Hemianax ephippiger Burmeister 1839 (vagrant emperor)

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Alternative combination: Aeschna (Cyrtosoma) ephippigera

Full reference: H. C. Burmeister. 1839. Handbuch der Entomologie. Zweiter Band. Besondere Entomologie. Zweite Abtheilung. Kaukerfe. Gymnognatha (Zweite Hälfte; vulgo Neuroptera) 757-1050

Belongs to Hemianax according to H. Steinmann 1997

See also Burmeister 1839 and Gentilini and Peters 1993

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hemianax ephippiger in the database

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