Nesciothemis
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| Nesciothemis | |
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| Nesciothemis farinosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Subfamily: | Libellulinae |
| Genus: | Nesciothemis Longfield, 1955[1] |
Nesciothemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. It contains the following species:[1]
- Nesciothemis farinosa (Förster, 1898) - Black-tailed Dancer, Black-tailed False-skimmer, Black-tailed Skimmer, Common Blacktail[2] (not to be confused with the Eurasian species Orthetrum cancellatum which shares some of these common names).
- Nesciothemis fitzgeraldi Pinhey, 1956
- Nesciothemis minor Gambles, 1966 - Small Blacktail[3]
- Nesciothemis nigeriensis Gambles, 1966 - Northern Redtail[4]
- Nesciothemis pujoli Pinhey, 1971 - Western Blacktail[5]
