Liassophlebia westwoodi Hagen 1850 (damsel-dragonflies)

Insecta - Odonata - Liassophlebiidae

Alternative combinations: Heterophlebia westwoodi, Heterophlebia westwoodii, Tarsophlebia westwoodi

Full reference: H. A. Hagen. 1850. Énumération des odonates fossiles d'Europe, in Revue des odonates ou libellules d'Europe. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 6:356-364

Belongs to Liassophlebia according to R. J. Tillyard 1925

See also Hagen 1850, Hagen 1866, Handlirsch 1906 and Kirby 1890

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, which is in a Rhaetian marine limestone in the Insect Bed Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

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