Abundance: 0.43 to 54.41% (median 2.90%)
Latitudinal range: -36.2° to 37.5°Habitats: desert/xeric shrubland (3), lake (2), mangrove (1), temperate savanna (2), temperate wetland (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (4), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (5), tropical/subtropical savanna (1), tropical/subtropical upland river (1), tropical/subtropical wetland (2)
Found in 22 samples
Australia: Middle Creek, Tennant's Creek, Mossman River Gorge, Rain Forest
China: Ho Pui
India: Similipal Tiger Reserve, Pohara - Malkhed Reserve Forest, Khadki Cantonment (post-monsoon), Ankalga, Bengaluru, Lingda (paddy field), Sagar Island (August 1983)
Indonesia: Manik Rambung (rice field A, dry season), Sumber Jabung
Malawi: Fort Johnston
Malaysia: Taman Negara Johor Endau-Rompin
Nigeria: Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife
Philippines: Lake Babuyan
Somalia: Giohar (1968), Ola Uager (1970)
Spain: Laguna de Zóñar
Zimbabwe: Main Camp, Salisbury
See also Diplacodes bipunctata, Diplacodes exul, Diplacodes haematodes, Diplacodes lefebvrii, Diplacodes nebulosa, Diplacodes trivialis