Alternative combination: Aeschna paleocyanea
Full reference: A. Nel. 1987. Sur une espèce nouvelle d'Aeschnidae du stampien supérieur du Bois d'Asson (Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence). L'Entomologiste 43(6):321-323
Belongs to Aeshna according to A. Nel et al. 1994
See also Nel 1987
Sister taxa: Aeschna (Aeschna), Aeschna acrodonta, Aeschna dido, Aeschna ollivieri, Aeschna vosendorfensis, Aeshna andancensi, Aeshna caseneuvensis, Aeshna cerdanica, Aeshna forficatum, Aeshna ghiandonii, Aeshna grandis, Aeshna heterofasciata, Aeshna ignivora, Aeshna isosceles, Aeshna larvata, Aeshna messiniana, Aeshna multicellulata, Aeshna oligocenica, Aeshna ollivieri, Aeshna shanwangensis, Aeshna solida, Aeshna stavropolensis, Aeshna theobaldi, Aeshna turoliana, Aeshna tyche, Aeshna voesendorfensis, Aeshna zlatkokvaceki
Type specimen: Coll. Paul Coullet, a forewing. Its type locality is Dauphin, Bois d'Asson (MNHN coll.), which is in a Rupelian lacustrine horizon in France.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Dauphin, Bois d'Asson (MNHN coll.)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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