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Eastern Scissortail
Microgomphus nyassicus
Microgomphus nyassicus is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 105779.