Odonate diversity of a highly urbanised region: An annotated checklist of the damselflies and dragonflies (Insecta, Odonata) of Lario and Brianza (Lombardy, N Italy) Author Bazzi, Gaia Area per l'Avifauna Migratrice (BIO-AVM), Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), Ozzano Emilia, Italy Author Galimberti, Andrea https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3140-3024 Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Milano, Italy & National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy andrea.galimberti@unimib.it Author Foglini, Claudio https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4299-9372 Via L. B. Alberti 8 / A, Cinisello Balsamo (MI), Italy Author Bani, Luciano Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ambiente e della Terra, Milano, Italy & World Biodiversity Association onlus c / o NAT LAB Forte Inglese, Portoferraio (LV), Italy Author Bazzi, Lionello Centro Ricerche Ornitologiche Scanagatta, Varenna (LC), Italy Author Bonvicini, Piero Centro Ricerche Ornitologiche Scanagatta, Varenna (LC), Italy Author Brembilla, Roberto Centro Ricerche Ornitologiche Scanagatta, Varenna (LC), Italy Author Brigo, Massimo Centro Ricerche Ornitologiche Scanagatta, Varenna (LC), Italy Author Cavenaghi, Alberto Odonata. it - Societa Italiana per lo Studio e la Conservazione delle Libellula (ODV), Perugia, Italy Author Colombo, Giuseppe Centro Ricerche Ornitologiche Scanagatta, Varenna (LC), Italy Author Della Pieta, Cesare Via Statale 77 ter, Merate (LC), Italy Author Galliani, Carlo Via Cherubini 7, Paderno Dugnano (MI), Italy Author Guarnaroli, Ettore Centro Ricerche Ornitologiche Scanagatta, Varenna (LC), Italy Author Larroux, Nicola Odonata. it - Societa Italiana per lo Studio e la Conservazione delle Libellule (ODV), Perugia, Italy & Gruppo Insubrico di Ornitologia, Clivio (VA), Italy Author Monti, Alessandro Studio Tu. G. A (Tutela e Gestione Ambientale), Rovello Porro (CO), Italy Author Orioli, Valerio Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ambiente e della Terra, Milano, Italy Author Ornaghi, Francesco Centro Ricerche Ornitologiche Scanagatta, Varenna (LC), Italy Author Pilon, Nicola Elitron, Milano, Italy Author Pirotta, Giuliana Centro Ricerche Ornitologiche Scanagatta, Varenna (LC), Italy Author Radaelli, Giovanni Via Salerno 12, Lecco, Italy Author Tessa, Giulia Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Morbegno, Morbegno (SO), Italy Author Assandri, Giacomo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5161-5353 National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy & Universita di Torino, Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi, Torino, Italy text Biodiversity Data Journal 2023 2023-11-07 11 111358 111358 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e111358 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e111358 1314-2828-11-e111358 F34BA22C9F905143B2AF381147239531 Sympecma fusca (Vander Linden, 1820) Native status R Conservation status erl: LC; irl: LC Notes Flight period: I February - I November Based on historic data, this species appears to have been widely distributed in the lowlands and hills of the whole study area, in a variety of habitats comprising permanent and ephemeral marshlands up to ca. 400 m a.s.l. Now it holds a rather patchy distribution, possibly suggesting a local decline, with a few strongholds mainly concentrated at Pian di Spagna-Lake Mezzola and the heathlands of CO-MB. Available data are referred to the whole life cycle, including winter, with the exception of December and January, when the species is less easily detectable.