Longlegs

Order ODONATA Fabricius, 1793

• Family Gomphidae      Rambur, 1842
• • Genus Notogomphus Selys, 1858

Africa   

• Endemic to Africa tropics
• 20 Species

Southern Africa

• One species 

General description:

• Two colour groups can be found  being dark and pale

Habitat and behaviour

• Mostly occur in or near highland areas
• Breed in streams and small rivers with the pale group in more open landscapes and the dark group more in forests
• Easily identified by their long and spiny hind femora. (long hind legs)
• Fairly small to fairly large (hindwing 25-38) and vary widely in markings and appendages.
• Within species the extent of dark markings can vary strongly.

Synopsis

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