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Hemerobioides giganteus

Insecta - Odonata - Isophlebiidae

Taxonomy
Hemerobioides giganteus was named by Westwood (1845). It is an impression. Its type locality is 8 km north-east of Witney, near the village of Stonesfield (Brodie Coll), which is in a Bathonian marine shale in the Taunton Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Hemerobioides.

It was recombined as Isophlebia gigantea by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1907); it was considered a nomen nudum by Buckland (1838).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Hemerobioides giganteus Westwood p. 123 figs. Pl 6, fig 22
1906Isophlebia gigantea Handlirsch p. 583
1907Isophlebia gigantea Handlirsch
1942Hemerobioides giganteus Cowley p. 65
1993Hemerobioides giganteus Nel et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
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
RankNameAuthor
OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
Palaeodonatoptera
Plesiodonatoptera
Apodonatoptera
Paneodonatoptera
Neodonatoptera
Euodonatoptera
OdonatocladaBechly 1999
Nodialata
Discoidalia
Stigmoptera
Lobodonata
Panodonata
orderOdonata
Epiproctophora
IsophlebiopteraBechly 1996
IsophlebiidaBechly 1996
superfamilyIsophlebioidea
familyIsophlebiidae
genusHemerobioides
speciesgiganteus

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.

Hemerobioides giganteus Westwood 1845
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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: Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) Hemerobioides giganteus (type locality: 138926)