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Ictinogomphus ferox

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Ictinogomphus ferox
Male, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Gomphidae
Genus: Ictinogomphus
Species:
I. ferox
Binomial name
Ictinogomphus ferox
(Rambur, 1842)

Ictinogomphus ferox, commonly called the common tiger or the common tigertail, is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, possibly Burundi, and possibly Ethiopia. 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, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and freshwater springs.

References

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  1. ^ Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2016). "Ictinogomphus ferox". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59894A85585956. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59894A85585956.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.