Kvacekia Prokop and Nel 2002 (darner dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Full reference: J. Prokop and A. Nel. 2002. New Tertiary dragonflies from Lower Oligocene of the České středohoři Mts and Lower Miocene of the Most Basin in the Czech Republic (Odonata: Anisoptera). Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 66:141-150

Parent taxon: Aeshnidae according to J. Prokop and A. Nel 2002

Sister taxa: Aeshna dido, Aeshninae, Basiaeschna, Brachytroninae, Eoshna, Epiaeschna, Gynacanthinae, Huncoaeshna, Idemlinea, Merlax, Oplonaeschna vectensis, Palaeaeschna, Ypshna

Subtaxa: Kvacekia infuscata

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Type: Kvacekia infuscata

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Kundratice, Czech Republic (Oligocene of Czech Republic)

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