Insecta - Odonata - Heterophlebiidae
Synonyms: Acrophlebia Cowley 1942, Clydonophlebia Cowley 1942, Plagiophlebia Bode 1953, Systellothemis Handlirsch 1939, Systellothemis Cowley 1942 [objective synonym]
Full reference: J. O. Westwood. 1849. Taxonomic names, in Notice on the discovery of a dragon-fly and a new species of Leptolepis in the upper Lias near Cheltenham, with a few remarks on that formation in Gloucestershire. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 5:31-37
Parent taxon: Heterophlebiidae according to J. Ansorge 1996
See also Ansorge 1999, Carpenter 1992, Clapham 2023, Cowley 1942, Handlirsch 1939 and Nel et al. 1993
Sister taxon: Trigonophlebia
Subtaxa: Plagiophlebia praecostarea
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (14 collections), Luxembourg (1), the United Kingdom (7)
Total: 22 collections including 36 occurrences
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