Insecta - Odonata - Platystictidae

Full reference: D. R. Zheng, Q. Q. Zhang, S. C. Chang and B. Wang. 2016. A new damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 63:142-147

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

See also Zheng et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Mesosticta additicta, Mesosticta burmatica, Mesosticta davidattenboroughi, Mesosticta garciavallsi

Type specimen: NIGP 163685, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.