Aeshna cerdanica Nel and Martínez-Delclòs 1994 (hawker dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Full reference: A. Nel and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 1994. Taxonomic names, in Les Aeshnidae fossiles: Etat actuel des connaissances (Odonata, Anisoptera). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 194(2/3):143-186

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

See also Nel and Martínez-Delclòs 1994

Sister taxa: Aeschna (Aeschna), Aeschna acrodonta, Aeschna dido, Aeschna ollivieri, Aeschna vosendorfensis, Aeshna andancensi, Aeshna caseneuvensis, Aeshna forficatum, Aeshna ghiandonii, Aeshna grandis, Aeshna heterofasciata, Aeshna ignivora, Aeshna isosceles, Aeshna larvata, Aeshna messiniana, Aeshna multicellulata, Aeshna oligocenica, 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.10402, a hindwing. Its type locality is Coll de Saig (Bellver de Cerdanya, MNHN collection), which is in a Vallesian/Turolian lacustrine claystone in Spain.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Coll de Saig (Bellver de Cerdanya, MNHN collection)

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