Family Libanoaeshnidae fam. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: B31E7911-6D80-40B1-AD1E-D3396F82982D Type genus. Libanoaeshna gen. nov., by present designation. Type species. Libanoaeshna mikhaeli sp. nov. Etymology. Named after Libanos = Lebanon in Greek ‘Λίβανος’ and the suffix ‘aeshna. Gender feminine. Diagnosis. Forewing characters only. Putative autapomorphic characters of the new fossil are as follows: forewing discoidal triangle very long and narrow, with vein MAb having a very strong angle and a strong curvature; a very strong trigonal planate (convergences with the Liupanshaniidae Bechly et al., 2001); area between MP and posterior margin of wing broad; CuA short, strongly curved and without distinct posterior branches; an intercalary longitudinal vein between AA and AP; antenodal crossveins very numerous between Ax1 and Ax2 and distad Ax2; cells and intercalary crossveins in area below IR2 very numerous; area between RP1 and RP2 very narrow up to pterostigma; pterostigma in a basal position.

Published as part of Azar, Dany, Maksoud, Sibelle, Abi-Saad, Pierre & Nel, Andre, 2024, A new, to date endemic, family of dragonfly in the mid-Cretaceous fossil fish Konservat-Lagerstätte of Haqel, Lebanon (Odonata: Anisoptera), pp. 142-150 in Zootaxa 5497 (1) on page 144, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/13618068