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Issue: Vol. 1985 No. 1: 21 Jan. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-01-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1985.1.5
Page range: 52–56
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 2

The oldest Calopterygidae in the Eocene Baltic amber (Odonata: Zygoptera)

CNRS UMR 5202, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CP 50, Entomologie, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France Museu Integrado de Roraima, Av. Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes, Parque Anauá, 69305-010 Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil
CNRS UMR 5202, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CP 50, Entomologie, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
Ul. Balladyny 5A, 05-502 Piaseczno, Poland.
CNRS UMR 5202, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CP 50, Entomologie, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
Odonata Calopterygidae larva Baltic amber Eocene oldest record

Abstract

A larva of the damselfly family Calopterygidae is described from Eocene Baltic amber. It is the oldest record of this family partially filling the gap between previous records from the Oligocene and the Mesozoic inferred from molecular analyses for this family.

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