Steropoides Kirby 1890 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata

Invalid subtaxa: Agrion (Sterope) Heer 1849 [replaced name], Sterope Heer 1849 [replaced name]

Full reference: W. E. Kirby. 1890. A Synonymic Catalogue of Neuroptera Odonata or Dragonflies, with an Appendix of Fossil Species 1-202

Parent taxon: Zygoptera according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1994

See also Hagen 1850, Heer 1849 and Kirby 1890

Sister taxa: Agrion exhaustum, Agrion hecticum, Agrion mysis, Agrion thais, Andrephlebia, Burmadysagrionidae, Caloptera, Dinosamarura, Eopodagrion, Euzygoptera, Furagrion, Gasophlebia, Gomphus resinatus, Hemiphlebioidea, Italolestes, Megalestes anglicus, Mesomegaloprepidae, Platystictoidea, Podagrion abortivum, Pulchrairina, Samarura, Santanagrion, Steleopteridae, Valerea, Dysagrionidae, Sieblosiidae, Whetwhetaksidae

Subtaxa: Steropoides parthenope

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Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Oeningen (Zurich collection) (Miocene of Germany)

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