Nesciothemis

Nesciothemis
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]

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. Boudot, J.-P.; Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Samraoui, B.; Schneider, W. (2016). "Nesciothemis farinosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T59921A83853056. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59921A83853056.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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.