Electrodysagrion lini 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

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

See also Zheng et al. 2017

Sister taxon: Electrodysagrion neli

Type specimen: NIGP 165255, 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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