Diplacodes

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.

Perchers
Male scarlet percher
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Diplacodes Kirby, 1889[1]

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]

• 
  male Diplacodes sp, Madagascar
• 
  Diplacodes trivialis, India

References

1. 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.
2. "Genus Diplacodes Kirby, 1889". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
3. Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
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. (2009). "Diplacodes deminuta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2010.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
6. "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
7. Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F. & Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2009). "Diplacodes luminans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2010.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
8. 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.
9. Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF).