Okanagrion hobani Archibald and Cannings 2021 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Dysagrionidae

Full reference: S. B. Archibald and R. A. Cannings. 2021. Taxonomic names, in The Cephalozygoptera, a new, extinct suborder of Odonata with new taxa from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands, western North America. Zootaxa 4934:1-133

Belongs to Okanagrion according to S. B. Archibald and R. A. Cannings 2021

Sister taxa: Okanagrion angustum, Okanagrion beardi, Okanagrion dorrellae, Okanagrion liquetoalatum, Okanagrion lochmum, Okanagrion threadgillae, Okanagrion worleyae

Type specimen: TRU F-1052, a forewing. Its type locality is McAbee (University College of the Cariboo TRU coll), which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large mudstone in Canada.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), United States (2: Washington)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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