Burmaphlebia reifi 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

Belongs to Burmaphlebia according to D. R. Zheng et al. 2018

See also Bechly and Poinar 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Poinar B-OD-1, a forewing. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin Amber (Poinar collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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