Velika peščenka (Lindenia tetraphylla)
• English name: Bladetail
• German name: Seedrache
• French name: Lindénie à quatre feuilles
• Dutch name: Vaandeldrager
• Swedish name: N/A
• Norwegian name: N/A
• Finnish name: N/A
• Danish name: N/A
• Italian name: Lindenia
• Czech name: N/A
• Slovenian name: Velika peščenka
• Bulgarian name: Езерно цигулче
Velika peščenka (Lindenia tetraphylla)
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 large but slender species which in Europe occurs only in the south-east | |
| Classification | • suborder: Anisoptera (dragonflies); family: Gomphidae | |
| Conservation status | • IUCN Red List Europe: Vulnerable | |
| Scientific name | • Lindenia tetraphylla (Vander Linden, 1825) | |
| Distribution | • click or tap the Map button above | |
| Habitat | • large lakes and gravel pits with extensive reed beds | |
| Dimensions | • typical body length: 69-80 mm; hindwing: 36-40 mm | |
| Notes | • gomphids are 'sitters': they spend a lot of time perched on rocks and vegetation | |
| • the base colour on the thorax and abdomen can range from pale beige to very dark grey | ||
| Both sexes | Head | ➤ like in all other gomphids, the eyes are widely separated |
| Male | Abdomen | ➤ the upper appendages are very long and straight, while S7 and S8 bear broad flaps on the side |
| Female | Abdomen | ➤ S2 and S3 bear an orange band, while S7 and S8 bear broad flaps on the side |
| Photographs | • all of our photos below were made in Tuscany and Turkey |
LineDrawing: the male's wing and pterostigma, and abdomen in dorsal view, and the female's abdomen in dorsal view.
