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Epiophlebiidae

Insecta - Odonata - Epiophlebiidae

Taxonomy
Epiophlebiinae was named by Tillyard (1917). It is extant.

It was reranked as the family Epiophlebiidae by Nel et al. (1993) and Bechly (2007).

It was assigned to Lestidae by Tillyard (1917); to Epiophlebioidea by Nel et al. (1993); and to Euepiproctophora by Bechly (2007).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Epiophlebiinae Tillyard p. 276
1993Epiophlebiidae Nel et al.
2007Epiophlebiidae Bechly

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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
RankNameAuthor
Plesiodonatoptera
Apodonatoptera
Paneodonatoptera
Neodonatoptera
Euodonatoptera
OdonatocladaBechly 1999
Nodialata
Discoidalia
Stigmoptera
Lobodonata
Panodonata
orderOdonata
Epiproctophora
EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
familyEpiophlebiidae()
familyEpiophlebiidae()

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.

Fm. Epiophlebiidae Tillyard 1917
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G. Epiophlebia Calvert 1903
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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available