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Blacktails and Peppertails
Nesciothemis
Nesciothemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. It contains the following species:
Nesciothemis farinosa (Förster, 1898) - 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).
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Eastern Blacktail
speciesNesciothemis farinosa
Western Blacktail
speciesNesciothemis pujoli
Small Blacktail
speciesNesciothemis minor
Lesser Peppertail
speciesNesciothemis fitzgeraldi
Greater Peppertail
speciesNesciothemis nigeriensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90286.