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Nesciothemis

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Nesciothemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. It contains the following species:

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderOdonata
  5. FamilyLibellulidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
6
With media
5
Family
Libellulidae
Collections
USNM, AM, NHMUK
Recorded in
Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Libellulidae
Image
Nesciothemis farinosa e 011828-2.jpg
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taxon name
Nesciothemis
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Nesciothemis
Commons category
Nesciothemis
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Nesciothemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. It contains the following species: Nesciothemis farinosa - Black-tailed Dancer, Black-tailed False-skimmer, Black-tailed Skimmer, Common Blacktail (not to be confused with the Eurasian species Orthetrum cancellatum which shares some of these common names). Nesciothemis fitzgeraldi Nesciothemis minor - Small Blacktail Nesciothemis nigeriensis - Northern Redtail Nesciothemis pujoli - Western Blacktail

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nesciothemis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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