Insecta - Odonata - Argiolestidae
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734
Belongs to Lithagrion according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1994
See also Cockerell 1907, Cockerell 1908, Kirby 1890 and Scudder 1890
Sister taxon: Lithagrion elongatum
Type specimen: MCZ 8616, a wing (2 wing). Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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