''Porpax'' is a genus of
dragonflies in the family
Libellulidae
The skimmers or perchers and their relatives form the Libellulidae, the largest dragonfly family in the world. It is sometimes considered to contain the Corduliidae as the subfamily Corduliinae and the Macromiidae as the subfamily Macromiinae. Ev ...
. The five species in the genus are all
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
tropical Africa
Although tropical Africa is mostly familiar to the West for its rainforests, this biogeographic realm of Africa is far more diverse. While the tropics are thought of as regions with hot moist climates, which are caused by latitude and the tropi ...
:
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Porpax asperipes''
Karsch, 1896
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Porpax risi''
Pinhey, 1958
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Porpax garambensis''
Pinhey, 1966
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Porpax bipunctus''
Pinhey, 1966
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Porpax sentipes''
Dijkstra, 2006
References
Libellulidae
Odonata of Africa
Taxa named by Ferdinand Karsch
Anisoptera genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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