Burmahemiphlebia zhangi Zheng et al. 2017 (greenling)

Insecta - Odonata - Hemiphlebiidae

Full reference: D. R. Zheng, Q. Q. Zhang, A. Nel, E. A. Jarzembowski, Z. C. Zhou, S. C. Chang, and B. Wang. 2017. New damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera: Hemiphlebiidae, Dysagrionidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Alcheringa 41:12-21

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

See also Zheng et al. 2017

Sister taxon: Burmahemiphlebia hui

Type specimen: NIGP 163664, 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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