Aeschna acrodonta Chang and Sun 2005 (hawker dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Full reference: J. P. Chang and Z. S. Sun. 2005. New discovery of fossil dobsons in Jehol biota from western Liaoning, China. Global Geology 24:105-110

Belongs to Aeschna according to J. P. Chang and Z. S. Sun 2005

Sister taxa: Aeschna (Aeschna), Aeschna dido, Aeschna ollivieri, Aeschna vosendorfensis, Aeshna andancensi, Aeshna caseneuvensis, Aeshna cerdanica, Aeshna forficatum, Aeshna ghiandonii, Aeshna grandis, Aeshna heterofasciata, Aeshna ignivora, Aeshna isosceles, Aeshna larvata, Aeshna messiniana, Aeshna multicellulata, Aeshna oligocenica, Aeshna ollivieri, Aeshna paleocyanea, Aeshna shanwangensis, Aeshna solida, Aeshna stavropolensis, Aeshna theobaldi, Aeshna turoliana, Aeshna tyche, Aeshna voesendorfensis, Aeshna zlatkokvaceki

Type specimen: CAE02008, a nymph. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village, Jilin University collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village, Jilin University collection

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