Oligoaeschna oligocenica Nel and Papazian 1983 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae

Alternative combination: Jagoria oligocenica

Full reference: A. Nel and M. Papazian. 1983. Description d'un nouvelle espèce d'Odonate fossile du Stampien d'Aix-en-Provence (Odonata Aeschnidae). L'Entomologiste 39:119-122

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

See also Nel and Papazian 1983 and Wighton and Wilson 1986

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

Type specimen: MNHN.F.A57282, a forewing. 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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