Aeshna messiniana Gentilini and Peters 1993 (hawker dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Full reference: G. Gentilini and G. Peters. 1993. The Upper Miocene Aeshnids of Monte Castellaro, Central Italy, and their relationships to extant species (Anisoptera: Aeshnidae). Odonatologica 22(2):147-178

Belongs to Aeshna according to A. Nel et al. 1994

See also Gentilini and Peters 1993

Sister taxa: 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 multicellulata, Aeshna oligocenica, Aeshna ollivieri, Aeshna paleocyanea, Aeshna shanwangensis, Aeshna solida, Aeshna stavropolensis, Aeshna theobaldi, Aeshna turoliana, Aeshna tyche, Aeshna voesendorfensis, Aeshna zlatkokvaceki

Type specimen: Gentilini col. MC 169, a hindwing. Its type locality is Monte Castellaro (MCSN collection), which is in a Messinian lagoonal marl in the Gessoso-solfifera Formation of Italy.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Monte Castellaro (MCSN collection)

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