Somatochlora flavomaculata (Vander Linden, 1825)

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 flavomaculata (Vander Linden, 1825)

Native status

R

Conservation status

erl: LC; irl: LC

Notes

Flight period: III May - I September

Rather localised in the lowlands and valley bottoms below 400 m a.s.l., it is found mainly in mature and well-preserved marshlands and in the surrounding open areas, where it usually hunts. Data from literature suggest that, in the past, the species was much more widespread; it is possible that urbanisation and habitat alteration led to the disappearance of the species from a few sites, such as north-western Lake Como, where it was historically reported by Morton (1926) and Lake Olginate.