Diplacodes
| Perchers | |
|---|---|
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| Male scarlet percher | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Subfamily: | Sympetrinae |
| Genus: | Diplacodes Kirby, 1889[1] |
Diplacodes is a genus of dragonflies in the Libellulidae family.[2] 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.
Species
The genus Diplacodes includes the following species:[3]
- Diplacodes bipunctata (Brauer, 1865) – wandering percher[4]
- Diplacodes deminuta Lieftinck, 1969 – little percher[5]
- Diplacodes exul (Selys, 1883)
- Diplacodes haematodes (Burmeister, 1839) – scarlet percher[4]
- Diplacodes lefebvrii (Rambur, 1842) – black percher[6]
- Diplacodes luminans (Karsch, 1893) – luminous percher, barbet, barbet percher[7]
- Diplacodes melanopsis (Martin, 1901) – black-faced percher[4]
- Diplacodes nebulosa (Fabricius, 1793) – charcoal-winged percher[4]
- Diplacodes pumila Dijkstra, 2006 – dwarf percher[8]
- Diplacodes spinulosa Navás, 1915
- Diplacodes trivialis (Rambur, 1842) – chalky percher,[4] ground skimmer[9]
References
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- ^ Kirby, W.F. (1889). "A revision of the subfamily Libellulinae, with descriptions of new genera and species". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 12: 249–348 [307] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "Genus Diplacodes Kirby, 1889". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The complete field guide to dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
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- ^ "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
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- ^ Clausnitzer, V.; Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F. (2010). "Diplacodes pumila". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. IUCN: e.T168013A6442446. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T168013A6442446.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF).