Aeschnophlebia miocenica Nel and Escuillé 1994 (darner dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Full reference: A. Nel and F. Escuillé. 1994. Taxonomic names, in Les Aeshnidae fossiles: Etat actuel des connaissances (Odonata, Anisoptera). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 194(2/3):143-184

Belongs to Aeschnophlebia according to A. Nel and F. Escuillé 1994

Sister taxon: Aeschnophlebia andreasi

Type specimen: MNHN-LP-R.10404, a forewing. Its type locality is Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (MNHN collection), which is in a Turolian crater lake diatomite/volcaniclastic in France.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (MNHN collection)

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