Eopodagrion Cockerell 1921 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Eocene Insects from the Rocky Mountains. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57:233-260

Parent taxon: Zygoptera according to A. Nel 2022

See also Carpenter 1992 and Nel and Paicheler 1994

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

Subtaxa: Eopodagrion scudderi

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Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado, Wyoming collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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