Clade Calopterygida Bechly 1996 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata

Full reference: G. Bechly. 1996. Morphologische Untersuchungen am Flügelgeäder der rezenten Libellen und deren Stammgruppenvertreter (Insecta; Pterygota; Odonata) unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der phylogenetischen Systematik und des Grundplanes der Odonata. Petalura, Special-Volume 2:1-402

Parent taxon: Calopterygiformia according to G. Bechly 2007

Sister taxon: Euphaeida

Subtaxa: Carleidae Eocalopteryx

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Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: Wyoming collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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