Diplacodes bipunctata

Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)

Inhabits wide range of still and sluggish waters, including temporary ponds and swamps

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• Libellulidae: Key couplet 1 of 67

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• ● Distal antenodal of forewing incomplete, only the costal section present

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 35 of 67

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• ● Hindwing triangle free

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 39 of 67

• ○ Not as above

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 40 of 67

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• ● Base of hindwing triangle at or slightly proximal to arculus

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 41 of 67

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• ● Tip of anal loop closed, the bounding veins meeting midvein one row of cells away from wing margin

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 45 of 67

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• ● Subtriangle of forewing with one to three cells, its basal side well-defined

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 46 of 67

• ○ Smaller dragonflies, hindwing shorter than 38 mm

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 47 of 67

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• ● Discoidal field of forewing, between triangle and level of origin of IR3, starting with two or three rows of cells, followed by two rows

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 49 of 67

• ○ Hindwing shorter than 30 mm

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 51 of 67

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• ● Hind margin of eye uniformly curved
  
  ⇒ genus: Diplacodes

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 52 of 67

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• ● Subtriangle of forewing subdivided into two or three cells
  ○ Wings hyaline, or yellow to yellowish brown at base or tips

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 53 of 67

• ○ Abdomen yellowish-brown to bright red, with or without black markings

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 54 of 67

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• ● A small dark brown to black spot on intersegmental suture just above level of metastigma

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 55 of 67

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• ● Male abdomen with prominent black lateral markings on terga 4-7
  ● Female abdominal segments 4-7 with well-defined, black mid-dorsal line expanded into spot at end of each segment
  ○ Wings hyaline except for brownish-yellow spot at base
  
  ⇒ species: Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)