Insecta - Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae

Alternative combination: Lithaeschna needhami

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1907. Fossil Dragonflies from Florissant Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23:133-139

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

See also Cockerell 1907 and Wighton and Wilson 1986

Sister taxa: Oligoaeschna anglica, Oligoaeschna conjuncta, Oligoaeschna oligocenica, Oligoaeschna pryeri, Jagoria sinica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant, Station 14, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Florissant, Station 14

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.