Burmaeshna azari Huang et al. 2017 (true dragonfly)

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)

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