Libellula pannewitziana Goeppert 1855 (common skimmer)

Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae

Full reference: H. R. Goeppert. 1855. Die TertiƤre Flora von Schossnitz in Schlesien 1-52

Belongs to Libellula according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1993

See also Assmann 1870, Goeppert 1855 and Kirby 1890

Sister taxa: Libellula (Heterophlebia), Libellula adriatica, Libellula aglaia, Libellula grandis, Libellula kieseli, Libellula knetti, Libellula mediterranea, Libellula oeningensis, 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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