Burmagomphides Zheng et al. 2017 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Burmagomphidae

Full reference: D. R. Zheng, A. Nel, and B. Wang. 2017. Taxonomic names, in A well-preserved true dragonfly (Anisoptera: Gomphides: Burmagomphidae fam. nov.) from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16:881-889

Parent taxon: Burmagomphidae according to D. R. Zheng et al. 2017

Sister taxon: Satelitala

Subtaxa: Burmagomphides electronica

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Type: Burmagomphides electronica

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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