Groene haaklibel (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

Groene haaklibel
(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)
Name genus		• Paragomphus: from Grk. παρά = beside, close to +; γόμφος = bolt, rivet, peg ⇒ for the close similarity to Gomphus species
Name species		• genei: after Carlo Giuseppe Genè (1800-1847), Italian naturalist
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