Biology:Nesciothemis

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Short description: Genus of dragonflies

Nesciothemis
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Nesciothemis farinosa
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q652983 entry