Paltothemis

Paltothemis is a genus of skimmers in the family Libellulidae.

==Species== There are at least three species recognised in the genus Paltothemis: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Male!! Female !! Scientific name!! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px || ||Paltothemis cyanosoma Garrison, 1982 ||blue rock skimmer || Mexico, where it is found in Guerrero, Jalisco, and Michoacán |- |120px ||120px ||Paltothemis lineatipes Karsch, 1890 || red rock skimmer || southwestern United States, parts of Mexico and southward to Costa Rica |- | || ||Paltothemis nicolae Hellebuyck, 2002 || ||El Salvador |- |}