Libellula kieseli Assmann 1870 (common skimmer)

Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae

Full reference: A. Assmann. 1870. Beiträge zur Insekten-Fauna der Vorwelt. I. Beitrag. Die fossilen Insekten des tertiären (miocenen) Thonlagers von Schossnitz bei Kanth. Zeitschrift für Entomologie 1:33-58

Belongs to Libellula according to W. E. Kirby 1890

See also Assmann 1870

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Schossnitz (Sosnica), which is in a Miocene lacustrine claystone in Poland

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Schossnitz (Sosnica)

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