Deielia sarae Gentilini and Bagli 2004 (common skimmer)

Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae

Full reference: G. Gentilini and L. Bagli. 2004. Fossil Zygoptera and Anisoptera from the upper Miocene of Monte Castellaro (Pesaro, Marches, central Italy) (Insecta Odonata Coenagrionidae, Lestidae, Sieblosiidae, Calopterygidae, Libellulidae). Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna 19:17-44

Belongs to Deielia according to G. Gentilini and L. Bagli 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MTR 1293, 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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