†Sympetrum elongatum Gentilini 1989 (common skimmer)
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Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae
Full reference: G. Gentilini. 1989. The upper Miocene dragonflies of Monte Castellaro (Marche, central Italy). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 67:251-271
Belongs to Sympetrum according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1993
See also Gentilini 1989
Sister taxa: Sympetrum bigoti, Sympetrum cantalensis, Sympetrum italicum, Sympetrum krzeminskii, Sympetrum marinum
Type specimen: MTR 166, a forewing. Its type locality is Monte Castellaro (MTR collection), which is in a Messinian lagoonal marl in the Gessoso-solfifera Formation of Italy.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Monte Castellaro (MTR collection)
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