Tramea miocenica Gentilini 1989 (common skimmer)

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)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.