Cretarchistigma Jarzembowski et al. 1998 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata

Full reference: E. A. Jarzembowski, X. Martínez-Delclòs, G. Bechly, A. Nel, R. Coram and F. Escuillié. 1998. The Mesozoic non-calopterygoid Zygoptera: description of new genera and species from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Brazil and their phylogenetic significance (Odonata, Zygoptera, Coenagrionoidea, Hemiphlebioidea, Lestoidea). Cretaceous Research 19:403-444

Parent taxon: Euzygoptera according to G. Bechly 1998

Sister taxa: Argiolestidae, Coenagriomorpha, Coenagrionomorpha, Lestomorpha

Subtaxa: Cretarchistigma essweini Cretarchistigma greenwoodi

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Type: Cretarchistigma greenwoodi

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (6 collections), the United Kingdom (5)

Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences

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