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Oligaeschna

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Oligaeschna Piton and Théobald p. 82
1986Neoligaeschna Carpenter p. 576
1992Oligaeschna Carpenter p. 82
1994Oligaeschna Nel et al. p. 166
2007Oligaeschna Prokop et al. p. 181

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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
subfamilyAeshninae
genusOligaeschna

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. †Oligaeschna Piton and Théobald 1939
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Oligaeschna ashutasica Martynov 1929
Oligaeschna bulgariensis Nel et al. 2016
Oligaeschna jungi Piton and Théobald 1939
Oligaeschna kvaceki Prokop and Nel 2007
Oligaeschna lapidaria Cockerell and Counts 1913
Oligaeschna palaeocoerulea Timon-David 1946
Oligaeschna saurai Peñalver et al. 1996
Oligaeschna separata Scudder 1890
Oligaeschna sinica Huang et al. 2022
Oligaeschna wedmanni Nel and Fleck 2014
Invalid names: Neoligaeschna Carpenter 1986 [objective 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: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 37.00000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) O. wedmanni (123959 127743)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9China (Xizang) O. sinica (224485)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Aeschna separata (106384) Oplonaeschna lapidaria (106380) Oplonaeschna separata (106381)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Czechia (Moravia) O. kvaceki (104941)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04France O. jungi (127946)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Kazakhstan (Saisan) Basiaeschna ashutasica (114018)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-du-Rhone) Aeschna palaeocoerulea (155869)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04France (Puy-de-Dome) O. jungi (155204)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) O. jungi (71942)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Spain (Castellon) O. saurai (122583)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Bulgaria O. bulgariensis (181730)