Pheugothemis Handlirsch 1906 (clubtail dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Gomphidae

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: Gomphidae according to A. Handlirsch 1906

Sister taxa: Aeschna perampla, Auroradraco, Austrogomphinae, Diastatomma, Erpetogomphus, Gomphidae, Gomphinae, Gomphoides occulta, Huaxiagomphus, Ilerdaegomphus, Jibeigomphus, Lanthus wuluogongensis, Libellula valga, Lindeniinae, Liogomphus, Lithogomphus, Octogomphinae, Sieboldius

Subtaxa: Pheugothemis westwoodi

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Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Stonesfield Slate (Oxford University Museum coll) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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