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Rock Skimmers
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Rock Skimmers

Paltothemis

Paltothemis is a genus of skimmers in the family Libellulidae. There are at least 3 described species in Paltothemis.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Red Rock Skimmer

speciesPaltothemis lineatipes

Blue Rock Skimmer

speciesPaltothemis cyanosoma

Spot-winged Rock Skimmer

speciesPaltothemis nicolae

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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 90633.