Notogomphus praetorius

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Notogomphus praetorius
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Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Gomphidae
Genus: Notogomphus
Species:
N. praetorius
Binomial name
Notogomphus praetorius
(Selys, 1878)

Notogomphus praetorius is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae; common names include yellowjack, southern yellowjack and yellowjack longlegs.[1]

Distribution

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Southern Africa: Widespread in eastern South Africa, eastern Zimbabwe, Zambia, and the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Also recorded in Namibia, Angola, Malawi and Mozambique.[1][2]

Habitat

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Found in and near streams and rivers, both in forests and grasslands; mostly in highlands.[2][3]

References

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  • Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
  • File:Wikispecies-logo.svg Data related to Notogomphus praetorius at Wikispecies
  • Yellowjack Species text in the Online Atlas of South African Odonata

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