Northern Banded Groundling (Brachythemis impartita)
• English name: Northern Banded Groundling
• German name: Treuer Kurzpfeil
• French name: Brachythémis à bandes brunes
• Dutch name: Bandgrondlibel
• Swedish name: N/A
• Norwegian name: N/A
• Finnish name: N/A
• Danish name: N/A
• Italian name: Frecciamora fasciata
• Czech name: N/A
• Slovenian name: N/A
• Bulgarian name: N/A
Northern Banded Groundling (Brachythemis impartita)
Not present
Present before 1990
Present after 1990
Present before and after 1990
Present after 2015
Map data based on J.-P. Boudot & V. J. Kalkman (eds.),
Atlas of the European Dragonflies and Damselflies
| General | ➤ a very small species which in Europe occurs only in Iberia and on Cyprus, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and, more recently, on the Italian mainland | |
| Classification | • suborder: Anisoptera (dragonflies); family: Libellulidae | |
| Conservation status | • IUCN Red List Europe: Least Concern | |
| Scientific name | • Brachythemis impartita (Karsch, 1890) | |
| Distribution | • click or tap the Map button above | |
| Habitat | • lakes and ponds but also slow-flowing rivers | |
| Dimensions | • typical body length: 25-34 mm; hindwing: 20-26 mm | |
| Notes | • libellulids are 'sitters': males spend a lot of time perched at the water's edge, waiting for females | |
| • immature males are coloured like females | ||
| Both sexes | Wings | ➤ the wing bears a very large dark band between the node and the pterostigma; note that this band may be inconspicuous or even absent in females and immature animals |
| ➤ the pterostigma is creamy white, with a darker corner on the outside (cf. Diplacodes lefebvrii) | ||
| Male | Thorax | • the thorax is black |
| Abdomen | • the abdomen is all black except for the beige-brown appendages | |
| Female | Thorax | • the thorax is beige-brown with thin black lines on the side |
| Abdomen | • the abdomen is beige-brown with extensive black markings; S8-S9 are mostly black | |
| Photographs | • our photos below were made in Andalusia, Extremadura and on Sardinia |
LineDrawing: the male's abdomen and the female's abdomen in dorsal view.
