Lithemis lejeunecarpentieri Fraser 1951 (common skimmer)

Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae

Full reference: F. C. Fraser. 1951. Two new species of Odonata from the Tertiary of Radoboj. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B, Taxonomy 20:51-52

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

See also Fraser 1951

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Liege University Museum 14726, a hindwing (left hindwing). Its type locality is Radoboj (Liege University Museum collection), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Radoboj (Liege University Museum collection)

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