First record of the migrant dragonfly Pantala flavescens for mainland Italy (Insecta: Odonata)
In this contribution we report the observation of an individual of the migrant dragonfly Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798) found at Montanaro (Piemonte, Italy) on 14 Aug 2019. This represents the first record of the species for mainland Italy and one of the very few available for Western and Cen...
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doaj-b318dfb53450472ebc58770911d894182020-11-25T03:18:57ZengPAGEPress PublicationsFragmenta entomologica0429-288X2284-48802019-11-0151210.4081/fe.2019.376First record of the migrant dragonfly Pantala flavescens for mainland Italy (Insecta: Odonata)Lorenza Piretta0Giacomo Assandri1Pino Torinese (TO)MUSE, Museo delle Scienze, Trento In this contribution we report the observation of an individual of the migrant dragonfly Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798) found at Montanaro (Piemonte, Italy) on 14 Aug 2019. This represents the first record of the species for mainland Italy and one of the very few available for Western and Central Europe before 2019. We discuss two hypotheses on the origin of this individual integrating available literature with very recent records retrieved from citizen science faunistic platforms. http://www.fragmentaentomol.org/index.php/fragmenta/article/view/376climate warmingdragonfly distributioninsect migrationmigration pathwayPiemonte |
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First record of the migrant dragonfly Pantala flavescens for mainland Italy (Insecta: Odonata) |
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First record of the migrant dragonfly Pantala flavescens for mainland Italy (Insecta: Odonata) |
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First record of the migrant dragonfly Pantala flavescens for mainland Italy (Insecta: Odonata) |
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First record of the migrant dragonfly Pantala flavescens for mainland Italy (Insecta: Odonata) |
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First record of the migrant dragonfly Pantala flavescens for mainland Italy (Insecta: Odonata) |
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first record of the migrant dragonfly pantala flavescens for mainland italy (insecta: odonata) |
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Fragmenta entomologica |
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In this contribution we report the observation of an individual of the migrant dragonfly Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798) found at Montanaro (Piemonte, Italy) on 14 Aug 2019. This represents the first record of the species for mainland Italy and one of the very few available for Western and Central Europe before 2019. We discuss two hypotheses on the origin of this individual integrating available literature with very recent records retrieved from citizen science faunistic platforms.
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climate warming dragonfly distribution insect migration migration pathway Piemonte |
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