Merlax bohemicus gen. n., sp. n., a new fossil dragonfly from the Lower Miocene of northern Bohemia

Abstract

Two aeshnid dragonflies are described from the Lower Miocene deposits in the Bílina mine in the north of the Czech Republic, including a new genus and species of Anactini, Merlax bohemicus gen. n., sp. n., and a specimen assigned to the genus Ae

Keywords

• J. Prokop l.1837 fossil insects
• Odonata
• Aeshnidae
• Anactini
• adult
• new genus
• new species
• Lower Miocene
• Czech Republic
• Europe