†family Burmacoenagrionidae Zheng et al. 2017 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Burmacoenagrionidae

Full reference: D. R. Zheng, A. Nel, H. C. Zhang, S. C. Chang, E. A. Jarzembowski, D. Zhuo, and B. Wang. 2017. A highly diverse coenagrionoid damselfly group (Odonata: Zygoptera: Burmacoenagrionidae fam. nov.) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17:239-253

Parent taxon: Coenagrionoidea according to D. Y. Huang et al. 2020

See also Zheng et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Agrion icarus, Balticoagrion, Coenagrionidae, Hispanocoenagrion, Platycnemididae, Platycnemidoidea, Trichocnemis aliena

Subtaxa: Burmachistigma Burmacoenagrion Burmagrion Electrocoenagrion

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Type: Burmacoenagrion

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 6 occurrences

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