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Selenothemis
Taxonomy
Selenothemis was named by Handlirsch (1920). Its type is Selenothemis liadis. It is the type genus of Selenothemistidae, Selenothemidae.
It was assigned to Archithemitinae by Martynov (1925); to Selenothemidae by Handlirsch (1939); to Archithemistidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Selenothemistidae by Cowley (1942), Nel et al. (1993), Huang et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Archithemitinae by Martynov (1925); to Selenothemidae by Handlirsch (1939); to Archithemistidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Selenothemistidae by Cowley (1942), Nel et al. (1993), Huang et al. (2018).
Species
S. liadis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1920 | Selenothemis Handlirsch p. 178 |
| 1925 | Selenothemis Martynov p. 589 |
| 1939 | Selenothemis Handlirsch p. 21 |
| 1942 | Selenothemis Cowley p. 67 |
| 1992 | Selenothemis Carpenter p. 76 |
| 1993 | Selenothemis Nel et al. |
| 2018 | Selenothemis Huang et al. p. 1051 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available