Cretastenophlebia jiuquanensis Zheng et al. 2018 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Stenophlebiidae

Full reference: D. R. Zheng, H. C. Zhang, B. Wang and S. C. Chang. 2018. A new species of damsel-dragonfly (Odonata: Stenophlebiidae: Cretastenophlebia) from the Lower Cretaceous of the Jiuquan Basin, northwestern China. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 107:185-189

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

Sister taxon: Cretastenophlebia mongolica

Type specimen: NIGP 164468, a forewing. Its type locality is Hanxiagou, Chijin Town, Jiuquan City, which is in an Albian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Zhonggou Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Hanxiagou, Chijin Town, Jiuquan City

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