†family Araripephlebiidae Bechly 1998 (true dragonfly)
Insecta - Odonata - Araripephlebiidae
Full reference: G. Bechly. 1998. New fossil dragonflies from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of north-east Brazil (Insecta: Odonata). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 264:1-66
Parent taxon: Valdicordulioidea according to A. Nel and J. M. Pouillon 2020
See also Bechly 1998 and Bechly 2007
Sister taxon: Valdicorduliidae
Subtaxa: Araripephlebia Valdiphlebia
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence