†Hoyaeshna cretacica Nel and Martínez-Delclòs 1993 (true dragonfly)
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Insecta - Odonata - Cymatophlebiidae
Alternative combination: Hoyaeschna cretacica
Full reference: A. Nel and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 1993. Nuevos Zygoptera y Anisoptera (Insecta: Odonata) en el Cretacico inferior de Espana. Estudios Geológicos 49:351-359
Belongs to Hoyaeshna according to G. Bechly et al. 2001
See also Nel and Martínez-Delclòs 1993 and Nel et al. 1994
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: ADR-0033-1, a hindwing (right female hindwing). Its type locality is Las Hoyas (ADR collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone in the La Huérguina Formation of Spain.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Las Hoyas (ADR collection)
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