Somatochlora arctica (Zetterstedt, 1840)

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

Somatochlora arctica (Zetterstedt, 1840)

Native status

R

Conservation status

erl: LC; irl: NT

Notes

Flight period: II July - II August

In the study area, the species was discovered in 2021 at the Camaggiore fen, Vendrogno (1160 m a.s.l.; P. Bonvicini obs., Fig. 3 e), where a small breeding population was subsequently confirmed to exist. This is likely the only suitable biotope for the species in the three provinces, the closest known sites of presence being in the nearby, but more climatically and environmentally favourable, Orobic Alps ( Riservato et al. 2014a).

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.