Ypshna latipennata Archibald and Cannings 2019 (darner dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Full reference: S. B. Archibald and R. A. Cannings. 2019. Fossil dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera)from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands, western North America. The Canadian Entomologist 151:783-816

Belongs to Ypshna according to S. B. Archibald and R. A. Cannings 2019

Sister taxon: Ypshna brownleei

Type specimen: TRU F-1050/151, a forewing. Its type locality is McAbee (University College of the Cariboo TRU coll), which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large mudstone in Canada.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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