Sapho legrandi Nel and Petrulevičius 2010 (broad-winged damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Calopterygidae

Full reference: A. Nel and J. F. Petrulevičius. 2010. Afrotropical and Nearctic genera of Odonata in the French Oligocene: biogeographic and paleoclimatic implications (Insecta: Calopterygidae, Aeshnidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 46(1-2):228-236

Belongs to Sapho according to A. Nel and J. F. Petrulevičius 2010

Sister taxa: Sapho armissani, Sapho sannoisiensis

Type specimen: MNHN-LP-R 63847, a wing. Its type locality is Les Figons, route d'Eguille, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine - large horizon in France.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Les Figons, route d'Eguille

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