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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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