†Steleopteron Handlirsch 1906 (damselfly)
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Insecta - Odonata - Steleopteridae
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640
Parent taxon: Steleopteridae according to D. R. Zheng et al. 2018
See also Carpenter 1992, Fleck et al. 2001, Handlirsch 1906, Nel and Paicheler 1993 and Ponomarenko 1985
Sister taxa: Auliella, Euparasteleopteron, Parasteleopteron
Subtaxa: Steleopteron cretacicus Steleopteron deichmuelleri
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Germany (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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