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Family: GOMPHIDAE Banks

1. Genus: ICTINOGOMPHUS Cowley 1934: 274
   1. I. ferox (Rambur)

      Ictinus ferox Rambur 1842: Ins. Neur. 172

      = Ictinus pugnax Sélys 1854:
      KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Gauteng and Northern Province, to equatorial Africa; November to March

      
      
   
   
2. Genus: GOMPHIDIA Sélys 18554: 86
   1. G. quarrei quarrei (Schouteden)

      Diastatomma quarrei Schouteden 1934: Ann. Mus. r. Congo Belge 3: 57
      Mpumalanga, to Zaire; January

      
      
   
   
3. Genus: LESTINOGOPHUS Martin 1912: 484
   1. L. angustus Martin

      Lestinogomphus angustus Martin 1912: Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 80: 484
      KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, to equatorial Africa; November, January and February

      
      
   
   
4. Genus: NOTOGOMPHUS Hagen 1858: 119
   1. N. praetorius (Sélys)

      Gomphus praetorius Sélys 1878: Bull. Acad. r. Belg. (2)46: 447
      Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Northern Province, to Angola; November to April

      
      
   
   
5. Genus: NEUROGOMPHUS Karsch 1890: 374, 380
   1. N. cf. vicinus Schouteden

      Neurogomphus vicinus Schouteden 1934: Ann. Mus. r. Congo Belge 3: 66
      Status unresolved, based on one specimen
      Northern Province, to Zaire; December

      
      
   
   
6. Genus: PHYLLOGOMPHUS Selys 1854: 62
   1. P. brunneus Pinhey

      Phyllogomphus brunneus Pinhey 1976: Occ. Pap. nat. Mus. Mon. Rhod. (Nat Sci) (B)S(10): 555
      Mpumalanga, to Botswana and Zambia; November to January

      
      
   
   
7. Genus: CRENIGOMPHUS Sélys 1892: 12, 97
   1. C. cornutus Pinhey

      Crenigomphus cornutus Pinhey 1956: Occ, Pap. nat. Mus. Sth. Rhod. (B)3(21): 83, f. 1
      ?Northern Province; January

      
      
   2. C. hartmanni (Förster)

      Onychogomphus hartmanni Förster 1898: Ent. Nachr. 24: 166
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, to Angola and Tanzania; November to April

      
      
   
   
8. Genus: CERATOGOMPHUS Sélys 1854: 42
   1. C. pictus Sélys

      Ceratogomphus pictus Sélys 1854: Bull. Acad. r. Belg. (2)21: 42
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Northwestern Province, Northern Province, to Zaire and Zambia; Octoberto April

      
      
   2. C. triceraticus Balinsky

      Ceratogomphus triceraticus Balinsky 1963: J. ent. Soc. sth. Afr. 26(1): 252
      Western Cape; November and December

      
      
   
   
9. Genus: PARAGOMPHUS Cowley 1934: 201
   1. P. cognatus (Rambur)

      Gomphus cognatus Rambur 1842: Ins. Neur. ** : 167
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Mpumalanga, Gauteng and NorthernProvince, to equatorial Africa; **

      
      
   2. P. dicksoni Pinhey

      Paragomphus dicksoni Pinhey 1969: Novos Taxa Ent. (69): 3
      Western Cape; December

      
      
   3. P. elpidius (Ris)

      Mesogomphus elpidius Ris 1921: Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 18: 34b, f. 49þ51
      Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Swaziland; April and May

      
      
   4. P. genei (Sélys)

      Gomphus genei Sélys 1841: Revue. Zool. 4: 246

      ssp. hagenii (Selys, 1871) Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 14: 51
      Northern Cape, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZullu-Natal, Swaziland, Mpumalanga, Gaugeng and Northern Province, to Mediterranean; November to May

      
      
   5. P. sabicus Pinhey

      Paragomphus sabicus Pinhey 1950 Ann. Transv. Mus. 21: 270
      Zimbabwe; April

      
      
   
   
10. Genus: ONYCHOGOMPHUS Sélys 1854: 30
    1. O. supinus supinus Hagen

       Onychogomphus supinus Hagen, in Sélys 1854: Bull. Acad. r. Belg. 2(21): 34(93 sep. )
       KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga, to equatorial Africa; November to March