Diplacodes nebulosa
{{short description|Species of dragonfly}}
{{Speciesbox
|name=Black-tipped percher
|image=Black Tipped Ground Skimmer (Diplacodes Nebulosa) male.jpg
|image_caption=Male
|image2=Black tipped ground skimmer female (36857328406).jpg
|image2_caption=Female
|status=LC
|status_system=IUCN3.1
|taxon=Diplacodes nebulosa
|authority=(Fabricius, 1793){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yxUOAAAAQAAJ|title=Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum, Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus|language=la|last=Fabricius|first=Johann Christian|publisher=Hafniae : impensis Christ. Gottl. Proft|year=1793|pages=379|via=Google Books}}
|range_map=Diplacodes nebulosa distribution map.svg
|synonyms=Libellula nebulosa {{small|Fabricius, 1793}}
}}
Diplacodes nebulosa (the black-tipped percher, black-tipped ground skimmer or charcoal-winged percher) is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is a widely distributed species in many Asian countries.Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World. Tol J. van , 2008-08-01{{cite web
|url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/234371|title=Diplacodes nebulosa Fabricius, 1793|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|access-date=2017-02-13}}{{cite web
|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/#!/sp/585/Diplacodes-nebulosa|title=Diplacodes nebulosa Fabricius, 1793|publisher=Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies|access-date=2017-02-13}} and northern Australia.{{cite book|title=Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata|last2=Endersby|first2=Ian|date=2009|publisher=Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW|isbn=978-1-74232-475-3|pages=211|last1=Theischinger|first1=Gunther|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/publications/09730AustOdonata.pdf}}{{cite book |last1=K.A. |first1=Subramanian |last2=K.G. |first2=Emiliyamma |last3=R. |first3=Babu |last4=C. |first4=Radhakrishnan |last5=S.S. |first5=Talmale |title=Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India |date=2018 |publisher=Zoological Survey of India |isbn=9788181714954|pages=320–321}}
Description and habitat
Diplacodes nebulosa is a very small and slender dragonfly.{{Cite book|title=The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia|last1=Theischinger|first1=Günther|last2=Hawking|first2=John|publisher=CSIRO Publishing|year=2006|isbn=978-0-64309-073-6|location=Collingwood, Victoria, Australia|pages=278}}
Males have a black abdomen and black wing tips; females are yellow and black, and their wings can be hyaline, or with an orange base, or, like the male, have black tips.{{Cite book|title=The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata|last1=Watson|first1=J.A.L.|last2=Theischinger|first2=G.|last3=Abbey|first3=H.M.|publisher=CSIRO|year=1991|isbn=0643051368|location=Melbourne}}
Gallery
File:Diplacodes nebulosa 04398.jpg|Male
File:Diplacodes nebulosa by Sherif.jpg|Female
File:Black Tipped Ground Skimmer (Diplacodes Nebulosa) male., ചുട്ടിനിലത്തൻ. (23900114388).jpg|Sub-adult male
File:Black Tipped Ground Skimmer (Diplacodes Nebulosa)mating.jpg|Mating pair
Charcoal-winged percher 8011220.jpg|Male, north Queensland, Australia
File:Diplacodes nebulosa female wings (34672009430).jpg|Female wings
File:Diplacodes nebulosa male wings (34672012010).jpg|Male wings
It prefers marshes and heavily weeded ponds.{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. Fraser|author-link=Frederic Charles Fraser|title=The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. III|publisher=Taylor and Francis|location=Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London|year=1936|pages=[https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3/page/n346 335]–336|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3}}{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. Fraser|author-link=Frederic Charles Fraser|title=A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species|year=1924|pages=434|url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf}}
See also
References
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- [http://www.dragonflypix.com/speciespages_en/diplacodes nebulosa.html World Dragonflies]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Diplacodes_nebulosa/classification/ Animal diversity web]
- [http://www.asia-dragonfly.net/globalResults.php?Species=1348 Query Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221132229/http://www.asia-dragonfly.net/globalResults.php?Species=1348 |date=2015-02-21 }}
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Category:Insects of Southeast Asia