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Gynacanthinae

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Taxonomy
Gynacanthini was named by Cockerell (1913). It is extant. Its type is Gynacantha.

It was reranked as the subfamily Gynacanthinae by Nel and Fleck (2014).

It was assigned to Aeshninae by Nel et al. (1994); and to Aeshnidae by Nel and Fleck (2014).

Subtaxa
Gynacantha (type genus), Heliaeschna, Necracantha

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Gynacanthini Cockerell
1994Gynacanthini Nel et al. p. 156
2014Gynacanthinae Nel and Fleck p. 290

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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
RankNameAuthor
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—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
subfamilyGynacanthinae(Cockerell 1913)
subfamilyGynacanthinae(Cockerell 1913)

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.

Subfm. Gynacanthinae Cockerell 1913
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G. Gynacantha Rambur 1842
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†Gynacantha polydore Heer 1849
G. Heliaeschna Selys 1882
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†Heliaeschna parallela Martynov 1927
G. †Necracantha Martynov 1929
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†Necracantha composita Martynov 1929
†Necracantha proxima Martynov 1929
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 Priabonian to the top of the Sarmatian or 37.71000 to 11.63000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Gynacanthinae indet. A (123960)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Kazakhstan (Saisan) Necracantha proxima (120121) Necracantha sp., Necracantha composita (114018)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Azerbaijan Heliaeschna parallela (127434)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Aeschna polydore (115305)