Insecta - Odonata - Aeschnidiidae
Synonyms: Estemoa Giebel 1856 [objective synonym], Neimenggolgomphus Hong 1982
Parent taxon: Aeschnidiidae according to G. Fleck and A. Nel 2003
See also Carpenter 1992, Handlirsch 1906, Kirby 1890, Nel and Martínez-Delclòs 1993, Ponomarenko 1985 and Zhang 1999
Sister taxa: Aegyptidium, Aeschnidiella, Aeschnidiopsis, Angloaeschnidium, Bergeriaeschnidia, Brunetaeschnidium, Brunneaeschnidia, Cooperaeschnidium, Coramaeschnidium, Cratoaeschnidium, Dakotaeschnidium, Delclosaeschidium, Diastatopaeschnidium, Dracontaeschnidium, Gansuaeschnidia, Gigantoaeschnidium, Hebeiaeschnidia, Iberoaeschnidium, Jarzembowskiaeschnidium, Kesseleraeschnidium, Kimmeridgebrachypteraeschnidium, Leptaeschnidium, Libellula abscissa, Linaeschnidium, Lithoaeschnidium, Lleidoaeschnidium, Malmaeschnidium, Misofaeschnidium, Nannoaeschnidium, Neimengogomphus, Neimengogomphus dongwugaiensis, Pseudosamarura, Pseudosamarura largina, Rossaeschnidium, Santanoptera, Sinaeschnidia, Sinostenophlebia, Solnhofenia, Stylaeschnidium, Tauropteryx, Urogomphus, Wightonia, Yixiangomphus, Yixiangomphus labius, Sona
Subtaxa: Aeschnidium antiquum Aeschnidium bubas
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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