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Euphaeidae

Insecta - Odonata - Euphaeidae

Taxonomy

Euphaeinae was named by Jacobson and Bianchi (1905). It is extant. Its type is Euphaea.

It was synonymized subjectively with Epallagidae by Bechly (2007); it was reranked as the family Euphaeidae by Carpenter (1992), Nel (2020).

It was assigned to Zygoptera by Carpenter (1992); and to Calopterygoidea by Nel (2020).

Subtaxa

Epallage, Epallaginae, Epallagites, Euphaea (type genus), Euphaeinae, Indophaea

Synonyms

Epallagidae was named by Needham (1903). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Euphaeidae by Nel and Paicheler (1993), Nel (2020).

It was assigned to Zygoptera by Handlirsch (1906); to Odonata by Fraser (1955); and to Epallagoidea by Bechly (2007).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1903	Epallagidae Needham
1906	Epallagidae Handlirsch p. 596
1955	Epallagidae Fraser p. 43
1992	Euphaeidae Carpenter p. 87
2007	Epallagidae Bechly
2020	Euphaeidae Nel

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
infraclass	Hydropalaeoptera	Rohdendorf 1969
—	Euhydropalaeoptera

Rank	Name	Author
—	Odonatoptera	Martynov 1932
—	Palaeodonatoptera
—	Plesiodonatoptera
—	Apodonatoptera
—	Paneodonatoptera
—	Neodonatoptera
—	Euodonatoptera
—	Odonatoclada	Bechly 1999
—	Nodialata
—	Discoidalia
—	Stigmoptera
—	Lobodonata
—	Panodonata
order	Odonata
suborder	Zygoptera	Selys-Longchamps 1854
—	Caloptera	Belyshev and Haritonov 1983
—	Eucaloptera
—	Calopterygomorpha
superfamily	Calopterygoidea
family	Euphaeidae	(Jacobson and Bianchi 1905)
family	Euphaeidae	(Jacobson and Bianchi 1905)

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.

Fm. Euphaeidae Jacobson and Bianchi 1905

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G. Epallage Charpentier 1840

G. †Epallagites Cockerell 1925

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†Epallagites avus Cockerell 1925

G. Euphaea Selys 1840

Subfm. Euphaeinae Jacobson and Bianchi 1905

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G. †Elektroeuphaea Nel et al. 2013

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†Elektroeuphaea flecki Nel et al. 2013

G. Indophaea Fraser 1929

Invalid names: Epallagidae Needham 1903 [synonym]

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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Messinian or 51.10000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	USA (Washington)	Swauka ypresiana (240981)
Bridgerian	51.1 - 45.9	USA (Colorado)	Epallagites avus (122749)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Poland	Elektroeuphaea flecki (123215)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Italy (Piedmont)	Epallage fatima (113998)