Libanoaeshna Azar et al. 2024 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Libanoaeshnidae

Full reference: D. Azar, S. Maksoud, P. Abi-Saad and A. Nel. 2024. A new, to date endemic, family of dragonfly in the mid-Cretaceous fossil fish Konservat-Lagerstätte of Haqel, Lebanon (Odonata: Anisoptera). Zootaxa 5497:142-150

Parent taxon: Libanoaeshnidae according to D. Azar et al. 2024

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Libanoaeshna mikhaeli

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Type: Libanoaeshna mikhaeli

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Haqel (Lebanese University MNH collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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