Jordanhemiphlebia Kaddumi 2009 (greenling)

Insecta - Odonata - Hemiphlebiidae

Full reference: H. F. Kaddumi. 2009. Taxonomic names, in Phase contrast X-ray synchrotron microtomography and the oldest damselflies in amber (Odonata: Zygoptera: Hemiphlebiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156:913-923

Parent taxon: Hemiphlebiidae according to H. F. Kaddumi 2009

Sister taxa: Burmahemiphlebia, Electrohemiphlebia, Enteropia, Jurahemiphlebia, Kachinhemiphlebia, Mersituria, Pantelusa, Parahemiphlebia, Thairia

Subtaxa: Jordanhemiphlebia electronica

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Type: Jordanhemiphlebia electronica

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Jordanian Amber (Kaddumi ERMNH collection) (Cretaceous of Jordan)

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