Epallagites Cockerell 1925 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Euphaeidae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1925. Fossil insects in the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 64(13):1-15

Parent taxon: Euphaeidae according to S. B. Archibald and R. A. Cannings 2021

See also Bechly et al. 2020, Carpenter 1992, Cockerell 1925 and Nel and Paicheler 1993

Sister taxa: Eodichromatinae, Epallage, Euphaea, Euphaeinae, Indophaea, Epallaginae

Subtaxa: Epallagites avus

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Type: Epallagites avus

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Salt Wash, Roan Mountains, station 2 (Eocene of Colorado)

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