Aeshna ollivieri Nel 1986 (hawker dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Full reference: A. Nel. 1986. Sur la présence du genre Aeschna Fabricius, 1775 dans les calcaires stampiens de Cereste (Odonata Aeschnidae). L'Entomologiste 42(4):195-198

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

Sister taxa: Aeschna (Aeschna), Aeschna acrodonta, Aeschna dido, Aeschna ollivieri, Aeschna vosendorfensis, Aeshna andancensi, Aeshna caseneuvensis, Aeshna cerdanica, Aeshna forficatum, Aeshna ghiandonii, Aeshna grandis, Aeshna heterofasciata, Aeshna ignivora, Aeshna isosceles, Aeshna larvata, Aeshna messiniana, Aeshna multicellulata, Aeshna oligocenica, Aeshna paleocyanea, Aeshna shanwangensis, Aeshna solida, Aeshna stavropolensis, Aeshna theobaldi, Aeshna turoliana, Aeshna tyche, Aeshna voesendorfensis, Aeshna zlatkokvaceki

Type specimen: MNHN-LP-R.07707, a forewing. Its type locality is Céreste (MNHN coll), which is in a MP 23 lacustrine carbonate in the Campagne-Calavon Formation of France.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Aeshna ollivieri in the database

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