Congqingia Zhang 1992 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Dysagrionidae

Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1992. Congqingia rhora gen. nov., spec. nov. - A new dragonfly from the Upper Jurassic of Eastern China (Anisozygoptera: Congqingiidae fam. nov.). Odonatologica 21(3):375-383

Parent taxon: Petrolestinae according to S. B. Archibald et al. 2021

See also Garrouste and Nel 2015, Nel et al. 1993, Zhang 1992 and Zheng et al. 2016

Sister taxon: Petrolestes

Subtaxa: Congqingia rhora

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Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Nanligezhuang, Tuanwang Town, Laiyang City (Shandong Prov. Mus.) (Cretaceous of China)

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