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Litheuphaeini

Insecta - Odonata - Euphaeidae

Taxonomy
Litheuphaeini was named by Bechly (1996). It is not extant. Its type is Litheuphaea.

It was assigned to Eodichrominae by Bechly (2007); and to Eodichromatinae by Bechly (1998) and Archibald and Cannings (2021).

Subtaxa
Litheuphaea (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Litheuphaeini Bechly
1998Litheuphaeini Bechly p. 48
2007Litheuphaeini Bechly
2021Litheuphaeini Archibald and Cannings

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
RankNameAuthor
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
—CalopteraBelyshev and Haritonov 1983
—Eucaloptera
—Calopterygomorpha
superfamilyCalopterygoidea
familyEuphaeidae(Jacobson and Bianchi 1905)
subfamilyEodichromatinae()
tribeLitheuphaeiniBechly 1996
tribeLitheuphaeiniBechly 1996

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.

Tr. †Litheuphaeini Bechly 1996
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G. †Litheuphaea Fraser 1955
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†Litheuphaea carpenteri Fraser 1955
†Litheuphaea coloradensis Petrulevičius et al. 2007
†Litheuphaea ludwigi Bechly 1998
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitino
Form: roller-shapedo
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialo
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: volanto
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: insectivoreo
Vision: well-developedo
Dispersal: watero
Created: 2011-03-07 03:41:10
Modified: 2011-03-06 10:41:10
Source: o = order
Reference: Ren and Guo 1996

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Rupelian or 56.00000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Colorado) Litheuphaea coloradensis (107336 221178)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Litheuphaea ludwigi (123911)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Oregon) Litheuphaea carpenteri (97603)