Oplonaeschna staurophlebioides Henriksen 1922 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae

Full reference: K. L. Henriksen. 1922. A new Tertiary dragon fly Oplonaeschna staurophlebioides n. sp. from Denmark. Meddelelser fra Dansk Geologisk Forening 6(9):3-5

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

See also Henriksen 1922

Sister taxon: Oplonaeschna metis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Moselund West, Silkeborg, which is in an Aquitanian terrestrial siliciclastic in Denmark

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Moselund West, Silkeborg

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