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Ischnura (forktail)

Insecta - Odonata - Coenagrionidae

Taxonomy
Ischnura was named by Charpentier (1840). It is extant.

It was assigned to Ischnurinae by Bechly (2000), Gentilini and Bagli (2004).

Species
I. velteni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Ischnura Charpentier p. 24
2000Ischnura Bechly
2004Ischnura Gentilini and Bagli p. 19

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
—Euzygoptera
—Coenagrionomorpha
—Coenagrioniformia
—Coenagrionida
superfamilyCoenagrionoidea
familyCoenagrionidae
subfamilyIschnurinaeFraser 1957
genusIschnura

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. Ischnura Charpentier 1840 [forktail]
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†Ischnura velteni Bechly 2000
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: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Messinian or 20.45000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Ischnura velteni (122474)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Ischnura sp. (157306)