†Eolestes Cockerell 1940 (damselfly)
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Insecta - Odonata - Eolestidae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1940. A dragon-fly from the Eocene of Colorado (Odonata: Agrionidae). Entomological News 51(4):103-105
Parent taxon: Eolestidae according to D. E. Greenwalt and G. Bechly 2014
See also Carpenter 1992 and Nel and Paicheler 1994
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Eolestes ramosus Eolestes syntheticus
Type: Eolestes syntheticus
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado, Montana collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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