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Turkish Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) fauna, is rich almost as much as whole Europe, Ca. 110 and 120 species, respectively.

The family GOMPHIDAE is one of ten families of Odonata in our country and it consists of 14 species from 6 genera. Of these genera, Lindenia is monotypic; namely only a single species of this genus is known worldwide: 

Lindenia tetraphylla (van Linden, 1825) - Bladetail, recognizing easily by its wide anal lobe. 
The species is the longest gomphid, with 70-80 mm in total lenght. It has various color forms; from sandy colored to blackish.
Its main range is in Central Asia and it also distributes in the Middle East, Turkiye and Mediterranean Basin. In Europe, most of its records come from Montenegro [Karadağ], Greece and Turkiye. It is known very rarely from North Africa, Italy and Sardinia. This dragonfly is listed in European Union's Habitat Directive as rare and endangered species. 
In Turkiye, it has been recorded Muğla Prov. (mostly Köyceğiz Lake) and Southeastern Anatolia (Adıyaman, Gaziantep, K.Maraş, Kilis, and Ş.Urfa provinces). 
I met this beautiful species in a dry and rocky canyon, just after visiting Bald Ibis Protect Station in Birecik District (Ş.Urfa). But, it is found in lakes and slow-flowing rivers, especially large ones. It prefers reedbeds (Phragmites sp.), roosting horizontally. My locality was dry and rocky, but Fırat [Euphrates] River was near about a half kilometre.