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Paragomphus genei

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Gomphidae

Scientific name
  
Paragomphus genei

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Insecta

Genus
  
Paragomphus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Odonate

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Similar
  
Paragomphus, Odonate, Orthetrum trinacria, Brachythemis impartita, Orthetrum chrysostigma

Paragomphus genei (Common Hooktail) is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae.

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Distribution and status

It is found in Algeria, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Also lives in the south of Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers and intermittent rivers in the mediterranean area, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes.

References

Paragomphus genei Wikipedia
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