Diplacodes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Odonatoptera
Cladus: Holodonata
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Epiprocta
Infraordo: Anisoptera
Superfamilia: Libelluloidea

Familia: Libellulidae
Subfamilia: Sympetrinae
Genus: Diplacodes
Species: D. bipunctata – D. deminuta – D. exilis – D. exul – D. haematodes – D. lefebvrei – D. luminans – D. melanopsis – D. nebulosa – D. okavangoensis – D. pumila – D. spinulosa – D. trivialis
Name
Diplacodes Kirby, 1889

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]

Male	Female	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
		Diplacodes bipunctata (Brauer, 1865)	wandering percher[4]	Australia
		Diplacodes deminuta Lieftinck, 1969	little percher[5]	Central Africa
		Diplacodes exul (Selys, 1883)		Madagascar
		Diplacodes haematodes (Burmeister, 1839)	scarlet percher[4]	Australia (except Tasmania), Timor, New Guinea, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia.
		Diplacodes lefebvrii (Rambur, 1842)	black percher[6]	Africa and southern Eurasia.
		Diplacodes luminans (Karsch, 1893)	luminous percher, barbet, barbet percher[7]	Central Africa
		Diplacodes melanopsis (Martin, 1901)	black-faced percher[4]	Eastern Australia
		Diplacodes nebulosa (Fabricius, 1793)	charcoal-winged percher[4]	Asia and northern Australia
		Diplacodes pumila Dijkstra, 2006	dwarf percher[8]	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
		Diplacodes spinulosa Navás, 1915		Africa
		Diplacodes trivialis (Rambur, 1842)	chalky percher,[4] ground skimmer[9]	India

References

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]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1889.tb00016.x – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
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. (2016). "Diplacodes deminuta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59863A84817476. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59863A84817476.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
"Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
Clausnitzer, V. (2016). "Diplacodes luminans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T184261A83894418. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T184261A83894418.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Clausnitzer, V.; Clausnitzer, V. & Suhling, F. (2010). "Diplacodes pumila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T168013A6442446. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T168013A6442446.en.
Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF).