Libellula ukrainensis Nel et al. 2005 (common skimmer)

Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae

Full reference: A. Nel, J. F. Petrulevičius, and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2005. New fossil Odonata from the European Cenozoic (Insecta: Odonata: Thaumatoneuridae, Aeshnidae, Idionychidae, Libellulidae). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 235(3):343-380

Belongs to Libellula according to A. Nel et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Libellula (Heterophlebia), Libellula adriatica, Libellula aglaia, Libellula grandis, Libellula kieseli, Libellula knetti, Libellula mediterranea, Libellula oeningensis, Libellula pannewitziana, Libellula pourqueryi, Libellula requieniana, Libellula sieboldiana

Type specimen: PIN 4703/1, a forewing. Its type locality is Khrene Cap, which is in a Miocene deep-water siliciclastic in Ukraine.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Khrene Cap

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