Insecta - Odonata - Mesomegaloprepidae
Full reference: D. Y. Huang, D. Azar, C. Y. Cai, S. Maksoud, A. Nel and G. Bechly. 2017. Mesomegaloprepidae, a remarkable new damselfly family (Odonata: Zygoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 73:1-13
Parent taxon: Zygoptera according to D. Y. Huang et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Agrion exhaustum, Agrion hecticum, Agrion mysis, Agrion thais, Andrephlebia, Burmadysagrionidae, Caloptera, Dinosamarura, Eopodagrion, Euzygoptera, Furagrion, Gasophlebia, Gomphus resinatus, Hemiphlebioidea, Italolestes, Megalestes anglicus, Platystictoidea, Podagrion abortivum, Pulchrairina, Samarura, Santanagrion, Steleopteridae, Steropoides, Valerea, Whetwhetaksidae, Dysagrionidae, Sieblosiidae
Subtaxa: Cretamegaloprepus Mesomegaloprepus
Type: Mesomegaloprepus
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences