Nesciothemis

Nesciothemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. It contains the following species:^[1]

• Nesciothemis farinosa (Förster, 1898) - Black-tailed Dancer, Black-tailed False-skimmer, Black-tailed Skimmer, Common Blacktail^[2] (not to be confused with the Eurasian species Orthetrum cancellatum which shares some of these common names).
• Nesciothemis fitzgeraldi Pinhey, 1956
• Nesciothemis minor Gambles, 1966 - Small Blacktail^[3]
• Nesciothemis nigeriensis Gambles, 1966 - Northern Redtail^[4]
• Nesciothemis pujoli Pinhey, 1971 - Western Blacktail^[5]

Nesciothemis
Nesciothemis farinosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Subfamily:	Libellulinae
Genus:	Nesciothemis Longfield, 1955[1]