Kingdom Animalia Family Libellulidae Scientific name Nesciothemis farinosa Rank Species | Class Insecta Genus Nesciothemis Phylum Arthropoda Order Odonate | |
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Similar Odonate, Orthetrum julia, Crocothemis sanguinolenta, Ceratogomphus pictus, Anax speratus | ||
Nesciothemis farinosa (Eastern Blacktail) is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.
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Common Names
Common names for this species include Eastern Blacktail, Black-tailed Skimmer (not to be confused with the European and Asian species of the same name, Orthetrum cancellatum), Black-tailed Dancer, Black-tailed False-skimmer and Common Blacktail.
Distribution and status
It is found in Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi.
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.