Insecta - Odonata - Dysagrionidae

Alternative spelling: Petrolestini

Synonyms: Congqingiidae Zhang 1992, Congqingiini Zhang 1992

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1927. A new fossil dragonfly from the Eocene of Colorado. The Entomologist 60:81-82

Parent taxon: Dysagrionidae according to S. B. Archibald et al. 2021

See also Bechly 2007, Cockerell 1927, Garrouste and Nel 2015, Huang et al. 2017, Nel 1986, Nel et al. 1993, Nel and Paicheler 1994, Zhang 1992 and Zheng et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Dysagrioninae, Menatagrion, Stolleagrion, Tenebragrion, Thanetophilosina

Subtaxa: Congqingia Petrolestes

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Type: Petrolestes

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

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