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Corduliinae

Insecta - Odonata - Corduliidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Corduliinae Selys-Longchamps p. 66
1992Corduliinae Gentilini
1994Corduliinae Nel and Paicheler p. 322
1996Corduliinae Jarzembowski and Nel p. 71
1996Corduliinae Nel et al. p. 174

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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
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
—Epiproctophora
—EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
RankNameAuthor
—Anisopteromorpha
—Trigonoptera
—Pananisoptera
—NeoanisopteraBechly 1998
suborderAnisopteraSelys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854
—Euanisoptera
—Exophytica
—Cavilabiata
—Cristotibiata
—Brachystigmata
—Paucipostnodalia
—Eubrachystigmata
—NeobrachystigmataBechly 2003
—PaneurypalpidomorphaBechly 2003
—EurypalpidomorphaBechly 2003
—EurypalpidiformiaBechly 2003
—Paneurypalpida
—Eurypalpida
—Neolamellida
—Valvulida
—Trichodopalpida
—Laterocarinida
—Mediocostida
—Longiansida
—Liberaponsida
—Haplohamulida
—Italoansida
familyCorduliidae
subfamilyCorduliinae
subfamilyCorduliinae

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.

Subfm. Corduliinae Selys-Longchamps 1850
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G. Cordulia Leach 1815 [emerald]
G. †Croatocordulia Kiauta 1969
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†Croatocordulia platyptera Charpentier 1843
G. Epitheca Burmeister 1839
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†Epitheca annae Gentilini 1992
†Epitheca miocenica Gentilini 1992
G. †Miocordulia Kennedy 1931
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†Miocordulia latipennis Kennedy 1931
G. Somatochlora Selys-Longchamps 1871
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†Somatochlora brisaci Nel et al. 1996
†Somatochlora oregonica Cockerell 1927
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 Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Messinian or 33.90000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.4 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Oregon) Somatochlora oregonica (117157)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Washington) Miocordulia latipennis (140652)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Croatia Libellula platyptera (117246)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Cordulia sp. (115305)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333France (Ardèche) Corduliinae indet., Somatochlora brisaci (113893)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Corduliinae indet., Epitheca miocenica, Epitheca annae (113886)