Paragomphus sabicus
| Paragomphus sabicus | |
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| File:Paragomphus sabicus 2012 12 02.jpg | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Gomphidae |
| Genus: | Paragomphus |
| Species: | P. sabicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Paragomphus sabicus Pinhey, 1950
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Paragomphus sabicus, the Sabi hooktail, is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is found in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania,[2] Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and rivers. The name comes from the Sabi Valley in modern Zimbabwe where the holotype specimens were collected in the late 1940s.[3]
Paragomphus sabicus is similar in appearance to the rock hooktail (Paragomphus cognatus), but with a bright yellow face, and rust-colored markings on abdominal segments 8-9, orange markings on 10, and black folliations on females that are larger and marked with rust-colored lines on males.[3]
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External links
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- File:Wikispecies-logo.svg Data related to Paragomphus sabicus at Wikispecies
- Flapper hooktail Species text in the Online Atlas of South African Odonata
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