Odonata Atlas of Africa

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OdonataMAP:   35368
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3030BC
Observer:   Vos Peter
Date of record:   2017-09-22
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Found dead on garage floor. Poor fellow must have been trapped. No idea for how long. Never seen this Zululand species before
Last updated:   2022-02-02 19:05:11
Sp. code:   664350
Species name:   Gynacantha usambarica
Common name:   Eastern Duskhawker
Family:   Aeshnidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Usambara Duskhawker (Gynacantha usambarica)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=OdonataMAP-35368
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 35368 - photo: 1
VM-number: 35368 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ryan Matthew Tippett
Comment:   Great record! This is the most southern record for this species!
Date:   2017-09-23 08:48:37
Species name:   Gynacantha usambarica -- Eastern Duskhawker
Species code:   664350
Comment number:   2
By:   John Henry Wilkinson
Comment:  
Date:   2017-09-23 10:07:32
Species name:   Gynacantha usambarica -- Eastern Duskhawker
Species code:   664350

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