Nannogomphus bavaricus Handlirsch 1906 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Nannogomphidae

Invalid subtaxa: Agrion charpentieri Meunier 1898 [replaced name], Agrion gracile Meunier 1896 [replaced name], Libellula naevia Handlirsch 1906 [replaced name], Nannogomphus gracilis Meunier 1896 [replaced name], Nannogomphus naevius Handlirsch 1906 [replaced name]

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640

Belongs to Nannogomphus according to G. Bechly et al. 1996

See also Carpenter 1932, Hagen 1862, Handlirsch 1906, Kirby 1890, Meunier 1896, Nel and Paicheler 1994 and Ponomarenko 1985

Sister taxa: Nannogomphus buergeri, Nannogomphus vetustus

Type specimens:

  • Nannogomphus bavaricus: NHMW 1985/3/1 (1898/7/11), a wing. Its type locality is Eichstätt, Solnhofen (Naturhistorischen Museum Wien collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.
  • Agrion charpentieri:
  • Libellula naevia:
  • Nannogomphus gracilis: Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Germany (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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