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Diplacodes nebulosa

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Species of dragonfly

Black-tipped percher
Male
Female
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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)
Synonyms

Libellula nebulosa Fabricius, 1793

Diplacodes nebulosa (the black-tipped percher, black-tipped ground skimmer or charcoal-winged percher) is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is a widely distributed species in many Asian countries. and northern Australia.

Description and habitat

Diplacodes nebulosa is a very small and slender dragonfly. 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.

Gallery

  • Male Male
  • Female Female
  • Sub-adult male Sub-adult male
  • Mating pair Mating pair
  • Male, north Queensland, Australia Male, north Queensland, Australia
  • Female wings Female wings
  • Male wings Male wings

It prefers marshes and heavily weeded ponds.

See also

References

  1. ^ 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. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Fabricius, Johann Christian (1793). Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum, Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus (in Latin). Hafniae : impensis Christ. Gottl. Proft. p. 379 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Diplacodes nebulosa Fabricius, 1793". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  4. ^ "Diplacodes nebulosa Fabricius, 1793". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  5. ^ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 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 (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 211. ISBN 978-1-74232-475-3.
  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.
  11. C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 434.
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Diplacodes nebulosa
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