Huncoaeshna Petrulevičius et al. 2010 (darner dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Full reference: J. F. Petrulevičius, A. Nel, and J. F. Voisin. 2010. A new genus and species of darner dragonfly (Aeshnidae: Odonata) from the lower Eocene of Laguna del Hunco, Patagonia, Argentina. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 46:271-275

Parent taxon: Aeshnidae according to J. F. Petrulevičius et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Aeshna dido, Aeshninae, Basiaeschna, Brachytroninae, Eoshna, Epiaeschna, Gynacanthinae, Idemlinea, Kvacekia, Merlax, Oplonaeschna vectensis, Palaeaeschna, Ypshna

Subtaxa: Huncoaeshna corrugata

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Type: Huncoaeshna corrugata

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Laguna del Hunco (MPEF collection) (Eocene of Argentina)

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