title: Nesciothemis
text: # 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).
  * Nesciothemis fitzgeraldi Pinhey, 1956
  * Nesciothemis minor Gambles, 1966 - Small Blacktail
  * Nesciothemis nigeriensis Gambles, 1966 - Northern Redtail
  * Nesciothemis pujoli Pinhey, 1971 - Western Blacktail
  