Odonata Atlas of Africa

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OdonataMAP:   35710
Province:   other
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1231AC
Observer:   Meyer Chris (CJ)
Date of record:   2017-09-30
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   A large dragonfly seen in a damp evergreen forest (Mushitu). Guide referred to it as a Dusk Hawker?
Last updated:   2024-05-08 15:08:37
Sp. code:   664270
Species name:   Gynacantha villosa
Common name:   Brown Duskhawker
Family:   Aeshnidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Uncertain?
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=OdonataMAP-35710
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 35710 - photo: 1
VM-number: 35710 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ryan Matthew Tippett
Comment:  
Date:   2017-10-09 00:02:02
Species name:   Gynacantha villosa -- Brown Duskhawker
Species code:   664270
Comment number:   2
By:   Ryan Matthew Tippett
Comment:   Black rim around the metastigma visible in the second image.
Date:   2020-06-05 12:31:34
Species name:   Gynacantha villosa -- Brown Duskhawker
Species code:   664270

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