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Lestes regina

Insecta - Odonata - Lestidae

Taxonomy
Lestes regina was named by Theobald (1937). Its type specimen is MHNM C1, a wing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Célas, Gard (Museum Marseille collection), which is in a Priabonian lacustrine marl in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Lestes regina Theobald p. 112 figs. Pl I fig 5, 3; Pl X fig 2
1994Lestes regina Nel and Paicheler
1999Lestes regina Nel and Jarzembowski p. 193 fig. 1a,b
2014Lestes regina Nel and Fleck p. 302 figs. Pl 6, figs 3-5; text-figs 43,44

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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
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
RankNameAuthor
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
—Euzygoptera
—Lestomorpha
—Lestiformia
—Eulestiformia
—Lestida
—Lestodea
superfamilyLestoideaFraser 1957
familyLestidae
genusLestesLeach 1815
speciesregina

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.

†Lestes regina Theobald 1937
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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: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 37.71000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France Lestes regina (type locality: 113709)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Lestes regina (21976 123960)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (Isle of Wight) Lestes regina (156628)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Spain Lestes regina (113990)