Odonata Atlas of Africa

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OdonataMAP:   15358
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2431CD
Observer:   Kennedy D.; Photographs by Sam Kennedy
Date of record:   2015-09-25
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Photographed resting in a guest room at Ebony Lodge
Last updated:   2022-02-02 19:05:10
Sp. code:   665890
Species name:   Paragomphus sabicus
Common name:   Flapper Hooktail
Family:   Gomphidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Paragomphus sabicus
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=OdonataMAP-15358
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 15358 - photo: 1
VM-number: 15358 - photo: 2
VM-number: 15358 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Alan Manson
Comment:   Flapper Hooktail; male. Good record!
Date:   2015-10-05 15:15:50
Species name:   Paragomphus sabicus -- Flapper Hooktail
Species code:   665890
Comment number:   2
By:   Les Underhill
Comment:   Warwick Tarboton (email 30 May 2017). "Male Flapper Hooktail - the very large abdomen foliations and long pterostigmas are diagnostic."
Date:   2017-05-30 13:13:23
Species name:   Paragomphus sabicus -- Flapper Hooktail
Species code:   665890

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