Promegalestes Petrulevičius and Nel 2004 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata

Full reference: J. F. Petrulevičius and A. Nel. 2004. Recognition of the first fossil lestoid damselfly in South America (Insecta: Zygoptera): biogeographic and phylogenetic remarks. Journal of Paleontology 78(4):798-801

Parent taxon: Lestinoidea according to J. F. Petrulevičius and A. Nel 2004

Sister taxa: Menatlestidae, Priscalestidae

Subtaxa: Promegalestes singularis

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Type: Promegalestes singularis

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at El Fuerte (Paleocene of Argentina)

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