Burmaphlebia Bechly and Poinar 2013 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Burmaphlebiidae

Full reference: G. Bechly and G. Poinar. 2013. Burmaphlebia reifi gen. et sp. nov., the first anisozygopteran damsel-dragonfly (Odonata: Epiophlebioptera: Burmaphlebiidae fam. nov.) from Early Cretaceous Burmese amber. Historical Biology 25:233-237

Parent taxon: Burmaphlebiidae according to G. Bechly and G. Poinar 2013

Sister taxa: Bilebullephlebia, Pouillonphlebia

Subtaxa: Burmaphlebia reifi

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Type: Burmaphlebia reifi

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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