Alternative combination: Aeschna larvata
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734
Belongs to Aeshna according to A. Nel et al. 1994
See also Cockerell 1910, Kirby 1890 and Scudder 1890
Sister taxa: Aeschna (Aeschna), Aeschna acrodonta, Aeschna dido, Aeschna ollivieri, Aeschna vosendorfensis, Aeshna andancensi, Aeshna caseneuvensis, Aeshna cerdanica, Aeshna forficatum, Aeshna ghiandonii, Aeshna grandis, Aeshna heterofasciata, Aeshna ignivora, Aeshna isosceles, 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: 1816, a nymph. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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