Insecta - Odonata - Araripelibellulidae
Full reference: A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler. 1994. Les Libelluloidea autres que Libellulidae fossiles Un inventaire critique (Odonata, Corduliidae, Macromiidae, Synthemistidae, Chlorogomphidae et Mesophlebiidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 11:321-334
Parent taxon: Araripelibellulidae according to A. Nel and J. M. Pouillon 2020
See also Bechly 2007, Fleck et al. 2008 and Nel and Paicheler 1994
Sister taxa: Araripelibellulinae, Cretaneophya, Rencordulia, Sopholibellula
Subtaxa: Araripelibellula britannica Araripelibellula martinsnetoi Araripelibellula sennlaubi
Type: Araripelibellula martinsnetoi
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (4 collections), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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