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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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