A REVIEW OF ODONATA IN MID-CRETACEOUS KACHIN AMBER OF NORTH MYANMAR

In the past five years, abundant and diverse odonatans were described from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber, including three extant suborders. The odonatans in Kachin amber are quite diversified with 35 species described and dominated by the dam-selfly Burmahemiphlebia zhangi. These odonatans contain some first fossil records of extant damselflies, i.e., Perilestidae, Platycnemididae and Platystictidae. Some dragonflies previously only recorded in the Cretaceous sedimentary rocks, such as Araripegomphidae, Gomphaeschnidae and Stenophlebiidae, provide a late Early Cretaceous age for Kachin amber. The dragonflies in Kachin amber contribute to discussing the origin, evolution and palaeogeography of Odonata.

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