Insecta - Odonata - Mesuropetalidae
Alternative combinations: Aeshna perampla, Gomphidae perampla
Synonym: Cymatophlebiopsis pseudobubas Handlirsch 1939
Full reference: P. B. Brodie. 1845. A History of the Fossil Insects in the Secondary Rocks of England Accompanied by a Particular Account of the Strata in which they Occur, and of the Circumstances Connected with their Preservation 1-130
Belongs to Aeschnopsis according to G. Bechly et al. 2001
See also Brodie 1845, Cowley 1942, Hagen 1850, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1939, Kirby 1890 and Nel et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Aeschnopsis jurassica, Aeschnopsis perkinsi, Aeschnopsis tischlingeri
Type specimens:
- Aeschnopsis perampla: NHM I 12780, a hindwing (basal fragment). Its type locality is Teffont, Vale of Wardour (Brodie collection), which is in a Berriasian terrestrial horizon in the United Kingdom.
- Cymatophlebiopsis pseudobubas: BMNH I.3950, a hindwing (male hindwing fragment). Its type locality is Swanage/Purbeck (DORCM/BMNH) [C. Willcox Collection], which is in a Berriasian fluvial-lacustrine limestone in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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