Lithogomphus Beier 1952 (clubtail dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Gomphidae

Full reference: M. Beier. 1952. Miozäne und oligozäne Insekten aus Österreich und den unmittelbar angrenzenden Gebieten. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 161:129-134

Parent taxon: Gomphidae according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1994

See also Carpenter 1992 and Nel 1992

Sister taxa: Aeschna perampla, Auroradraco, Austrogomphinae, Diastatomma, Erpetogomphus, Gomphidae, Gomphinae, Gomphoides occulta, Huaxiagomphus, Ilerdaegomphus, Jibeigomphus, Lanthus wuluogongensis, Libellula valga, Lindeniinae, Liogomphus, Octogomphinae, Pheugothemis, Sieboldius

Subtaxa: Lithogomphus muenzenbergianus

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Type: Lithogomphus muenzenbergianus

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Münzenberg near Leoben (Miocene of Austria)

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