Lithogomphus muenzenbergianus Beier 1952 (clubtail dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Gomphidae

Alternative combinations: Lithogomphus munsbergianus, Lithogomphus munzenbergianus

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

Belongs to Lithogomphus according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1994

See also Beier 1952 and Nel 1992

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHMW 1889/no 98, a hindwing. Its type locality is Münzenberg near Leoben, which is in a Badenian mire/swamp lignite in Austria.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Münzenberg near Leoben

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