Full reference: R. Garrouste, S. Wedmann, J. M. Pouillon and A. Nel. 2016. The oldest 'amphipterygid' damselfly of tropical affinities in the Paleocene of Menat (Zygoptera: Eucaloptera). Historical Biology 29:818-821
Parent taxon: Zygoptera according to A. Nel and C. Jouault 2022
See also Archibald et al. 2021, Garrouste et al. 2016 and Nel and Zheng 2021
Sister taxa: Agrion exhaustum, Agrion hecticum, Agrion mysis, Agrion thais, Andrephlebia, Burmadysagrionidae, Caloptera, Dinosamarura, Eopodagrion, Euzygoptera, Furagrion, Gasophlebia, Gomphus resinatus, Hemiphlebioidea, Italolestes, Megalestes anglicus, Mesomegaloprepidae, Platystictoidea, Podagrion abortivum, Pulchrairina, Samarura, Santanagrion, Steleopteridae, Steropoides, Dysagrionidae, Sieblosiidae, Whetwhetaksidae
Subtaxa: Valerea multicellulata
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Menat (MNHN collection) (Paleocene of France)
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