Kachinaeshna zhuoi Zheng et al. 2019 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae

Full reference: D. R. Zheng, A. Nel, and B. Wang. 2019. Taxonomic names, in New gomphaeschnid dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 100:138-144

Belongs to Kachinaeshna according to D. R. Zheng et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP 170038, a wing. 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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