†subfamily Cymatophlebiinae Handlirsch 1906 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Cymatophlebiidae

Alternative spelling: Cymatophlebiina

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640

Parent taxon: Cymatophlebiidae according to G. Fan et al. 2023

See also Bechly 2001, Bechly et al. 2001, Cowley 1942, Handlirsch 1906, Santos et al. 2022 and Zheng et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Libellulium, Libellulium agrias, Valdaeshninae

Subtaxa: Cymatophlebia

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Type: Cymatophlebia

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Spain (1)

• Jurassic of China (1), Germany (28)

Total: 33 collections including 38 occurrences

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