Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae
Alternative combination: Trapezostigma miocenica
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 Tramea according to International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2006
See also Gentilini 1989, Gentilini and Bagli 2004 and Nel and Paicheler 1993
Sister taxon: Tramea barbaresii
Type specimen: MTR 176, 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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