Insecta - Odonata - Platystictidae
Full reference: D. R. Zheng, B. Wang, A. Nel, E. A. Jarzembowski, H. C. Zhang and S. C. Chang. 2017. Mesostictinae subfam. nov., an archaic group of platystictid damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17:1-8
Belongs to Mesosticta according to D. R. Zheng et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Mesosticta burmatica, Mesosticta electronica
Type specimen: NIGP164541, an exoskeleton (two complete forewings attached to body). 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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