Diplacodes trivialis

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Diplacodes trivialis
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Superfamily: Libelluloidea
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Diplacodes
Species:
D. trivialis
Binomial name
Diplacodes trivialis
(Rambur, 1842)[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Libellula trivialis Rambur, 1842
  • Libellula phalerata Uhler, 1858
  • Diplacodes remota Ris, 1911

Diplacodes trivialis is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae[4][3] known as the chalky percher[5] or ground skimmer.[6][7] It is found in Seychelles, Oman, United Arab Emirates, China, Japan, India, Maldives and southwards to New Guinea and Australia.[8][9][10]

Description and habitat

Diplacodes trivialis is small dragonfly with bluish eyes and greenish-yellow or olivaceous thorax and abdomen with black marks. In very old adults, the whole thorax and abdomen become uniform pruinosed blue. Clear wings, without apical or basal markings, and the creamy white anal appendages and deep pruinescence in adults help to distinguish this species from others in its genus. It breeds in ponds, wet rice fields, shallow lakes, drainage ditches and similar habitats. It is one of the most common dragonflies in Asia, found in both the plains and hills and in dry and wet areas.[11][12][13]

Etymology

The genus name Diplacodes combines Diplax, a genus name derived from the Greek δίς (dis, "twice") and πλάξ (plax, "flat and broad"), with the Greek suffix –ώδης (-ōdēs, "resembling" or "having the nature of"). The name refers to the similarity of the genus to Diplax and Diplacina.[14]

The species name trivialis is Latin for "common" or "ordinary", likely referring to the species being one of the most common dragonflies found in India, where the original specimens were collected.[2][11][14]

See also

References

  1. Subramanian, K.A. (2020). "Diplacodes trivialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T167372A83371487. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T167372A83371487.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Rambur, Jules (1842). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Névroptères (in French). Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. 534 [115] – via Gallica.
  3. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  4. "Species Diplacodes trivialis (Rambur, 1842)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  5. Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
  6. "Diplacodes trivialis Rambur, 1842". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  7. "Diplacodes trivialis Rambur, 1842". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  8. "Facts about Diplacodes trivialis". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
  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. p. 278. ISBN 0-643-05136-8.
  10. 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. 322–323. ISBN 978-81-8171-495-4.
  11. 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. 336–338.
  12. C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 434.
  13. Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.
  14. Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.

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