Odonata Atlas of Africa

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OdonataMAP:   7521
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2331DC
Observer:   Hartog-Leurs Karen&Wil
Date of record:   2012-11-22
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   These are the photo's of the "first" observation of a P.magnus in South Africa. Some dragonflies had taken shelter in Wil's hut after a storm, amongst them this beautifull Great Hooktail... The third picture shows a P. elpidius together with P. magnus
Last updated:   2022-02-02 19:05:10
Sp. code:   665840
Species name:   Paragomphus magnus
Common name:   Great Hooktail
Family:   Gomphidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Paragomphus magnus, male
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=OdonataMAP-7521
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 7521 - photo: 1
VM-number: 7521 - photo: 2
VM-number: 7521 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Tarboton W
Comment:   Corkscrew Hooktail: male
Date:   2014-04-02 10:18:34
Species name:  
Species code:  
Comment number:   2
By:   Tarboton W
Comment:   Great Hooktail: male
Date:   2014-04-02 11:16:41
Species name:   Paragomphus magnus -- Great Hooktail
Species code:   665840

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