Hsiufua chaoi Zhang and Wang 2013 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Campterophlebiidae

Full reference: H. C. Zhang and B. Wang. 2013. Taxonomy: The largest known odonate in China: Hsiufua chaoi Zhang et Wang, gen. et sp. nov. from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia. Chinese Science Bulletin 1-6

Belongs to Hsiufua according to H. C. Zhang and B. Wang 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP 156221, a forewing. Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP collection)

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