Aeshna Fabricius 1775 (hawker dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Alternative spellings: Aeschna, Libellula (Aeschna)

Full reference: J. C. Fabricius. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, Sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus 1-832

Parent taxon: Aeshnini according to H. Steinmann 1997

See also Carpenter 1992, Fabricius 1775, Fabricius 1798, Gentilini and Peters 1993, Handlirsch 1906, Latreille 1796, Latreille 1802, Nel et al. 1994, Pongrácz 1931 and Zhang 1989

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Aeschna (Aeschna) Aeschna acrodonta Aeschna dido Aeschna ollivieri Aeschna vosendorfensis Aeshna andancensi Aeshna caseneuvensis Aeshna cerdanica Aeshna forficatum Aeshna ghiandonii Aeshna grandis Aeshna heterofasciata Aeshna ignivora Aeshna isosceles Aeshna larvata Aeshna messiniana Aeshna multicellulata Aeshna oligocenica Aeshna ollivieri Aeshna paleocyanea Aeshna shanwangensis Aeshna solida Aeshna stavropolensis Aeshna theobaldi Aeshna turoliana Aeshna tyche Aeshna voesendorfensis Aeshna zlatkokvaceki

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Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of France (2 collections), Slovakia (1)

• Miocene of Austria (1), China (2), the Czech Republic (1), France (2), Germany (1), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1)

• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1), France (4), Germany (2), Spain (1)

• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado)

• Paleocene of France (1)

• Cretaceous of China (1)

Total: 26 collections including 32 occurrences

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