Gomphidae, Rambur, 1842

Pompilio, Lucia & Mosini, Andrea, 2021, The Odonate fauna of Val Grande National Park (Insecta: Odonata), Fragmenta entomologica 53 (1), pp. 25-42 : 33

Gomphidae

12. Onychogomphus forcipatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Conservation and breeding status: LC (EU), LC (IT), LC (MED), NB

Two mature males were observed in EXP (6). This euromediterranean lotic dragonfly is widely distributed in Piedmont where the subspecies O. forcipatus unguiculatus occurs ( Riservato et al. 2014c; Boano et al. 2007), but it is scarce in the alpine valleys of the province of VCO ( Clemente et al. 2011; Wildermuth et al. 2005; authors unpublished data). This subspecies was reported as new for Canton Tessin by De Marmels & Schiess (1978) and its presence was confirmed only in this area of Switzerland by Wildermuth et al. (2005).