New Paleogene Epallagidae (Insecta: Odonata) recorded in North America and Europe

Three new fossil Epallagidae: Eodichrominae are described, viz. Labandeiraia n. gen. with the two species L. americaborealis n. sp. (Eocene of USA), and L. europae n. sp. (Paleocene/Eocene of Denmark), and Litheuphaea coloradensis n. sp. (Eocene of USA). The pattern of distribution of this damselfly group in the Paleogene of North America and Europe is the same as for the damselfly subfamily Thaumatoneuridae: Dysagrioninae and the neuropteran Polystoechotidae. This pattern could correspond to Paleocene/Eocene land bridges between these continents via Greenland or Bering or to ancient Late Cretaceous groups.

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