First record of the migrant dragonfly Pantala flavescens for mainland Italy (Insecta: Odonata)

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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Main Authors: Lorenza Piretta, Giacomo Assandri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2019-11-01
Series:Fragmenta entomologica
Subjects:
climate warming
dragonfly distribution
insect migration
migration pathway
Piemonte
Online Access:http://www.fragmentaentomol.org/index.php/fragmenta/article/view/376
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spelling 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)
Fragmenta entomologica
climate warming
dragonfly distribution
insect migration
migration pathway
Piemonte
author_facet Lorenza Piretta
Giacomo Assandri
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title First record of the migrant dragonfly Pantala flavescens for mainland Italy (Insecta: Odonata)
title_short First record of the migrant dragonfly Pantala flavescens for mainland Italy (Insecta: Odonata)
title_full First record of the migrant dragonfly Pantala flavescens for mainland Italy (Insecta: Odonata)
title_fullStr First record of the migrant dragonfly Pantala flavescens for mainland Italy (Insecta: Odonata)
title_full_unstemmed First record of the migrant dragonfly Pantala flavescens for mainland Italy (Insecta: Odonata)
title_sort first record of the migrant dragonfly pantala flavescens for mainland italy (insecta: odonata)
publisher PAGEPress Publications
series Fragmenta entomologica
issn 0429-288X
2284-4880
publishDate 2019-11-01
description 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.
topic climate warming
dragonfly distribution
insect migration
migration pathway
Piemonte
url http://www.fragmentaentomol.org/index.php/fragmenta/article/view/376
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