Oligaeschna wedmanni Nel and Fleck 2014 (darner dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Full reference: A. Nel and G. Fleck. 2014. Dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) from the Late Eocene of the Isle of Wight. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 104:283-306

Belongs to Oligaeschna according to A. Nel and G. Fleck 2014

Sister taxa: Oligaeschna ashutasica, Oligaeschna bulgariensis, Oligaeschna jungi, Oligaeschna kvaceki, Oligaeschna lapidaria, Oligaeschna palaeocoerulea, Oligaeschna saurai, Oligaeschna separata, Oligaeschna sinica

Type specimen: IWCMS 2012.576, a forewing. Its type locality is Thorness Bay, Bembridge Marls, Isle of Wight (IWCMS coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bembridge Marls Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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