†family Eolestidae Greenwalt and Bechly 2014 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Eolestidae

Full reference: D. E. Greenwalt and G. Bechly. 2014. A re-description of the fossil damselfly Eolestes syntheticus Cockerell, 1940 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Eolestidae n. fam.) with description of new taxa from the Eocene of North America. Zootaxa 3887:138-156

Parent taxon: Lestoidea according to D. E. Greenwalt and G. Bechly 2014

Sister taxa: Cerdanyagrion, Cretalestes, Daemhippus, Lestidae, Lutetialestes, Perilestidae, Platycnemis cincuneguii, Pseudolestidae, Synlestidae

Subtaxa: Eolestes

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Type: Eolestes

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado, Montana collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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