Yellow Clubtail (Gomphus simillimus)
• English name: Yellow Clubtail
• German name: Gelbe Keiljungfer
• French name: Gomphe semblable
• Dutch name: Gele rombout
• Swedish name: N/A
• Norwegian name: N/A
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Yellow Clubtail
(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 |
