Oligoaeschna Selys 1889 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae

Synonyms: Jagoria Karsch 1889, Lithaeschna Cockerell 1907, Projagoria Martynov 1929

Parent taxon: Gomphaeschnini according to A. Nel et al. 1994

See also Carpenter 1992, Cockerell 1907, Martynov 1929, Steinmann 1997, Wighton and Wilson 1986 and Zhang 1989

Sister taxa: Alloaeschna, Allopetalia, Gomphaeschna, Kishenehna, Oplonaeschna

Subtaxa: Jagoria sinica Oligoaeschna anglica Oligoaeschna conjuncta Oligoaeschna needhami Oligoaeschna oligocenica Oligoaeschna pryeri

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Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Japan (1 collection)

• Miocene of China (1), Germany (1)

• Oligocene of France (1), Kazakhstan (1)

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Colorado)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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