Family Megapodagrionidae Tillyard 1917 (flatwing)

Insecta - Odonata - Megapodagrionidae

Alternative spelling: Megapodagrioninae

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1917. The Biology of Dragonflies (Odonata or Paraneuroptera) 1-396

Parent taxon: Coenagriomorpha according to D. Azar and A. Nel 2008

See also Carpenter 1992, Nel and Paicheler 1994, Petrulevičius et al. 2008 and Tillyard 1917

Sister taxon: Megapodagrioniidae

Subtaxa: Cretapodagrion Eckfeldia Electropodagrion Hanklitia Megapodagrion Oligoargiolestes Phyonganpodagrion Viridiflumineagrion Vulcagrion

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Type: Megapodagrion

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of France (2 collections)

• Miocene of France (2)

• Eocene of Denmark (1), Germany (1), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Colorado)

• Cretaceous of China (1), North Korea (1)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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