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Parastenophlebia casta

Insecta - Odonata - Parastenophlebiidae

Taxonomy
Heterophlebia casta was named by Hagen (1862). Its type specimen is SOS 4656, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Solnhofen (Bürgermeister Müller BMMS Museum), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Stenophlebia casta by Handlirsch (1906), Fleck et al. (2003); it was recombined as Parastenophlebia casta by Bechly (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Heterophlebia casta Hagen p. 106
1890Heterophlebia casta Kirby p. 169
1906Stenophlebia casta Handlirsch p. 582
2003Stenophlebia casta Fleck et al.
2005Parastenophlebia casta Bechly p. 3 figs. 1-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
RankNameAuthor
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
—Epiproctophora
—EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
—Anisopteromorpha
—HeterophlebiopteraBechly 1996
superfamilyHeterophlebioideaHandlirsch 1906
familyParastenophlebiidae
genusParastenophlebia
speciescasta()

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.

†Parastenophlebia casta Hagen 1862
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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: Early/Lower Tithonian or 149.20000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bavaria) Parastenophlebia casta (152604)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Parastenophlebia casta (139551) Stenophlebia casta (type locality: 117534 139030 139221 139547)