplacodes luminans (Karsch, 1893) – luminous percher, barbet, barbet percher[5]
- Diplacodes melanopsis (Martin, 1901) – black-faced percher[2]
- Diplacodes nebulosa (Fabricius, 1793) – charcoal-winged percher[2]
- Diplacodes pumila Dijkstra, 2006 – dwarf percher[6]
- Diplacodes spinulosa Navás, 1915
- Diplacodes trivialis (Rambur, 1842) – chalky percher,[2] ground skimmer[7]
D. trivialis
References
- ↑ Martin Schorr, Martin Lindeboom, Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 3 Oct 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Günther Theischinger, John Hawking (2006). The complete field guide to dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
- ↑ Clausnitzer, V., Dijkstra, K.-D.B. & Suhling, F. (2009). "Diplacodes deminuta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
- ↑ "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ↑ Clausnitzer, V., Suhling, F. & Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2009). "Diplacodes luminans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
- ↑ Clausnitzer, V.Clausnitzer, V. & Suhling, F. (2009). "Diplacodes pumila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
- ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF).
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