Macrodiplax

Macrodiplax is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.[2] It is found across the tropics and subtropics; however, it is not found in Africa.[3]

Macrodiplax
Macrodiplax cora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily: Urothemistinae
Genus: Macrodiplax
Brauer, 1868[1]
Type species
Macrodiplax cora

Species

The genus Macrodiplax includes only two species:[4]

MaleFemaleScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Macrodiplax balteata (Hagen, 1861)Marl Pennant[5]southern United States, the Caribbean and South America
Macrodiplax cora (Kaup in Brauer, 1867)Cora’s Pennant,[6] Wandering Pennant[7]Tropical Asia and Australasia

References

  1. Brauer, Friedrich (1868). "Verzeichniss der bis jetzt bekannten Neuropteren im Sinne Linné's. Erster Abschnitt". Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (in German). 18: 359–416 [366] via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. "Genus Macrodiplax Brauer, 1868". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. 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 0643051368.
  4. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama. Retrieved 14 Mar 2023.
  5. "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 1 Sep 2011.
  6. Sharma, G. (2013). "Macrodiplax cora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T167478A17531208. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T167478A17531208.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  7. Theischinger, Gunther; Hawking, John (2007). The complete field guide to dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
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