†Ischnura velteni Bechly 2000 (forktail)
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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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