Nesciothemis farinosa

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Nesciothemis farinosa
Eastern blacktail (Nesciothemis farinosa) male Mlilwane.jpg
Male in Eswatini
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Nesciothemis
Species:
N. farinosa
Binomial name
Nesciothemis farinosa
(Förster, 1898)

Nesciothemis farinosa, the eastern blacktail, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.

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Common names

Common names for this species include eastern blacktail, black-tailed skimmer (not to be confused with the European and Asian species of the same name, Orthetrum cancellatum ), black-tailed dancer, black-tailed false-skimmer and common blacktail.

Distribution and status

It is found in Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi.

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.

References

  1. 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 13 November 2021.