Stenophlebia liaoningensis Zheng et al. 2016 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Stenophlebiidae

Full reference: D. R. Zheng, A. Nel, B. Wang, E. A. Jarzembowski, S. C. Chang and H. C. Zhang. 2016. The first Early Cretaceous damsel-dragonfly (Odonata: Stenophlebiidae: Stenophlebia) from western Liaoning, China. Cretaceous Research 61:124-128

Belongs to Stenophlebia according to D. R. Zheng et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Stenophlebia amphitrite, Stenophlebia corami, Stenophlebia eichstaettensis, Stenophlebia karatavica, Stenophlebia latreillei, Stenophlebia phryne, Stenophlebia rolfhuggeri, Stenophlebia ryonsangensis

Type specimen: NIGP 163029, a forewing. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Jianshangou Bed (NIGP collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Huangbanjigou, Jianshangou Bed (NIGP collection)

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