†Melanagrion nigerrimum Cockerell 1908 (damselfly)
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Insecta - Odonata - Argiolestidae
Alternative combination: Melanagrion nigerrinum
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1908. Descriptions of Tertiary insects, part IV. The American Journal of Science, Fourth Series 26(151):69-75
Belongs to Melanagrion according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1994
Sister taxon: Melanagrion umbratum
Type specimen: YPM 26168, a wing. Its type locality is Florissant, Station 14, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Florissant, Station 14
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