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Hoyaeshna cretacica

Insecta - Odonata - Cymatophlebiidae

Taxonomy
Hoyaeshna cretacica was named by Nel and Martínez-Delclòs (1993). Its type specimen is ADR-0033-1, a hindwing (right female hindwing), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Las Hoyas (ADR collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone in the La Huérguina Formation of Spain.

It was recombined as Hoyaeschna cretacica by Nel et al. (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Hoyaeshna cretacica Nel and Martínez-Delclòs p. 354 figs. 3-4; photo 3
1994Hoyaeschna cretacica Nel et al. p. 177
2001Hoyaeshna cretacica Bechly et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—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
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
RankNameAuthor
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
—Epiproctophora
—EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
—Anisopteromorpha
—Trigonoptera
—Pananisoptera
—NeoanisopteraBechly 1998
suborderAnisopteraSelys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854
—Euanisoptera
—Aeshnoptera
—Aeshnomorpha
—Panaeshnida
—Aeshnida
superfamilyCymatophlebioideaHandlirsch 1906
familyCymatophlebiidaeHandlirsch 1906
subfamilyValdaeshninae
genusHoyaeshna
speciescretacica

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.

†Hoyaeshna cretacica Nel and Martínez-Delclòs 1993
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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: Late/Upper Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Cuenca) Hoyaeshna cretacica (type locality: 152992)