Aeschna dido Hagen 1863 (hawker dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Holotype is likely lost

Full reference: H. A. Hagen. 1863. Neuroptern aus der Braunkohle von Rott im Siebengebirge. Palaeontographica 10:247-269

Belongs to Aeschna according to A. Handlirsch 1907

See also Hagen 1863, Kirby 1890, Nel et al. 1994 and Petrulevičius et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Aeschna (Aeschna), Aeschna acrodonta, 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 paleocyanea, Aeshna shanwangensis, Aeshna solida, Aeshna stavropolensis, Aeshna theobaldi, Aeshna turoliana, Aeshna tyche, Aeshna voesendorfensis, Aeshna zlatkokvaceki

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rott (Krantz Bonn coll), which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - large shale in the Rott Formation of Germany

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Rott (Krantz Bonn coll)

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