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Libellula

Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae

Taxonomy

Libellula was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type genus of Libelluloidea, Libellulidae, Libellulinae.

It was assigned to Insecta by Geoffroy (1762); to Gymnoptera by Schaeffer (1766); to Unogata by Fabricius (1775); to Neuroptera by Linnaeus (1758), Linnaeus (1761), Scopoli (1763), Müller (1764), Linnaeus (1767), Drury (1770), Müller (1776), Harris (1780) and Latreille (1796); to Libellulinae by Latreille (1802); to Odonata by Fabricius (1798) and Pongrácz (1931); to Libellulidae by Heer (1849) and Carpenter (1992); and to Libellulinae by Nel and Paicheler (1993) and Steinmann (1997).

Species

L. (Heterophlebia), L. adriatica, L. aglaia, L. grandis, L. kieseli, L. knetti, L. mediterranea, L. oeningensis, L. pannewitziana, L. pourqueryi, L. requieniana, L. sieboldiana, L. ukrainensis

Synonyms

Platetrum was named by Newman (1833). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Libellula by Carpenter (1992).
Libellula aglaia was named by Heer (1861).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Heer (1861), Kirby (1890) and Nel and Paicheler (1993).
Libellula knetti was named by Handlirsch (1907). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Falkenau, which is in a MN 4 lacustrine - large shale in the Cypris Formation of the Czech Republic.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Handlirsch (1907) and Nel and Paicheler (1993).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1758	Libellula Linnaeus p. 543
1761	Libellula Linnaeus p. 371
1762	Libellula Geoffroy p. 217
1763	Libellula Scopoli p. 259
1764	Libellula Müller p. 59
1766	Libellula Schaeffer
1767	Libellula Linnaeus p. 901
1770	Libellula Drury
1775	Libellula Fabricius p. 420
1776	Libellula Müller p. 139
1780	Libellula Harris p. 78
1796	Libellula Latreille p. 97
1798	Libellula Fabricius p. 283
1802	Libellula Latreille p. 286
1833	Platetrum Newman
1849	Libellula Heer p. 79
1861	Libellula aglaia Heer p. 153
1907	Libellula knetti Handlirsch p. 903
1931	Libellula Pongrácz p. 110
1992	Libellula Carpenter p. 83
1993	Libellula Nel and Paicheler p. 166
1997	Libellula Steinmann p. 389

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
infraclass	Hydropalaeoptera	Rohdendorf 1969
—	Euhydropalaeoptera
—	Odonatoptera	Martynov 1932
—	Palaeodonatoptera
—	Plesiodonatoptera
—	Apodonatoptera
—	Paneodonatoptera
—	Neodonatoptera
—	Euodonatoptera
—	Odonatoclada	Bechly 1999
—	Nodialata
—	Discoidalia
—	Stigmoptera
—	Lobodonata
—	Panodonata
order	Odonata
—	Epiproctophora
—	Euepiproctophora	Bechly 1998
—	Anisopteromorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Trigonoptera
—	Pananisoptera
—	Neoanisoptera	Bechly 1998
suborder	Anisoptera	Selys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854
—	Euanisoptera
—	Exophytica
—	Cavilabiata
—	Cristotibiata
—	Brachystigmata
—	Paucipostnodalia
—	Eubrachystigmata
—	Neobrachystigmata	Bechly 2003
—	Paneurypalpidomorpha	Bechly 2003
—	Eurypalpidomorpha	Bechly 2003
—	Eurypalpidiformia	Bechly 2003
—	Paneurypalpida
—	Eurypalpida
—	Neolamellida
—	Valvulida
—	Trichodopalpida
—	Laterocarinida
—	Mediocostida
—	Longiansida
—	Liberaponsida
—	Haplohamulida
—	Italoansida
—	Anauriculida
—	Libellulida
family	Libellulidae	Rambur 1842
subfamily	Libellulinae	Rambur 1842
genus	Libellula

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.

G. Libellula Linnaeus 1758

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Subg. †Libellula (Heterophlebia) Westwood 1849

†Libellula adriatica Bagli and Gentilini 2003

Libellula grandis Linnaeus 1758

†Libellula kieseli Assmann 1870

†Libellula mediterranea Gentilini 1989

†Libellula oeningensis Koenig 1825

†Libellula pannewitziana Goeppert 1855

†Libellula pourqueryi Nicolas 1890

†Libellula requieniana Nicolas 1890

†Libellula sieboldiana Goeppert 1855

†Libellula ukrainensis Nel et al. 2005

Invalid names: Libellula aglaia Heer 1861 [nomen nudum], Libellula knetti Handlirsch 1907 [nomen nudum], Platetrum Newman 1833 [synonym]

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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Messinian or 28.10000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	France (Bouches-Du-Rhone)	L. requieniana, L. pourqueryi (153412)
Aquitanian	23.03 - 20.44	Germany	L. sp. (123872)
MN 4	16.9 - 15.97	Czech Republic	L. knetti (157202)
Sarmatian	12.7 - 11.608	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	L. oeningensis (151877)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Poland	L. sieboldiana, L. kieseli, L. pannewitziana (138936)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Ukraine (Kerch)	L. ukrainensis (127948)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Italy	L. sp., L. mediterranea, L. adriatica (157306)