Ischnura velteni Bechly 2000 (forktail)

Insecta - Odonata - Coenagrionidae

Full reference: G. Bechly. 2000. A new fossil damselfly species (Insecta: Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae: Ischnurinae) from Dominican Amber. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 299:1-9

Belongs to Ischnura according to G. Bechly 2000

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMNS Do-5687, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (SMNS coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (SMNS coll)

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