Macrodiplax

Macrodiplax
Macrodiplax cora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Macrodiplax Brauer, 1868 [1]
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]

Species

The genus Macrodiplax includes only two species: ^[4]

Male	Female	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
		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   0-643-05136-8.
4. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
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   978-0-643-09073-6.