Diplacodes lefebvrii
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| File:Diplacodes lefebvrii (Male), Futala Lake, Nagpur.jpg | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Diplacodes |
| Species: | D. lefebvrii
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| Binomial name | |
| Diplacodes lefebvrii (Rambur, 1842)
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Diplacodes lefebvrii[2] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae known commonly as the black percher[1] or black ground skimmer.[3][4] It is a common species native to most all of Africa and southern Eurasia.[1][3][4] It can be found in almost any type of freshwater habitat.[1][5]
Description and habitat
[edit | edit source]It is a small dragonfly with eyes dark brown above, violaceous below. Its prothorax, thorax, abdomen, and legs are entirely black in full adults; but in sub-adults, some yellow marks on sides of thorax and yellow spots on segments 4 to 8 in abdomen.[6]
This species is found on open waste lands and freshwater habitats.[6][7]
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See also
[edit | edit source]References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- File:Wikispecies-logo.svg Data related to Diplacodes lefebvrii at Wikispecies
- Black percher Species text in the Online Atlas of South African Odonata
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