Pauciphlebia Bechly 2010 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Proterogomphidae

Full reference: G. Bechly. 2010. Additions to the fossil dragonfly fauna from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil (Insecta: Odonata). Palaeodiversity 3(Supplement):11-77

Parent taxon: Cordulagomphinae according to G. Bechly 2010

Sister taxa: Cordulagomphus, Cratogomphus, Liaoninglanthus, Paracordulagomphus

Subtaxa: Pauciphlebia novaolindense

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Type: Pauciphlebia novaolindense

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Crato (SMF collection) (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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