Dysagrion packardii Scudder 1885 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Dysagrionidae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1885. 4. Classe Insecta. Insecten. Handbuch der Palaeontologie, I Abtheilung. Palaeozoologie 2:747-831

Belongs to Dysagrion according to S. B. Archibald et al. 2021

See also Kirby 1890, Nel and Paicheler 1994, Scudder 1885 and Scudder 1890

Sister taxa: Dysagrion fredericii, Dysagrion integrum, Dysagrion lakesii, Dysagrion pruettae

Type specimen: Packard Coll. 146, a wing. Its type locality is Green River (Packard Collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Green River (Packard Collection)

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