Protopaltothemis hageni Pongrácz 1928 (common skimmer)

Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae

Full reference: A. Pongrácz. 1928. Die fossilen Insekten von Ungarn, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Entwicklung der europäischen Insekten-fauna. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 25:91-194

Belongs to Protopaltothemis according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1993

See also Pongrácz 1928

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Radoboj (Geologischen Bundesanstalt Collection), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Radoboj (Geologischen Bundesanstalt Collection)

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