Primorilestes Nel et al. 2005 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Dysagrionidae

Full reference: A. Nel, J. F. Petrulevičius, and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2005. New fossil Odonata from the European Cenozoic (Insecta: Odonata: Thaumatoneuridae, Aeshnidae, Idionychidae, Libellulidae). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 235(3):343-380

Parent taxon: Dysagrioninae according to J. L. Ware et al. 2025

See also Archibald et al. 2021, Nel et al. 2005, Rust et al. 2008 and Zheng et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Dysagrion, Dysagrionini, Electrophenacolestes, Okanagrion, Okanopteryx, Phenacolestes, Stolleagrion, Tenebragrion

Subtaxa: Primorilestes madseni Primorilestes magnificus Primorilestes violetae

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Type: Primorilestes violetae

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Bulgaria (1 collection)

• Eocene of Denmark (1), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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