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Sympecma

Insecta - Odonata - Lestidae

Taxonomy
Sympecma was named by Selys (1840). It is extant.

It was assigned to Lestidae by Simonsen et al. (2022); and to Sympecmatinae by Nel and Paicheler (1994), Xia et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Sympecma Selys
1994Sympecma Nel and Paicheler
2022Sympecma Simonsen et al.
2022Sympecma Xia 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
OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
RankNameAuthor
Palaeodonatoptera
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
genusSympecmaSelys 1840

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. Sympecma Selys 1840
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Sympecma incerta Piton 1935
Sympecma ribesalbesensis Peñalver et al. 1996
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 Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Gelasian or 23.04000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Spain (Castellon) S. ribesalbesensis (140793)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) S. sp. (113998)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8France Lestes incertus (113996) S. incerta (114059)