†Mesosticta garciavallsi Monferran et al. 2025 (shadowdamsel)
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Insecta - Odonata - Platystictidae
Full reference: M. D. Monferran, E. Peñalver, and A. Nel. 2025. New damselflies (†Mesostictinae and Platycnemidinae) from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Palaeoentomology 8:502-511
Belongs to Mesosticta according to M. D. Monferran et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Mesosticta additicta, Mesosticta burmatica, Mesosticta davidattenboroughi, Mesosticta electronica
Type specimen: MGM-7910X, an exoskeleton
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Geominer Museum MGM collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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