Proeuthemis Nel and Jarzembowski 1996 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Sphenophlebiidae

Full reference: A. Nel and E. A. Jarzembowski. 1996. Description and revison of some dragonflies (‘Anisozygoptera’) from the Lower Cretaceous of England (Odonata : Stenophlebiidae , Campterophlebiidae? , Epiophlebiidae , Euthemistidae). Cretaceous Research 17:87-96

Parent taxon: Sphenophlebiidae according to G. Bechly 2007

See also Bechly 1997 and Nel and Jarzembowski 1996

Sister taxa: Ensphingophlebia, Euphaeopsis, Mesoepiophlebia, Sphenophlebia

Subtaxa: Proeuthemis pritykinae

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Type: Proeuthemis pritykinae

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Clockhouse Brickworks (BMB collection) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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