Odonata Atlas of Africa

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OdonataMAP:   11679
Province:  
Country:   Malawi
Locus:   1234CD
Observer:   Dickinson R
Date of record:   2014-09-27
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-11-28 20:04:50
Sp. code:   665870
Species name:   Paragomphus nyasicus
Common name:   Malawi Hooktail
Family:   Gomphidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=OdonataMAP-11679
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 11679 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Tarboton W
Comment:   Hooktail sp: male
Date:   2015-05-06 13:00:26
Species name:   Paragomphus sp.
Species code:   665660
Comment number:   2
By:   John Henry Wilkinson
Comment:   Inverior claspers are short and excludes Common Hooktail
Date:   2018-06-17 09:31:11
Species name:   Paragomphus nyasicus -- Malawi Hooktail
Species code:   665870
Comment number:   3
By:   Ryan Matthew Tippett
Comment:  
Date:   2018-06-19 18:58:18
Species name:   Paragomphus elpidius -- Corkscrew Hooktail
Species code:   665780
Comment number:   4
By:   Andries Petrus de Vries
Comment:   Dark pterostigma, short inferior claspers.
Date:   2022-11-28 20:04:50
Species name:   Paragomphus nyasicus -- Malawi Hooktail
Species code:   665870

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