''Gomphidia quarrei'' is a species 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. It is found in
Angola,
Botswana, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Kenya,
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Namibia,
South Africa,
Tanzania,
Zambia, and
Zimbabwe. Its natural
habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland
forests, subtropical or tropical dry
shrubland
Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result of human activity. It m ...
, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and
rivers.
References
Gomphidae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Insects described in 1934
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