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 Libellula according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1993

See also Gentilini 1989

Sister taxa: Libellula (Heterophlebia), Libellula adriatica, Libellula aglaia, Libellula grandis, Libellula kieseli, Libellula knetti, Libellula oeningensis, Libellula pannewitziana, Libellula pourqueryi, Libellula requieniana, Libellula sieboldiana, Libellula ukrainensis

Type specimen: MTR 168, 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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