Epiaeschna stauropolitana Martynov 1927 (darner dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Full reference: A. V. Martynov. 1927. On two fossil dragonflies from the Caucasus. Russkoe Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 21:1-5

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

See also Martynov 1927 and Nel et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Epiaeschna gossi, Epiaeschna lucida, Epiaeschna magnifica, Epiaeschna matutina, Epiaeschna pseudoheros, Epiaeschna wisseri

Type specimen: PIN 452/1, a hindwing (complete female hindwing). Its type locality is Stavropol (PIN collection 452), which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Stavropol (PIN collection 452)

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