Sympetrum meridionale (Selys, 1841)

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

Sympetrum meridionale (Selys, 1841)

Native status

NR

Conservation status

erl: LC; irl: LC

Notes

Only three recent records of this migratory species in the study area (Parco delle Groane, 21.08.2016, A. Minicò obs.; Lake Pusiano, 13.09.2018, G. Bazzi obs., Fig. 3 f; Laghetto di Piona, 28.09.2021, R. Brembilla obs.) could indicate both an incoming northwards expansion following climate change or better coverage of the area compared to the past. To date, there is no evidence of reproduction in the study area.

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.