Paracoryphagrion deltoides Zheng et al. 2017 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Paracoryphagrionidae

Full reference: D. R. Zheng, A. Nel, and B. Wang. 2017. Taxonomic names, in Paracoryphagrionidae fam. nov., a pseudostigmatoid damselfly from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber showing regular series of triangular cells (Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionida). Cretaceous Research 81:93-97

Belongs to Paracoryphagrion according to D. R. Zheng et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP 166156, a forewing. 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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