Araripegomphus shai Zheng et al. 2018 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Araripegomphidae

Full reference: D. R. Zheng, S. C. Chang, A. Nel, E. A. Jarzembowski, D. Zhuo, H. C. Zhang, and B. Wang. 2018. A new Gondwanan dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera: Araripegomphidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 92:168-173

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

Sister taxa: Araripegomphus andreneli, Araripegomphus cretacicus, Araripegomphus hanseggeri, Araripegomphus ismari

Type specimen: NIGP 166259, 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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