Palaeoperilestes electronicus Zheng et al. 2016 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Perilestidae

Full reference: D. R. Zheng, B. Wang, E. A. Jarzembowski, S. C. Chang, and A. Nel. 2016. The first fossil Perilestidae (Odonata: Zygoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 65:199-205

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

See also Zheng et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP 163955, a wing. 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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