Diplacodes lefebvrii

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	ARTHROPODA	INSECTA	ODONATA	LIBELLULIDAE

Scientific Name:

Diplacodes lefebvrii

Species Authority:

(Rambur, 1842)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Black Percher
French	–	Diplacodes de Lefebvre

Synonym/s:

Diplacodes lefebvrei misspelling

Diplacodes okavangoensis Pinhey, 1976

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2010

Assessor/s:

Dow, R.A.

Reviewer/s:

Clausnitzer, V. & Allen, D.

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Diplacodes lefebvrii is assessed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

History:

2006	–	Least Concern (IUCN 2006)
2006	–	Least Concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Diplacodes lefebvrii is a very widespread and common species in Africa, accross the Indian Ocean and into Eurasia and Europe. In Africa it is found nearly everywhere outside forest areas. It is found from the Indian subcontinent to southwest Asia and Arabia. In the Mediterranean it is fairly common on the south and east coast. Its European range is confined to Cyprus, the Greek island of Rhodes and the southern half of the Iberian Peninsula.
Countries:	Native: Algeria; Angola (Angola); Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cameroon; Chad; Côte d'Ivoire; Cyprus; Djibouti; Egypt (Egypt (African part), Sinai); Equatorial Guinea; Ethiopia; Gambia; Ghana; Greece; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; India (Chandigarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttaranchal); Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Kenya; Lebanon; Liberia; Libya; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritius; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Nepal; Niger; Nigeria; Portugal; Réunion; Sao Tomé and Principe; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; Spain; Sudan; Syrian Arab Republic; Tanzania, United Republic of; Togo; Tunisia; Turkey (Turkey-in-Asia, Turkey-in-Europe); Uganda; Yemen (Socotra); Zambia; Zimbabwe
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Population [top]

Population:	Population size is unknown.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Almost all kinds of well-vegetated freshwater habitats, including seasonal.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Drainage and destruction of swampy habitats.

Major Threat(s):

Drainage and destruction of swampy habitats.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	None required for this widespread species.

Conservation Actions:

None required for this widespread species.

Citation:	Dow, R.A. 2010. Diplacodes lefebvrii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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