Proaeschna zhangi Wei et al. 2019 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Burmaeshnidae

Full reference: G. J. Wei, C. K. Shih, D. Ren and Y. J. Wang. 2019. A new burmaeshnid dragonfly from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber: elucidating wing base structure of true Odonata. Cretaceous Research 101:23-29

Belongs to Proaeschna according to G. J. Wei et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CNU-ODO-MA2018001, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU coll)

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