Aeshna zlatkokvaceki Prokop et al. 2016 (hawker dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Full reference: J. Prokop, M. Pecharová, and A. Nel. 2016. New Cenozoic dragonflies from the Most Basin and Stredohori Complex volcanic area (Czech Republic, Germany). Journal of Natural History 50:2311-2326

Belongs to Aeshna according to J. Prokop et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Aeschna (Aeschna), Aeschna acrodonta, Aeschna dido, Aeschna ollivieri, Aeschna vosendorfensis, Aeshna andancensi, Aeshna caseneuvensis, Aeshna cerdanica, Aeshna forficatum, Aeshna ghiandonii, Aeshna grandis, Aeshna heterofasciata, Aeshna ignivora, Aeshna isosceles, Aeshna larvata, Aeshna messiniana, Aeshna multicellulata, Aeshna oligocenica, Aeshna ollivieri, Aeshna paleocyanea, Aeshna shanwangensis, Aeshna solida, Aeshna stavropolensis, Aeshna theobaldi, Aeshna turoliana, Aeshna tyche, Aeshna voesendorfensis

Type specimen: SMMG CsT 1091, a forewing. Its type locality is Zelenky, near Duchcov, which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large claystone in the Most Formation of the Czech Republic.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Zelenky, near Duchcov

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