Sieboldius Selys-Longchamps 1854 (clubtail dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Gomphidae

Full reference: E. Selys-Longchamps. 1854. Synopsis des Gomphines. Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 21(2):23-112

Parent taxon: Gomphidae according to Y. Sato et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Aeschna perampla, Auroradraco, Austrogomphinae, Diastatomma, Erpetogomphus, Gomphidae, Gomphinae, Gomphoides occulta, Huaxiagomphus, Ilerdaegomphus, Jibeigomphus, Lanthus wuluogongensis, Libellula valga, Lindeniinae, Liogomphus, Lithogomphus, Octogomphinae, Pheugothemis

Subtaxa: Sieboldius albardae

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Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Shiobara, Shiobara-machi, Tochigi Prefecture (SFMA collection) (Quaternary of Japan)

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