Biology:Diplacodes nebulosa

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Short description: Species of dragonfly

Black-tipped percher
Black Tipped Ground Skimmer (Diplacodes Nebulosa) male.jpg
Male
Black tipped ground skimmer female (36857328406).jpg
Female
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Diplacodes
Species:
D. nebulosa
Binomial name
Diplacodes nebulosa
(Fabricius, 1793)[2]
Diplacodes nebulosa distribution map.svg
Synonyms

Libellula nebulosa Fabricius, 1793

Diplacodes nebulosa (the black-tipped percher,[1] black-tipped ground skimmer[3][4] or charcoal-winged percher[5]) is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is a widely distributed species in many Asian countries.[1][6][3][4] and northern Australia .[7][8]

Description and habitat

Diplacodes nebulosa is a very small and slender dragonfly.[5] Males have a black abdomen and black wing tips; females are yellow and black, and their wings can be hyaline, or with an orange base, or, like the male, have black tips.[9]

Gallery

  • Male

  • Female

  • Sub-adult male

  • Mating pair

  • Male, north Queensland, Australia

  • Female wings

  • Male wings

It prefers marshes and heavily weeded ponds.[10][11]

See also

  • List of odonates of Sri Lanka
  • List of odonates of India
  • List of Odonata species of Australia

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dow, R.A.; Sharma, G. (2017). "Diplacodes nebulosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T167369A87526935. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T167369A87526935.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/167369/87526935. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. ↑ Fabricius, Johann Christian (1793) (in la). Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum, Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Hafniae : impensis Christ. Gottl. Proft. pp. 379. https://books.google.com/books?id=yxUOAAAAQAAJ. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Diplacodes nebulosa Fabricius, 1793". India Biodiversity Portal. http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/234371. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Diplacodes nebulosa Fabricius, 1793". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.indianodonata.org/#!/sp/585/Diplacodes-nebulosa. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 278. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6. 
  6. ↑ Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World. Tol J. van , 2008-08-01
  7. ↑ Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata. Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. pp. 211. ISBN 978-1-74232-475-3. http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/publications/09730AustOdonata.pdf. 
  8. ↑ K.A., Subramanian; K.G., Emiliyamma; R., Babu; C., Radhakrishnan; S.S., Talmale (2018). Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India. Zoological Survey of India. pp. 320–321. ISBN 9788181714954. 
  9. ↑ Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. ISBN 0643051368. 
  10. ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1936). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. III. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 335–336. https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3. 
  11. ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species. pp. 434. http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf. 

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