Platycnemis latipes
• English name: White Featherleg
• German name: Weisse Federlibelle
• French name: Agrion blanchâtre
• Dutch name: Witte breedscheenjuffer
• Swedish name: N/A
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Platycnemis latipes
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 large species which occurs in Iberia and the south of France | |
| Classification | • suborder: Zygoptera (damselflies); family: Platycnemididae | |
| Conservation status | • IUCN Red List Europe: Least Concern, Endemic | |
| Scientific name | • Platycnemis latipes Rambur, 1842 | |
| Name genus | • Platycnemis: from Grk. πλατύς = wide +; κνημίς = greave, shin-pad | |
| Name species | • latipes: from Lat. latus, -a, -um = broad +; pes = foot, leg ⇒ for the noticeably broader shins, especially in the male (compared to P. pennipes) | |
| Distribution | • click or tap the Map button above | |
| Habitat | • slow-flowing running waters | |
| Dimensions | • typical body length: 33-37 mm; hindwing: 18-22 mm | |
| Both sexes | Thorax | ➤ the thorax typically bears a double antehumeral stripe |
| Wings | • the pterostigma is uniformly brown | |
| Legs | ➤ the shins, especially on the middle and hind legs and especially in males, are exceedingly white and wide | |
| Male | Head | • the eyes are (pale) blue in mature males |
| Thorax | • the thorax is creamy white | |
| Abdomen | ➤ the abdomen is ivory white with black markings on S7-S9 | |
| • the lower appendages are clearly longer than the upper appendages | ||
| Female | Head | • the eyes are brown |
| Abdomen | • the abdomen is white or beige and often unmarked | |
| Photographs | • nearly all of our photos below were made in Spain |
