Sympecma paedisca (Brauer, 1877)

Bazzi, Gaia, Galimberti, Andrea, Foglini, Claudio, Bani, Luciano, Bazzi, Lionello, Bonvicini, Piero, Brembilla, Roberto, Brigo, Massimo, Cavenaghi, Alberto, Colombo, Giuseppe, Della Pieta, Cesare, Galliani, Carlo, Guarnaroli, Ettore, Larroux, Nicola, Monti, Alessandro, Orioli, Valerio, Ornaghi, Francesco, Pilon, Nicola, Pirotta, Giuliana, Radaelli, Giovanni, Tessa, Giulia & Assandri, Giacomo, 2023, Odonate diversity of a highly urbanised region: An annotated checklist of the damselflies and dragonflies (Insecta, Odonata) of Lario and Brianza (Lombardy, N Italy), Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 111358-111358 : 111358

Sympecma paedisca (Brauer, 1877)

Native status

R?

Conservation status

hd: II; erl: LC; irl: CR

Notes

Flight period: II March - III May and I November

This species was reported historically for Calolziocorte LC (31.05.1935, Nielsen and Conci (1951); the exact site was not specified, but it was likely the Palude di Brivio), where, considering the date, probably it used to breed. Subsequently, no further evidence emerged until it was newly reported from two localities in the southern part of Parco della Pineta di Appiano Gentile e Tradate in the 2020-2021 winter (N. Larrorux obs., Fig. 3 b). This area is characterised by heathland relicts similar to those that harbour the core of the Italian population of the species in Piedmont ( Battisti and Pavesi 2017). This recently-discovered site represents the new eastern limit of the species’ range in Italy, as it is deemed extinct in Trentino ( Assandri 2019). Given the conservation importance of this declining species, further research and conservation actions should be undertaken at Parco Pineta. Specifically, putative breeding sites should be surveyed and, when confirmed, granted adequate protection.

Figures

Figure 3. Relevant species / records of Odonata in Lario and Brianza Regions (N Italy); a) Lestes virens, Parco delle Groane; b) Sympecma paedisca, Parco della Pineta di Appiano Gentile e Tradate; c) Coenagrion scitulum, Parco di Montevecchia e della Valle del Curone; d) Oxygastra curtisii, Lake Alserio; e) Somatochlora arctica, Camaggiore fen; f) Sympetrum meridionale, Pusiano Lake; g) Sympetrum danae, Monte Muggio, Casargo; h) Trithemis annulata, Piano Lake. Photos by G. Bazzi, N. Larroux, C. Della Pieta, A. Cavenaghi, P. Bonvicini and N. Pilon.