Adelophlebia Pritykina 1980 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Campterophlebiidae

Full reference: L. N. Pritykina. 1980. New dragonfly from the Lower Jurassic deposits of Central Asia. Fossil insects of the Mesozoic 119-133

Parent taxon: Campterophlebiidae according to A. Nel et al. 1993

See also Carpenter 1992 and Pritykina 1980

Sister taxa: Amnifleckia, Angaroneura, Angustiphlebia, Archithemis liassina, Azarphlebia, Bathmophlebia, Bellabrunetia, Campterophlebia, Ctenogampsophlebia, Dorsettia, Gallodorsettia, Gampsophlebia, Honghea, Hsiufua, Hypsophlebia, Hypsothemis, Junfengi, Jurassophlebia, Karatawia, Lateophlebia, Melanohypsa, Olonkia, Oreophlebia, Oshinia, Parabrunetia, Parafleckium, Parasinitsia, Parazygokaratawia, Petrophlebia, Pritykinia, Pternopteron, Qibinlina, Sagulia, Sarytashia, Sibirioneura, Sinitsia, Sinokaratawia, Sogdophlebia, Xanthohypsa, Zygokaratawia, Hypsomelana

Subtaxa: Adelophlebia obsoleta

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Type: Adelophlebia obsoleta

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Sai-Sagul, Shurab III (PIN collection 2032) (Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan)

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