†family Burmadysagrionidae Zheng et al. 2016 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Burmadysagrionidae

Alternative spelling: Burmadysagrioninae

Full reference: D. R. Zheng, B. Wang, and A. Nel. 2016. Taxonomic names, in Burmadysagrioninae, a new subfamily (Odonata: Zygoptera: Dysagrionidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 67:126-132

Parent taxon: Zygoptera according to G. Bechly and J. Velten 2023

See also Archibald et al. 2021 and Zheng et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Agrion exhaustum, Agrion hecticum, Agrion mysis, Agrion thais, Andrephlebia, Caloptera, Dinosamarura, Eopodagrion, Euzygoptera, Furagrion, Gasophlebia, Gomphus resinatus, Hemiphlebioidea, Italolestes, Megalestes anglicus, Mesomegaloprepidae, Platystictoidea, Podagrion abortivum, Pulchrairina, Samarura, Santanagrion, Steleopteridae, Steropoides, Valerea, Sieblosiidae, Dysagrionidae, Whetwhetaksidae

Subtaxa: Burmadysagrion Electrodysagrion Palaeodysagrion Pseudopalaeodysagrion

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Type: Burmadysagrion

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 6 occurrences

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