Ilerdaegomphus torcae Martínez-Delclòs and Nel 1994 (clubtail dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Gomphidae

Full reference: X. Martínez-Delclòs and A. Nel. 1994. Los Gomphidae (Insecta, Odonata, Anisoptera) del Cretácico Inferior de España. Revista Española de Paleontología 9:176-184

Belongs to Ilerdaegomphus according to X. Martínez-Delclòs and A. Nel 1994

Sister taxon: Ilerdaegomphus pallerolae

Type specimen: ADR-0038-I, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Las Hoyas (ADR collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone in the La Huérguina Formation of Spain.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Las Hoyas (ADR collection)

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