Liassophlebia withersi Tillyard 1925 (damsel-dragonflies)

Insecta - Odonata - Liassophlebiidae

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1925. The British Liassic Dragonflies. Fossil Insects, British Museum Natural History 1:1-40

Belongs to Liassophlebia according to R. S. Kelly and A. Nel 2018

See also Tillyard 1925

Sister taxa: Liassophlebia batheri, Liassophlebia magnifica, Liassophlebia pseudomagnifica, Liassophlebia westwoodi

Type specimen: BMNH I 10697, a forewing. Its type locality is Strensham, Worcestershire, which is in a Rhaetian marine horizon in the Lilstock Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Strensham, Worcestershire

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