Miorhodopygia andancensis Riou and Nel 1995 (common skimmer)

Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae

Full reference: B. Riou and A. Nel. 1995. Nouveaux Odonates fossiles du Miocène supérieur de l'Ardèche (Odonata: Sieblosiidae, Lestidae, Libellulidae, Corduliidae et Aeshnidae). Travaux de l'École Pratique des Hautes Études, Biologie et Évolution des Insectes 7/8:125-144

Belongs to Miorhodopygia according to B. Riou and A. Nel 1995

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPVR R St B 472, a hindwing. Its type locality is Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (Riou collection), which is in a Turolian crater lake diatomite in France.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (Riou collection)

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