Notogomphus maathaiae

{{Short description|Species of dragonfly}}

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| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Clausnitzer, V. |date=2016 |title=Notogomphus maathaiae |volume=2016 |page=e.T59938A84317104 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59938A84317104.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}

| genus = Notogomphus

| species = maathaiae

| authority = (Clausnitzer & Dijkstra, 2005)

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Notogomphus maathaiae, commonly known as Maathai’s longleg, is a species of dragonfly in the clubtail family Gomphidae. It is thought to be endemic montane streams in Kenya.{{cite journal|last1=Clausnitzer |first1=Viola |last2=Dijkstra |first2=Klaas-Douwe |title=Honouring Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai: Notogomphus maathaiae spec. nov., a threatened dragonfly of Kenya's forest streams |journal=International Journal of Odonatology |date=2005 |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=177–182 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238692826 |access-date=16 June 2021 |ref=Clausnitzer 2005 |doi=10.1080/13887890.2005.9748251 |doi-access=free |citeseerx=10.1.1.471.3255 }}

The species is considered endangered because the continued destruction of its montane forest habitat by humans creates a very high risk of extinction in the near future.{{cite iucn |author=Clausnitzer, V. |date=2016 |title=Notogomphus maathaiae |volume=2016 |page=e.T59938A84317104 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59938A84317104.en |access-date=13 November 2021 |ref=Clausnitzer 2006}}

The species was described by Viola Clausnitzer and Klaas-Douwe B. Dijkstra in 2005. They named it in honor of Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement and the first African woman to receive a Nobel Peace Prize.