Macrodiplax

Macrodiplax
	Macrodiplax cora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Superfamily:	Libelluloidea
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Macrodiplax; Brauer, 1868
Type species
	Macrodiplax cora;

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]

Etymology

The genus name Macrodiplax combines the Greek μακρός (makros, "large" or "long") with Diplax, a genus name derived from the Greek δίς (dis, "twice") and πλάξ (plax, "flat and broad"). The name probably refers to the large size of members of the genus.^[4]

Species

The genus Macrodiplax includes only two species:^[5]

Male	Female	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
		Macrodiplax balteata (Hagen, 1861)	Marl Pennant^[6]	southern United States, the Caribbean and South America
		Macrodiplax cora (Kaup in Brauer, 1867)	Cora's Pennant,^[7] Wandering Pennant^[8]	Tropical Asia and Australasia

References

↑ 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.
↑ "Genus Macrodiplax Brauer, 1868". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
↑ 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 0-643-05136-8.
↑ Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.
↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
↑ "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 1 Sep 2011.
↑ 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.
↑ Theischinger, Gunther; Hawking, John (2007). The complete field guide to dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 978-0-643-09073-6.

[Brauer_1868-1] 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.

[AFD-2] "Genus Macrodiplax Brauer, 1868". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

[Watson_1991-3] 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 0-643-05136-8.

[Endersby_&_Fliedner_2015-4] Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.

[WOL-5] Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.

[North_American_Odonata-6] "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 1 Sep 2011.

[IUCN_Macrodiplax_cora-7] 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.

[Theischinger_2007-8] Theischinger, Gunther; Hawking, John (2007). The complete field guide to dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 978-0-643-09073-6.

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