Epitheca Burmeister 1839 (green-eyed skimmer)

Insecta - Odonata - Corduliidae

Full reference: H. C. Burmeister. 1839. Handbuch der Entomologie. Zweiter Band. Besondere Entomologie. Zweite Abtheilung. Kaukerfe. Gymnognatha (Zweite Hälfte; vulgo Neuroptera) 757-1050

Parent taxon: Corduliinae according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1994

See also Gentilini 1992

Sister taxa: Cordulia, Croatocordulia, Miocordulia, Somatochlora

Subtaxa: Epitheca annae Epitheca miocenica

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Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Monte Castellaro (MCSN collection) (Miocene of Italy)

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