Neoaeschna Liu et al. 2024 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Burmaeshnidae

Full reference: P. Liu, R. Fang, and D. Zheng. 2024. A new burmaeshnid dragonfly (Odonata, Anisoptera, Aeshnoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber, north Myanmar. Zootaxa 5538:74-78

Parent taxon: Burmaeshnidae according to P. Liu et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Angustaeshna, Burmaeshna, Cretaeshna, Proaeschna

Subtaxa: Neoaeschna kachinensis

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Type: Neoaeschna kachinensis

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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