Porpax (dragonfly)

Porpax
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Porpax Karsch, 1896
Type species
Porpax asperipes Karsch, 1896

Porpax is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. The five species in the genus are all endemic to tropical Africa:^[1]

• Porpax asperipes Karsch, 1896
• Porpax risi Pinhey, 1958
• Porpax garambensis Pinhey, 1966
• Porpax bipunctus Pinhey, 1966
• Porpax sentipes Dijkstra, 2006

References

1. Klaas-Douwe B. Dijkstra (2006). "Taxonomy and biogeography of Porpax, a dragonfly genus centred in the Congo Basin (Odonata, Libellulidae)" (PDF). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 149: 71–88.