Danowhetaksa Simonsen et al. 2022 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Whetwhetaksidae

Full reference: T. J. Simonsen, J. L. Ware, and S. B. Archibald. 2022. Taxonomic names, in Danowhetaksa gen. nov. with two species from the early Eocene Ølst Formation from Denmark, the first Palearctic Whetwhetaksidae (Odonata: Cephalozygoptera). Zootaxa 5099:586-592

Parent taxon: Whetwhetaksidae according to T. J. Simonsen et al. 2022

Sister taxon: Whetwhetaksa

Subtaxa: Danowhetaksa birgitteae Danowhetaksa rusti

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Type: Danowhetaksa birgitteae

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Denmark (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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