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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Diplacodes |
| Species: | D. haematodes |
| Binomial name | |
| Diplacodes haematodes (Burmeister, 1839)[2] | |
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Diplacodes haematodes, the scarlet percher, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.[3] It occurs throughout Australia (except Tasmania), Timor, New Guinea, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia.[4] It is locally common in habitats with hot sunny exposed sites at or near rivers, streams, ponds, and lakes. It often prefers to settle on hot rocks rather than twigs or leaves, and is quite wary. This is a spectacular species of dragonfly, although small in size (wingspan 60mm, length 35mm). The male is brilliant red, the female yellow-ochre. Females have yellow infuscation suffusing the outer wings, while the males have similar colour at the bases of the wings.[5]
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Male and female mating
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Red
Mature Female
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Female face on
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Male wings have colour near their base
Male
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Immature male before turning red
Female, highlighting brownish wingtips
Male, highlighting wing venation
Diagram of male wings
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Photo of female wings
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References
- ^ Dow, R.A. (2017). "Diplacodes haematodes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T83357088A83383210. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T83357088A83383210.en.
- ^ Burmeister, Hermann (1839). Handbuch der Entomologie (in Latin and German). Berlin: T.C.F. Enslin. pp. 805–862 [849] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "Species Diplacodes haematodes (Burmeister , 1839)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ Theischinger, Gunther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood Vic.: CSIRO. p. 276. ISBN 0643090738.
- ^ McCoy, Michael (2010). Reef and rainforest. Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing. p. 148. ISBN 0-643-09695-7.