Eolestes Cockerell, 1940

Greenwalt, Dale E. & Bechly, Günter, 2014, A re-description of the fossil damselfly Eolestes syntheticus Cockerell, 1940 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Eolestidae n. fam.) with description of new taxa from the Eocene of North America, Zootaxa 3887 (2), pp. 138-156 : 140

Genus Eolestes Cockerell, 1940

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Type species. Eolestes syntheticus Cockerell, 1940 .

Diagnosis. Same as for monotypic family.

Comment. This genus should not be confused with the invalid junior homonym Eolestes Bown & Schankler, 1982 for an Eocene insectivorous mammal, which was replaced by the valid name Auroralestes Holroyd, Bown & Schankler, 2004 .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Eolestes syntheticus Cockerell 1940. (A) photograph of part; (B) counterpart (holotype UCM 19170). Scale bar = 10 mm.

FIGURE 2. Head and thorax of Eolestes syntheticus (holotype UCM 19170). Scale bar = 5 mm.

FIGURE 3. Basal portion of left forewing of Eolestes syntheticus (holotype UCM 19170). (A) photograph; (B) photograph overlaid with a line drawing of venation. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURE 4. Photograph of nodus of right forewing of Eolestes syntheticus (holotype UCM 19170) showing the thickening of the dorsal subnodal bracket. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 5. Wings of Eolestes spp.: (A) left hindwing of E. syntheticus (holotype UCM 19170); (B) E. syntheticus (USNM 559049); (C) E. ramosus (holotype USNM 559047). Scale bars = 5 mm.

FIGURE 6. Line drawings of the cubital and cubito-anal fields of: (A) left hindwing of E. syntheticus (holotype UCM 19170); (B) E. syntheticus (USNM 559049); (C) E. ramosus (holotype USNM 559047). Scale bars = 5 mm.

FIGURE 7. CuP vein of Eolestes ramosus (holotype USNM 559047). The faint course of CuP is indicated by (between) the two arrows. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.