Huaxiagomphus taushanensis Hong 1982 (clubtail dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Gomphidae

Alternative combinations: Huaxiagomphus toushanensis, Sinogomphus taushanense, Sinogomphus taushanensis

Full reference: Y. C. Hong. 1982. Mesozoic Fossil Insects of Jiuquan Basin in Gansu Province 1-187

Belongs to Huaxiagomphus according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1994

See also Hong 1982, Hong 1984 and Hong 1988

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: K107/Jt1001, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Taoshan, Naiman, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in China.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Taoshan, Naiman

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