Subfamily Libellulinae Rambur 1842 (common skimmer)

Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae

Parent taxon: Libellulidae according to H. Steinmann 1997

See also Nel and Paicheler 1993

Sister taxa: Caussanelia, Jeanlegrandia, Leucorrhininae, Libellula eusebioi, Libellula minuscula, Miorhodopygia, Molertrum, Onychothemis, Oryctodiplax, Palaeolibellula, Pantaliinae, Pantalinae, Prorhyothemis, Sloveniatrum, Sympetrinae, Tetrathemistinae, Trithemistinae

Subtaxa: Libellula Orthemis

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Type: Libellula

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Czechia (1 collection), Germany (2), Italy (1), Poland (1), Ukraine (1), United States (5: California)

• Oligocene of France (1)

Total: 12 collections including 17 occurrences

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