Synonym: Neoligaeschna Carpenter 1986 [objective synonym]
Full reference: L. Piton and N. Théobald. 1939. Poissons, crustacés et insectes fossiles de l'Oligocène du Puy-de-Mur (Auvergne). Mémoires de la Société des Sciences du Nancy 4:77-123
Parent taxon: Aeshninae according to J. Prokop et al. 2007
See also Carpenter 1986, Carpenter 1992, Nel et al. 1994 and Piton and Théobald 1939
Sister taxa: Aeshnini, Allopetaliini, Anactini, Antiquiala
Subtaxa: Oligaeschna ashutasica Oligaeschna bulgariensis Oligaeschna jungi Oligaeschna kvaceki Oligaeschna lapidaria Oligaeschna palaeocoerulea Oligaeschna saurai Oligaeschna separata Oligaeschna sinica Oligaeschna wedmanni
Type: Oligaeschna jungi
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Bulgaria (1 collection), Spain (1)
• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1), France (3), Germany (1), Kazakhstan (1)
• Eocene of China (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: Colorado)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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