†Burmaeshna azari Huang et al. 2017 (true dragonfly)
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Insecta - Odonata - Burmaeshnidae
Full reference: D. Y. Huang, C. Y. Cai, A. Nel and G. Bechly. 2017. A new dragonfly family from the mid Cretaceous Burmese amber (Odonata: Aeshnoptera: Burmaeshnidae). Cretaceous Research 78:8-12
Belongs to Burmaeshna according to D. R. Zheng et al. 2018
See also Huang et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP 165259, a wing (incomplete fore and hindwing). 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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