Gomphus simillimus
• English name: Yellow Clubtail
• German name: Gelbe Keiljungfer
• French name: Gomphe semblable
• Dutch name: Gele rombout
• Swedish name: N/A
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Gomphus simillimus
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 medium-sized black-and yellow species which in Europe occurs mainly in Iberia and the south-west of France | |
| Classification | • suborder: Anisoptera (dragonflies); family: Gomphidae | |
| Conservation status | • IUCN Red List Europe: Near Threatened | |
| Scientific name | • Gomphus simillimus Selys, 1840 | |
| Name genus | • Gomphus: from Grk. γόμφος = bolt, rivet, peg | |
| Name species | • simillimus: from Lat. similis, superl. simillimus, -a, -um = most similar ⇒ considered by Selys to be most similar to G. pulchellus | |
| Distribution | • click or tap the Map button above | |
| Habitat | • slow-flowing rivers and streams with a sandy bottom | |
| Dimensions | • typical body length: 45-50 mm; hindwing: 29-33 mm | |
| Notes | • gomphids are 'sitters': they spend a lot of time perched on rocks and vegetation | |
| Both sexes | Head | ➤ like in all other gomphids, the eyes are widely separated |
| Thorax | • the black lines on the side of the thorax are fairly thick | |
| ➤ the antehumeral stripe is about as wide as the black stripes above and below it | ||
| Legs | • the legs are black with yellow lines on the tibiae and femura | |
| Photographs | • nearly all of our photos below were made in Andalusia |
Gomphus graslinii (left) and G. simillimus (right); thorax, male
Note: the antehumeral stripe in G. graslinii is much narrower than the black stripes above and below it. By contrast, in G. simillimus it is roughly as wide as the black stripes above and below it.
