Diplacodes
Genus of dragonflies
title: "Diplacodes" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["libellulidae", "anisoptera-genera", "odonata-of-africa", "odonata-of-asia", "odonata-of-australia", "odonata-of-oceania", "taxa-named-by-william-forsell-kirby", "insects-described-in-1889"] description: "Genus of dragonflies" topic_path: "geography/australia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplacodes" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Genus of dragonflies ::
|name=Perchers |image=Diplacodes haematodes.jpg |image_caption=Male scarlet percher |taxon=Diplacodes |authority=Kirby, 1889
Diplacodes is a genus of dragonflies in the Libellulidae family. 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: ::data[format=table]
| Male | Female | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Male Wandering Percher (17063332425).jpg | 120px]] | [[File:Female Wandering Percher bum up (15920092471).jpg | 120px]] | Diplacodes bipunctata (Brauer, 1865) |
| Diplacodes deminuta Lieftinck, 1969 | little percher | Central Africa | ||
| [[File:Percher (Diplacodes sp.) male.jpg | 120px]] | Diplacodes exul (Selys, 1883) | ||
| [[File:Diplacodes haematodes.jpg | 120px]] | [[File:Dragonfly Diplacodes haematodes f Mareeba130404-4583.jpg | 120px]] | Diplacodes haematodes (Burmeister, 1839) |
| [[File:Diplacodes lefebvrii (Male), Futala Lake, Nagpur.jpg | 120px]] | [[File:Black percher dragonfly (2015).jpg | 120px]] | Diplacodes lefebvrii (Rambur, 1842) |
| [[File:Diplacodes luminans Barbet 2013 01 26.jpg | 120px]] | Diplacodes luminans (Karsch, 1893) | luminous percher, barbet, barbet percher | |
| [[File:Male Diplacodes melanopsis flank (30322432343).jpg | 120px]] | [[File:Female Black-faced Percher (15822865640).jpg | 120px]] | Diplacodes melanopsis (Martin, 1901) |
| [[File:Black Tipped Ground Skimmer (Diplacodes Nebulosa) male., ചുട്ടിനിലത്തൻ. (23900114388).jpg | 120px]] | [[File:Black tipped ground skimmer female (36857328406).jpg | 120px]] | Diplacodes nebulosa (Fabricius, 1793) |
| [[File:Diplacodes pumila Dwarf Percher 2013 02 03 09 30.JPG | 120px]] | [[File:Diplacodes pumila Dwarf Percher 2013 02 03 14 15.JPG | 120px]] | Diplacodes pumila Dijkstra, 2006 |
| Diplacodes spinulosa Navás, 1915 | Africa | |||
| [[File:Blue dragon sal.jpg | 120px]] | [[File:Chalky Percher (Diplacodes trivialis) female - Flickr - Graham Winterflood.jpg | 120px]] | Diplacodes trivialis (Rambur, 1842) |
| :: |
References
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.
- (2012). "Genus ''Diplacodes'' Kirby, 1889". [[Australian Biological Resources Study]].
- {{World Odonata List
- (2006). "The complete field guide to dragonflies of Australia". CSIRO Publishing.
- Clausnitzer, V.. (2016). "''Diplacodes deminuta''".
- "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com.
- Clausnitzer, V.. (2016). "''Diplacodes luminans''".
- Clausnitzer, V.. (2010). "''Diplacodes pumila''".
- Subramanian, K. A.. (2005). "Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India".
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