Madres Petrulevičius 2018 (malachite)

Insecta - Odonata - Synlestidae

Full reference: J. F. Petrulevičius. 2018. A new malachite damselfly (Synlestidae: Odonata) from the Eocene of Patagonia, Argentina. Life: The Excitement of Biology 6:36-43

Parent taxon: Synlestidae according to J. F. Petrulevičius 2018

Sister taxa: Albertalestes, Cretaphylolestes, Gaurimacia, Inacayalestes, Megalestes, Palaeophylolestes

Subtaxa: Madres delpueblo

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Type: Madres delpueblo

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Quarry RP3, Río Pichileufú (Eocene of Argentina)

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