Large white-faced darter | |
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Male L. pectoralis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Libellulidae |
Genus: | Leucorrhinia |
Species: | L. pectoralis
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Binomial name | |
Leucorrhinia pectoralis |
The large white-faced darter or yellow-spotted whiteface (Leucorrhinia pectoralis) is a small dragonfly belonging to the genus Leucorrhinia in the family Libellulidae.
This species is 32–39 millimetres (1.3–1.5 in) long [1] and is the largest member of its genus in Europe. [2] It is easily identified by the large yellow seventh segment of its abdomen. [3]
It inhabits marshy borders and prefers less acidic waters than its close relative the white-faced darter, ( Leucorrhinia dubia). [2] It occurs from western Siberia to parts of France. [4] From England, there was only one record in Kent in June 1859 until two sightings in May 2012 in Suffolk. [4]