Brachydiplax

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Brachydiplax
Brachydiplax denticauda - Palemouth (female) 0118.jpg
Brachydiplax denticauda
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily:
Genus: Brachydiplax
Brauer, 1868[1]

Brachydiplax is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.[2] They occur in Asia from India to China and Southeast Asia, and New Guinea to Australia.[3]

Species of Brachydiplax are often commonly found. Males of most species are usually pale to mid powder blue. Females have shades of brown, sometimes with neat patterns of spots on the abdomen, as in Brachydiplax chalybea flavovittata.

Like most Libellulids they tend to perch on sticks, reeds or stones near water, flying out to catch insects then returning to their perch.

Species[]

The genus Brachydiplax includes the following species:[4]

Male Female Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Brachydiplax chalybea of Kadavoor.jpg Rufous Backed Marsh Hawk Brachydiplax chalybea Female by Kadavoor.jpg Brachydiplax chalybea Brauer, 1868 yellow-patched lieutenant, rufous-backed marsh hawk, and blue dasher eastern Asia, from India to Japan to Indonesia.
Palemouth (Brachydiplax denticauda) (23867332788).jpg Brachydiplax denticauda - Palemouth (female).jpg Brachydiplax denticauda (Brauer, 1867) palemouth Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands.
Brachydiplax duivenbodei 4394.jpg Brachydiplax duivenbodei V33A2842.jpg Brachydiplax duivenbodei (Brauer, 1866) darkmouth Indonesia, the Solomon Islands, and Queensland in Australia
Davidraju Brachydiplax farinosa.jpg Krüger, 1902 India
Brachydiplax sobrina .jpg Brachydiplax sobrina 2.jpg Brachydiplax sobrina (Rambur, 1842) Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand
Lieftinck, 1953 Australia
Fraser, 1924 China

References[]

  1. ^ Brauer, F. (1868). "Neue und wenig bekannte vom Herrn Doct. Semper gesammelte Odonaten". Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (in German). 18: 167–188 [183] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ^ "Genus Brachydiplax Brauer, 1868". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. ^ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 270. ISBN 978 0 64309 073 6.
  4. ^ Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
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