Insecta - Odonata

Full reference: A. V. Martynov, D. V. Vasilenko, and E. E. Perkovsky. 2022. First Odonata from Upper Eocene Rovno amber (Ukraine). Historical Biology 34:2182-2187

Parent taxon: Zygoptera according to A. V. Martynov et al. 2022

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, Samarura, Santanagrion, Steleopteridae, Steropoides, Valerea, Sieblosiidae, Whetwhetaksidae, Dysagrionidae

Subtaxa: Pulchrairina electra

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Type: Pulchrairina electra

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Rovno amber, west of Kovel (PIN collection 5820) (Eocene of Ukraine)

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