Oligaeschna saurai Peñalver et al. 1996 (darner dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Full reference: E. Peñalver, A. Nel, and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 1996. Insectos del Mioceno inferior de Ribesalbes (Castellón, España). Paleoptera y Neoptera poli- y paraneoptera. Treballs del Museu de Geologia de Barcelona 5:15-95

Belongs to Oligaeschna according to E. Peñalver et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Oligaeschna ashutasica, Oligaeschna bulgariensis, Oligaeschna jungi, Oligaeschna kvaceki, Oligaeschna lapidaria, Oligaeschna palaeocoerulea, Oligaeschna separata, Oligaeschna sinica, Oligaeschna wedmanni

Type specimen: MNCNI-22610, a hindwing. Its type locality is La Rinconada, Ribesalbes (MNCNI collection), which is in a Miocene lacustrine - large shale in Spain.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at La Rinconada, Ribesalbes (MNCNI collection)

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