Family Euphaeidae Jacobson and Bianchi 1905 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Euphaeidae

Alternative spelling: Euphaeinae

Synonym: Epallagidae Needham 1903

Parent taxon: Calopterygoidea according to A. Nel 2020

See also Bechly 2007, Carpenter 1992, Fraser 1955, Handlirsch 1906 and Nel and Paicheler 1993

Sister taxa: Calopterygidae, Chlorocyphidae, Hypolestidae, Polythoridae, Protothore

Subtaxa: Eodichromatinae Epallage Epallaginae Epallagites Euphaea Euphaeinae Indophaea

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Type: Euphaea

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Italy (1 collection)

• Oligocene of France (1), United States (1: Oregon)

• Eocene of Denmark (4), France (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (8: Colorado, Texas, Washington, Wyoming)

Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences

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