Paragomphus genei
• English name: Green Hooktail
• German name: Grüne Sandjungfer
• French name: Gomphe de Gené
• Dutch name: Groene haaklibel
• Swedish name: N/A
• Norwegian name: N/A
• Finnish name: N/A
• Danish name: N/A
• Italian name: Gonfo uncinato
• Czech name: N/A
• Slovenian name: N/A
• Bulgarian name: N/A
Paragomphus genei
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 fairly small, garishly coloured species which in Europe occurs only in Iberia and on Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily | |
| Classification | • suborder: Anisoptera (dragonflies); family: Gomphidae | |
| Conservation status | • IUCN Red List Europe: Least Concern | |
| Scientific name | • Paragomphus genei (Selys, 1841) | |
| Distribution | • click or tap the Map button above | |
| Habitat | • slow-flowing rivers and streams with bare banks and a sandy bottom, but also lakes | |
| Dimensions | • typical body length: 37-50 mm; hindwing: 21-26 mm | |
| Notes | • gomphids are 'sitters': they spend a lot of time perched on rocks and vegetation | |
| ➤ unmistakable: the only species with a hooktail and a green thorax | ||
| Both sexes | Head | ➤ like in all other gomphids, the eyes are widely separated |
| • the eyes are blue | ||
| Thorax | • the thorax is green with brown stripes | |
| Abdomen | • the abdomen is sandy-brown with yellow, beige and black stripes, spots and patches | |
| Wings | • the costa is yellow; the pterostigma is green | |
| Male | Abdomen | • the upper appendages are very long and curved downwards, while S8 and S9 bear broad flaps on the side |
| Photographs | • nearly all of our photos below were made in Andalusia and Extremadura |
LineDrawing: the male's head, thorax and abdomen, and the male's and the female's appendages in lateral view.
