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Aeshna heterofasciata

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Taxonomy
Aeschna heterofasciata was named by Theobald (1937). Its type specimen is Bale Museum R 786, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Kleinkembs, which is in a Rupelian lacustrine - large marl/limestone in the Salt Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Aeshna heterofasciata by Nel et al. (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Aeschna heterofasciata Theobald p. 159 figs. Pl V fig 4
1994Aeshna heterofasciata Nel et al. p. 145

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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
Palaeodonatoptera
Plesiodonatoptera
Apodonatoptera
Paneodonatoptera
Neodonatoptera
Euodonatoptera
OdonatocladaBechly 1999
RankNameAuthor
Nodialata
Discoidalia
Stigmoptera
Lobodonata
Panodonata
orderOdonata
Epiproctophora
EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
Anisopteromorpha
Trigonoptera
Pananisoptera
NeoanisopteraBechly 1998
suborderAnisopteraSelys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854
Euanisoptera
Aeshnoptera
Aeshnomorpha
Panaeshnida
Aeshnida
Paneuaeshnida
Euaeshnida
Neoaeshnida
Aeshnodea
Euaeshnodea
superfamilyAeshnoideaLeach 1815
familyAeshnidaeLeach 1815
subfamilyAeshninae
tribeAeshniniRambur 1842
genusAeshna
speciesheterofasciata()

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.

Aeshna heterofasciata 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: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany Aeschna heterofasciata (type locality: 122407)