Abstract
A new true dragonfly, named Kachinaeshna zhuoi Zheng, Nel and Wang, gen. et sp. nov., is described from Cretaceous Burmese amber representing the second gomphaeschnaoidine from this deposit. Kachinaeshna Zheng, Nel and Wang, gen. nov. differs from other Gomphaeschnaoidinae in: the absence of an elongate distal paranal cell, directly basal of the anal loop, in the hindwing; a distinct curvature of RP2; and a curve of RP1 at the pterostigmal brace. The gomphaeschnaoidine dragonflies were previously only recorded from the Lower Cretaceous and mainly from the upper Aptian Crato Formation of Brazil. Based on the true dragonfly fossils found in Burmese amber, a possible late Early Cretaceous age is supported for Burmese amber.
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