Insecta - Odonata - Heterophlebiidae
Alternative combinations: Agrion buckmani, Heterophlebia buckmanni
Synonyms: Acrophlebia geinitzi Handlirsch 1906, Clydonophlebia megapolitana Handlirsch 1939, Heterophlebia angulata Tillyard 1925, Heterophlebia debilis Handlirsch 1939, Heterophlebia dobbertinensis Handlirsch 1939, Heterophlebia geinitzi Handlirsch 1906, Heterophlebia geinitziella Handlirsch 1939, Heterophlebia germana Handlirsch 1939, Heterophlebia gracilis Handlirsch 1939, Heterophlebia megapolitana Handlirsch 1939, Heterophlebia proxima Bode 1905, Heterophlebia similis Handlirsch 1939, Heterophlebia tillyardi Handlirsch 1939, Libellula (Heterophlebia) dislocata Westwood 1849, Systellothemis reticulata Handlirsch 1939
Full reference: P. B. Brodie. 1845. A History of the Fossil Insects in the Secondary Rocks of England Accompanied by a Particular Account of the Strata in which they Occur, and of the Circumstances Connected with their Preservation 1-130
Belongs to Heterophlebia according to C. Jouault et al. 2022
See also Ansorge 1996, Ansorge 1999, Bode 1905, Bode 1953, Brodie 1845, Cowley 1942, Geinitz 1888, Hagen 1850, Hagen 1866, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1939, Kirby 1890, Nel et al. 1993, Tillyard 1925, Westwood 1849 and Zessin 1982
Sister taxon: Plagiophlebia praecostarea
Type specimens:
- Heterophlebia buckmani: BMNH I.11343, a forewing. Its type locality is Dumbleton, Gloucestershire (Brodie coll.), which is in a Toarcian marine limestone in the United Kingdom.
- Heterophlebia angulata: BMNH I 11312, a hindwing (basal portion of left hindwing). Its type locality is Dumbleton, Gloucestershire (Brodie coll.), which is in a Toarcian marine limestone in the United Kingdom.
- Heterophlebia debilis: Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
- Heterophlebia dobbertinensis: SGWG 123/183, a forewing. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
- Heterophlebia geinitzi: Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
- Heterophlebia geinitziella: Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
- Heterophlebia germana: Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
- Heterophlebia gracilis: SGWG 123/190, a forewing. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
- Heterophlebia megapolitana: Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
- Heterophlebia proxima: Its type locality is Beienrode, which is in a Toarcian offshore mudstone in the Posidonia Shale Formation of Germany.
- Heterophlebia similis: Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
- Heterophlebia tillyardi: BMNH I 11310-I 11344.
- Libellula (Heterophlebia) dislocata: BMNH I 3988, an exoskeleton (complete insect except distal half of abdomen). Its type locality is Dumbleton, Gloucestershire (Brodie coll.), which is in a Toarcian marine limestone in the United Kingdom.
- Systellothemis reticulata: SGWG 123/3, a forewing. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (12 collections), Luxembourg (1), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 18 collections including 30 occurrences
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