Insecta - Odonata - Calopterygidae
Full reference: A. Nel and P. Brisac. 1994. Découverte du premier Calopteryx fossile du Miocéne de l'Ardèche (Odonata, Calopterygidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 99(1):27-30
Belongs to Calopteryx according to A. Nel and P. Brisac 1994
Sister taxa: Agrion (Agrion), Calopteryx atrata, Agrion telluris
Type specimen: MNHN-LP-R 10410, a wing (wing missing apical portion). Its type locality is Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (MNHN collection), which is in a Turolian crater lake diatomite/volcaniclastic in France.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (MNHN collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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