Aeshna oligocenica Nel 1994 (hawker dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Full reference: A. Nel. 1994. Taxonomic names, in Les Aeshnidae fossiles: Etat actuel des connaissances (Odonata, Anisoptera). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 194:143-186

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

See also Nel 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 ollivieri, Aeshna paleocyanea, Aeshna shanwangensis, Aeshna solida, Aeshna stavropolensis, Aeshna theobaldi, Aeshna turoliana, Aeshna tyche, Aeshna voesendorfensis, Aeshna zlatkokvaceki

Type specimen: MNHN-LP-R.07895, a hindwing. Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Coll. Nel), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Aix-en-Provence (Coll. Nel)

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