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Taxonomy
Aeshna was named by Fabricius (1775). It is extant. It is the type genus of Aeshnidae, Aeshninae, Aeshnini.
It was reranked as Libellula (Aeschna) by Geinitz (1884); it was corrected as Aeschna by Pongrácz (1931); it was misspelled as Aeschna by Zhang (1989), Carpenter (1992), Gentilini and Peters (1993), Nel et al. (1994), Steinmann (1997).
It was assigned to Unogata by Fabricius (1775); to Neuroptera by Latreille (1796); to Libellulinae by Latreille (1802); to Libellula by Geinitz (1884); to Odonata by Fabricius (1798), Pongrácz (1931); to Aeshnidae by Zhang (1989), Carpenter (1992), Gentilini and Peters (1993); and to Aeshnini by Nel et al. (1994), Steinmann (1997).
It was reranked as Libellula (Aeschna) by Geinitz (1884); it was corrected as Aeschna by Pongrácz (1931); it was misspelled as Aeschna by Zhang (1989), Carpenter (1992), Gentilini and Peters (1993), Nel et al. (1994), Steinmann (1997).
It was assigned to Unogata by Fabricius (1775); to Neuroptera by Latreille (1796); to Libellulinae by Latreille (1802); to Libellula by Geinitz (1884); to Odonata by Fabricius (1798), Pongrácz (1931); to Aeshnidae by Zhang (1989), Carpenter (1992), Gentilini and Peters (1993); and to Aeshnini by Nel et al. (1994), Steinmann (1997).
Species
Aeschna (Aeschna), Aeschna acrodonta, Aeschna dido, Aeschna ollivieri, Aeschna vosendorfensis, A. andancensi, A. caseneuvensis, A. cerdanica, A. forficatum, A. ghiandonii, A. grandis (syn. Libellula quadrifasciata), A. heterofasciata, A. ignivora, A. isosceles, A. larvata, A. messiniana, A. multicellulata, A. oligocenica, A. ollivieri, A. paleocyanea, A. shanwangensis, A. solida, A. stavropolensis, A. theobaldi, A. turoliana, A. tyche, A. voesendorfensis, A. zlatkokvaceki
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1775 | Aeschna (Aeschna) Fabricius |
| 1775 | Aeshna Fabricius p. 424 |
| 1796 | Aeshna Latreille p. 98 |
| 1798 | Aeshna Fabricius p. 285 |
| 1802 | Aeshna Latreille p. 286 |
| 1882 | Aeschna (Aeschna) Selys |
| 1884 | Libellula (Aeschna) Geinitz |
| 1890 | Aeschna (Aeschna) Scudder p. 143 |
| 1931 | Aeschna Pongrácz p. 113 |
| 1989 | Aeschna Zhang p. 34 |
| 1992 | Aeshna Carpenter p. 81 |
| 1993 | Aeshna Gentilini and Peters |
| 1994 | Aeshna Nel et al. p. 145 |
| 1997 | Aeshna Steinmann p. 3 |
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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. Aeshna Fabricius 1775 [hawker dragonfly]
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†Aeschna acrodonta Chang and Sun 2005
†Aeschna dido Hagen 1863
†Aeschna ollivieri Nel 1986
†Aeschna vosendorfensis Papp and Mandl 1951
†Aeshna andancensi Nel and Brisac 1994
†Aeshna caseneuvensis Nel et al. 2022
†Aeshna cerdanica Nel and Martínez-Delclòs 1994
†Aeshna forficatum Li et al. 2011
†Aeshna ghiandonii Gentilini and Peters 1993
†Aeshna heterofasciata Theobald 1937
†Aeshna ignivora Zhang 1989
Aeshna isosceles Müller 1767
†Aeshna larvata Scudder 1890
†Aeshna messiniana Gentilini and Peters 1993
†Aeshna multicellulata Gentilini and Peters 1993
†Aeshna oligocenica Nel 1994
†Aeshna ollivieri Nel 1986
†Aeshna paleocyanea Nel 1987
†Aeshna shanwangensis Li et al. 2011
†Aeshna solida Scudder 1890
†Aeshna stavropolensis Nel et al. 2005
†Aeshna theobaldi Piton 1935
†Aeshna turoliana Riou and Nel 1995
†Aeshna tyche Heer 1849
†Aeshna voesendorfensis Papp and Mandl 1951
†Aeshna zlatkokvaceki Prokop et al. 2016
Invalid names: Aeschna (Aeschna) Fabricius 1775 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Holocene or 125.77000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma
Collections (26 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Barremian | China (Liaoning) | Aeschna acrodonta (148368) | |
| Selandian | France (Auvergne) | Aeschnidiidae indet. (113685) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Aeschna solida (106381) Aeschna solida, Aeschna larvata (106384) Aeshna larvata (123119) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Spain | Aeshna sp. (113990) | |
| MP 21 | France | Aeshna caseneuvensis (233239) | |
| MP 23 | France | Aeschna ollivieri (122984) | |
| Rupelian | Czechia | Aeshna sp. (181764) | |
| Rupelian | Germany | Aeschna heterofasciata (122407) | |
| Rupelian | France (Alpes-de-Haute) | Aeschna paleocyanea (114016) | |
| Chattian | France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) | Aeshna oligocenica (127415) | |
| MP 30 | Germany | Aeschna dido (123945) | |
| Burdigalian | Czechia | Aeshna zlatkokvaceki (181763) | |
| Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | Aeschna ignivora (128551) Aeshna shanwangensis, Aeshna forficatum (160472) | |
| Middle Miocene | Russian Federation | Aeshna stavropolensis (105571) | |
| Sarmatian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Aeschna tyche (115304) | |
| Vallesian - Turolian | Spain | Aeshna cerdanica (113995) | |
| Turolian | France (Ardèche) | Aeshna andancensi (113893) Aeshna sp., Aeshna turoliana (156164) | |
| Messinian | Austria | Aeschna voesendorfensis (127417) | |
| Messinian | Italy | Aeshna sp., Aeshna messiniana, Aeshna ghiandonii, Aeshna multicellulata (113886) | |
| Gelasian | France | Aeschna theobaldi (113996) | |
| Pleistocene | Slovakia | Aeshna grandis (127418) | |
| Holocene | France | Aeshna isosceles (127419) |