Heterothemis brodiei Brodie 1845

Insecta - Odonata - Liassogomphidae

Alternative combinations: Aeschna (Gomphus) brodiei, Aeschna brodiei, Gomphites brodiei, Gomphoides brodiei, Gomphus brodiei, Liassogomphus brodiei, Libellula brodiei

Synonyms: Gomphites (Palaeogomphus) paeneparallelus Bode 1953, Gomphites (Palaeogomphus) propinquus Bode 1905, Heterophlebia propinqua Bode 1905, Heterothemis germanica Handlirsch 1906, Palaeogomphus propinquus Bode 1905

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 Heterothemis according to J. Ansorge 2004

See also Ansorge 2003, Bode 1905, Bode 1953, Brodie 1845, Buckman 1843, Cowley 1934, Cowley 1942, Etter and Kuhn 2000, Hagen 1848, Hagen 1850, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1939, Kirby 1890, Nel et al. 1993, Selys-Longchamps 1850 and Tillyard 1925

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Heterothemis brodiei: BMNH I 3552, a hindwing (complete left hindwing). Its type locality is Alderton Hill Quarry (Brodie collection), which is in a Toarcian marine limestone in the United Kingdom.
  • Gomphites (Palaeogomphus) paeneparallelus:
  • Heterophlebia propinqua: Its type locality is Beienrode, which is in a Toarcian offshore mudstone in the Posidonia Shale Formation of Germany.
  • Heterothemis germanica: Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Germany (8 collections), Luxembourg (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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