Parahemiphlebia cretacica Jarzembowski et al. 1998 (greenling)

Insecta - Odonata - Hemiphlebiidae

Full reference: E. A. Jarzembowski, X. Martínez-Delclòs, G. Bechly, A. Nel, R. Coram and F. Escuillié. 1998. The Mesozoic non-calopterygoid Zygoptera: description of new genera and species from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Brazil and their phylogenetic significance (Odonata, Zygoptera, Coenagrionoidea, Hemiphlebioidea, Lestoidea). Cretaceous Research 19:403-444

Belongs to Parahemiphlebia according to G. Bechly 2007

See also Jarzembowski et al. 1998

Sister taxa: Parahemiphlebia allendaviesi, Parahemiphlebia mickoleiti

Type specimen: MNHN-LP-R.10451, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (MNHN collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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