Electrodysagrion Zheng et al. 2017 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Burmadysagrionidae

Full reference: D. R. Zheng, A. Nel, and B. Wang. 2017. Taxonomic names, in Electrodysagrion lini gen. et sp. nov., the oldest Dysagrionini (Odonata: Zygoptera: Dysagrionidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 77:44-48

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

See also Archibald et al. 2021, Nel and Zheng 2021, Zheng et al. 2017 and Zheng et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Burmadysagrion, Palaeodysagrion, Pseudopalaeodysagrion

Subtaxa: Electrodysagrion lini Electrodysagrion neli

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Type: Electrodysagrion lini

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

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

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