Biology:Diplacodes

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Diplacodes is a genus of dragonflies in the Libellulidae family.[1] They are commonly known as perchers. Their colours range from the totally black body of the African Diplacodes lefebvrii, the lovely pale blue of India's Diplacodes trivialis, to the intense red of the Asian–Australian Diplacodes haematodes.

Various species of this genus occur in Africa, Asia, Australia and the South West Pacific. They are generally small in size.

Etymology

The genus name Diplacodes combines Diplax, a genus name derived from the Greek δίς (dis, "twice") and πλάξ (plax, "flat and broad"), with the Greek suffix –ώδης (-ōdēs, "resembling" or "having the nature of"). The name refers to the similarity of the genus to Diplax and Diplacina.[2]

Species

The genus Diplacodes includes the following species:[3]

Male Female Scientific name Common name Distribution
120px 120px Diplacodes bipunctata (Brauer, 1865) wandering percher[4] Australia
Diplacodes deminuta Lieftinck, 1969 little percher[5] Central Africa
120px Diplacodes exilis Ris, 1911 Madagascar
120px 120px Diplacodes haematodes (Burmeister, 1839) scarlet percher[4] Australia (except Tasmania), Timor, New Guinea, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia.
120px 120px Diplacodes lefebvrii (Rambur, 1842) black percher[6] Africa and southern Eurasia.
120px Diplacodes luminans (Karsch, 1893) luminous percher, barbet, barbet percher[7] Central Africa
120px 120px Diplacodes melanopsis (Martin, 1901) black-faced percher[4] Eastern Australia
120px 120px Diplacodes nebulosa (Fabricius, 1793) charcoal-winged percher[4] Asia and northern Australia
120px 120px Diplacodes pumila Dijkstra, 2006 dwarf percher[8] Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
120px 120px Diplacodes trivialis (Rambur, 1842) chalky percher,[4] ground skimmer[9] India

References

  1. ↑ "Genus Diplacodes Kirby, 1889". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Diplacodes. 
  2. ↑ Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283318421_The_Naming_of_Australia's_Dragonflies. 
  3. ↑ "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The complete field guide to dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8. 
  5. ↑ Clausnitzer, V.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Suhling, F. (2016). "Diplacodes deminuta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59863A84817476.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59863/84817476. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  6. ↑ "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. http://www.dragonflypix.com/checklist.html. 
  7. ↑ Clausnitzer, V. (2016). "Diplacodes luminans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T184261A83894418.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/184261/83894418. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  8. ↑ Clausnitzer, V.; Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F. (2010). "Diplacodes pumila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T168013A6442446.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/168013/6442446. 
  9. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India. http://www.ias.ac.in/initiat/sci_ed/lifescape/odonates-dragonflies.pdf. 

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