Insecta - Odonata - Gomphidae

Synonym: Sinogomphus Hong 1982 [replaced name]

Full reference: Y. C. Hong. 1988. Huaxiagomphus nom. nov., a new name for Sinogomphus Hong, 1982 from the lower Cretaceous of Jilin Province, China (Anisoptera: Gomphidae). Odonatologica 17:57-58

Parent taxon: Gomphidae according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1994

See also Hong 1982 and Hong 1988

Sister taxa: Aeschna perampla, Auroradraco, Austrogomphinae, Diastatomma, Erpetogomphus, Gomphidae, Gomphinae, Gomphoides occulta, Ilerdaegomphus, Jibeigomphus, Lanthus wuluogongensis, Libellula valga, Lindeniinae, Liogomphus, Lithogomphus, Octogomphinae, Pheugothemis, Sieboldius

Subtaxa: Huaxiagomphus taushanensis

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Type: Sinogomphus taushanense

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Taoshan, Naiman (Cretaceous of China)

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