The Odonate fauna of Val Grande National Park (Insecta: Odonata)
Author
Pompilio, Lucia
Società di Scienze Naturali del Verbano Cusio Ossola, Natural Science Museum of Collegio Mellerio Rosmini, Via Antonio Rosmini 24, 28845 Domodossola (VB) - lucia. pompilio @ libero. it
lucia.pompilio@libero.it
Author
Mosini, Andrea
Valgrande Società Cooperativa, via alla Cartiera 41, 28923 Verbania Possaccio (VB) - mosiniandrea @ gmail. com
mosiniandrea@gmail.com
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Fragmenta entomologica
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http://dx.doi.org/10.13133/2284-4880/434
journal article
10.13133/2284-4880/434
2284-4880
8147966
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Libellula quadrimaculata
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Conservation
and breeding status:
LC (EU), LC (IT), LC (MED), B
L. quadrimaculata
is a holarctic lentic dragonfly which was observed in PDS (15) where up to 20 individuals were seen to congregate (
11 Jul 2016
) and breeding was confirmed. This species was considered locally common and well distributed in the Alpine valleys of
Piedmont
(
Boano et al. 2007
), a pattern confirmed by the Italian preliminary Atlas (
Riservato et al. 2014c
). Territorial males were observed over
2000 m
and breeding up to
1890 m
in VCO, Maritime Alps (province of Cuneo,
Piedmont
) and Mont Avic (
Val d’Aosta
) Natural Parks (
Clemente et al. 2011
;
Pompilio 2012
;
Bionda et al. 2013
;
Pettavino 2015
; Sindaco et al. 2008); thus, further surveys would be needed to ascertain its occurrence at higher altitudes in VGNP.