†Platycnemis antiqua Pictet 1848 (white-legged damselfly)
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Insecta - Odonata - Platycnemididae
Alternative combinations: Agrion antiquum, Coenagrion antiquum
Full reference: F. Pictet. 1848. Taxonomic names, in Die fossilen Libellen Europa's. Entomologische Zeitung 9:6-13
Belongs to Platycnemis according to G. Bechly 1998
See also Hagen 1850, Kirby 1890, Nel and Papazian 1990, Pictet 1848 and Pictet and Hagen 1856
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), Poland (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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