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Ceratogomphus
''Ceratogomphus'', commonly known as thorntails, is a small genus of dragonfly A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of true dragonfly are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threate ... in the family Gomphidae found in southern Africa. The genus contains only two species: *'' Ceratogomphus pictus'' – common thorntail *'' Ceratogomphus triceraticus'' – cape thorntail References Gomphidae Anisoptera genera Taxa named by Edmond de Sélys Longchamps Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Gomphidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceratogomphus Pictus
''Ceratogomphus pictus'', the common thorntail, is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is found in Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ..., Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and possibly the Democratic Republic of Congo (one isolated record from Katanga Province, Katanga). Its natural habitats are the edges of large pools and slow-flowing streams. This dragonfly is 46–53 mm long, with a wingspan of 60–69 mm. The face is yellow with black bands and the eyes are greyish blue. The Thorax (insect anatomy), synthorax has broad grey and greenish-yellow stripes bordered by thin black lines. Segments 1-7 of the abdomen have broken black and yellow rings, and segment 8 has large yellow foliations with black edges. Segment 10 has a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
