Molertrum Zessin 2019 (common skimmer)

Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae

Full reference: W. Zessin. 2019. Neue Insekten aus dem Moler (Paläozän/Eozän) von Dänemark, Teil 4 (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Eumastacidae, Ensifera: Gryllidae; Odonata: Libellulidae). Virgo, Mitteilungsblatt des Entomologischen Vereins Mecklenburg 22:56-63

Parent taxon: Libellulidae according to W. Zessin 2019

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

Subtaxa: Molertrum eburneum

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Type: Molertrum eburneum

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Island of Fur (Witteck coll) (Eocene of Denmark)

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