Oxygastra curtisii (Dale, 1834)

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

Oxygastra curtisii (Dale, 1834)

Native status

R

Conservation status

hd: II, IV; erl: NT; irl: NT

Notes

Flight period: III May - III August

This quite rare and conservation concern species emerged as a rather widespread dragonfly in the study area (Fig. 3 d). Breeding populations were confirmed for Lake Lugano, Lake Piano, Lake Como, Lake Alserio (at the origin of the Lambro River) and Lake Segrino and along the course of the Adda River, where the species is abundant. In the Pian di Spagna area, there is only one piece of evidence of an immature individual possibly born in Lake Como or in the River Mera. Maturing individuals are frequently found rather far from breeding areas, often on grassland mountain slopes up to 1200 m a.s.l.

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.