Burmastenophlebia Huang et al. 2018 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Stenophlebiidae

Full reference: D. Y. Huang, Y. Z. Fu, and A. Nel. 2018. The first amber stenophlebiid damsel-dragonfly (Odonata, Epiproctophora, Stenophlebiidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 94:40-44

Parent taxon: Stenophlebiidae according to D. Y. Huang et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Cratostenophlebia, Cretastenophlebia, Gallostenophlebia, Hispanostenophlebia, Liaostenophlebia, Mesostenophlebia, Reschiostenophlebia, Stenophlebia, Stenophlebia lithographica, Yixianstenophlebia

Subtaxa: Burmastenophlebia flecki

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Type: Burmastenophlebia flecki

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

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

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