Abrohemeroscopus mengi Ren et al. 2003 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Hemeroscopidae

Full reference: D. Ren, J. Y. Liu, and X. D. Cheng. 2003. A new hemeroscopid dragonfly from the Lower Cretaceous of Northeast China (Odonata: Hemeroscopidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica 46(5):622-628

Belongs to Abrohemeroscopus according to D. Ren et al. 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DL0157-1, an exoskeleton (Missing abdomen). Its type locality is Beishan (Dalian Museum collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine shale in the Jiufotang Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Beishan (Dalian Museum collection)

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