Burmadysagrion Zheng et al. 2016 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Burmadysagrionidae

Full reference: D. R. Zheng, B. Wang, and A. Nel. 2016. Taxonomic names, in Burmadysagrioninae, a new subfamily (Odonata: Zygoptera: Dysagrionidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 67:126-132

Parent taxon: Burmadysagrionidae according to G. Bechly and J. Velten 2023

See also Zheng et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Electrodysagrion, Palaeodysagrion, Pseudopalaeodysagrion

Subtaxa: Burmadysagrion zhangi

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Type: Burmadysagrion zhangi

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

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

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