Жълто цигулче (Stylurus flavipes)
• English name: River Clubtail
• German name: Asiatische Keiljungfer
• French name: Gomphe à pattes jaunes
• Dutch name: Rivierrombout
• Swedish name: Större klubbtrollslända
• Norwegian name: N/A
• Finnish name: Idänjokikorento
• Danish name: Gulbenet flodguldsmed
• Italian name: Gonfo zampegialle
• Czech name: klínatka žlutonohá
• Slovenian name: Rumeni porečnik
• Bulgarian name: Жълто цигулче
Жълто цигулче (Stylurus flavipes)
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 with a very patchy distribution in central and eastern Europe | |
| Classification | • suborder: Anisoptera (dragonflies); family: Gomphidae | |
| Conservation status | • IUCN Red List Europe: Least Concern | |
| Scientific name | • Stylurus flavipes (Charpentier, 1825) | |
| Distribution | • click or tap the Map button above | |
| Habitat | • wide, slow-flowing rivers with a sandy bottom | |
| Dimensions | • typical body length: 50-55 mm; hindwing: 30-35 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 thin | |
| • the antehumeral stripe is very wide | ||
| ➤ the black line on the metapleural suture is not forked; in all other European Gomphus species this line is forked | ||
| Legs | ➤ the legs are black with extensive yellow lines on the tibiae and femura | |
| Male | Head | • the eyes are blue |
| Abdomen | ➤ S10 is entirely black dorsally | |
| Female | Head | • the eyes are green |
| Photographs | • all of our photos below were made in central and northern Italy |
LineDrawing: the male's head, thorax and abdomen in lateral view.
