Pulchrairina electra Martynov et al. 2022 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata

Full reference: A. V. Martynov, D. V. Vasilenko, and E. E. Perkovsky. 2022. First Odonata from Upper Eocene Rovno amber (Ukraine). Historical Biology 34:2182-2187

Belongs to Pulchrairina according to A. V. Martynov et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 5820/2, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno amber, west of Kovel (PIN collection 5820), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Rovno amber, west of Kovel (PIN collection 5820)

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