Nesciothemis

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]

Nesciothemis
Nesciothemis farinosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Nesciothemis
Longfield, 1955[1]

References
  1. Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  2. Suhling, F. & Clausnitzer, V. (2009). "Nesciothemis farinosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. Suhling, F. & Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2010). "Nesciothemis minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T168008A6439440. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T168008A6439440.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  4. Clausnitzer, V. & Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2010). "Nesciothemis nigeriensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T184201A8236409. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184201A8236409.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  5. Clausnitzer, V. & Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2010). "Nesciothemis pujoli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T158571A5220443. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T158571A5220443.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.


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