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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Odonatoptera
Cladus: Holodonata
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Epiprocta
Infraordo: Anisoptera
Superfamilia: Libelluloidea

Familia: Libellulidae
Subfamilia: Brachydiplacinae
Genus: Porpax
Species: P. asperipes – P. bipunctus – P. garambensis – P. risi – P. sentipes
Name
Porpax 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

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.

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