Balticoagrion Bechly 2012 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata

Full reference: G. Bechly. 2012. An interesting new fossil relict damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionoidea) from Eocene Baltic amber. Palaeodiversity 5:51-55

Parent taxon: Coenagrionoidea according to G. Bechly 2012

Sister taxa: Agrion icarus, Burmacoenagrionidae, Coenagrionidae, Hispanocoenagrion, Platycnemididae, Platycnemidoidea, Trichocnemis aliena

Subtaxa: Balticoagrion paulyi

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Type: Balticoagrion paulyi

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde (SMNS) collection (Eocene of Russian Federation)

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