Full reference: A. Nel, R. Garrouste, M. Kaya, A. Licht, S. Legal and P. Coster. 2022. The second oldest representative of the genus Aeshna (Odonata: Aeshnidae) found in the lowermost Oligocene of Luberon (France) and revealed by UV light. Historical Biology 36:261-265
Belongs to Aeshna according to A. Nel et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Aeschna (Aeschna), Aeschna acrodonta, Aeschna dido, Aeschna ollivieri, Aeschna vosendorfensis, Aeshna andancensi, 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, Aeshna zlatkokvaceki
Type specimen: PNRL 2714, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Cliff of Haute Blace-Pantalliane, near Caseneuve, which is in a MP 21 lacustrine carbonate in the Calcaires de La Fayette Formation of France.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Cliff of Haute Blace-Pantalliane, near Caseneuve
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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