Trithemis pseudodistanti Nel 1991 (common skimmer)

Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae

Full reference: A. Nel. 1991. Un nouvel odonate fossile du miocène de Bellver de Cerdana (Espagne) (Odonata, Libellulidae). Entomologica Gallica 2:129-130

Belongs to Trithemis according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1993

See also Nel 1991

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN IPM-R.54382, a hindwing. Its type locality is Bellver-en-Cerdaña (MNHN collection), which is in a Vallesian lacustrine diatomite in Spain.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Bellver-en-Cerdaña (MNHN collection)

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