Selenothemis Handlirsch 1920 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Selenothemistidae

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1920. Palaeontologie. Handbuch der Entomologie 3:117-208

Parent taxon: Selenothemistidae according to D. Y. Huang et al. 2018

See also Carpenter 1992, Cowley 1942, Handlirsch 1939, Martynov 1925 and Nel et al. 1993

Sister taxa: Caraphlebia, Dialothemis, Jurathemis, Paraliassophlebia, Sinothemis, Turanothemis

Subtaxa: Selenothemis liadis

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Type: Selenothemis liadis

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (NHMW collection) (Jurassic of Germany)

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