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Steropoides parthenope

Insecta - Odonata

Taxonomy
Agrion (Sterope) parthenope was named by Heer (1849). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Oeningen (Zurich collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Sterope parthenope by Hagen (1850); it was recombined as Agrion parthenope by Heer (1864); it was recombined as Steropoides parthenope by Kirby (1890), Nel and Paicheler (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Agrion (Sterope) parthenope Heer p. 45 figs. Pl 3 fig 11
1850Sterope parthenope Hagen p. 358
1864Agrion parthenope Heer p. 369
1890Steropoides parthenope Kirby p. 176
1994Steropoides parthenope Nel and Paicheler

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
Euhydropalaeoptera
OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
Palaeodonatoptera
Plesiodonatoptera
Apodonatoptera
Paneodonatoptera
Neodonatoptera
Euodonatoptera
OdonatocladaBechly 1999
Nodialata
Discoidalia
Stigmoptera
Lobodonata
Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
genusSteropoides
speciesparthenope()

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.

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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: Sarmatian or 12.80000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Agrion parthenope (type locality: 117252)