Tramea Hagen 1861 (common skimmer)

Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae

Synonym: Trapezostigma Hagen 1849 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Trameini according to International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2006

See also Gentilini 1989, Gentilini and Bagli 2004 and Nel and Paicheler 1993

Sister taxa: Palaeotramea, Paleotauriphila, Pisaurum, Trameobasileus

Subtaxa: Tramea barbaresii Tramea miocenica

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Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Monte Castellaro (MTR collection) (Miocene of Italy)

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