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Lithogomphus muenzenbergianus

Insecta - Odonata - Gomphidae

Taxonomy
Lithogomphus muenzenbergianus was named by Beier (1952). Its type specimen is NHMW 1889/no 98, a hindwing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Münzenberg near Leoben, which is in a Badenian mire/swamp lignite in Austria. It is the type species of Lithogomphus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Lithogomphus muenzenbergianus Beier p. 129 fig. 1
1992Lithogomphus munsbergianus Nel pp. 157-159 fig. 1
1994Lithogomphus munzenbergianus Nel and Paicheler p. 61

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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()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
RankNameAuthor
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
—Epiproctophora
—EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
—Anisopteromorpha
—Trigonoptera
—Pananisoptera
—NeoanisopteraBechly 1998
suborderAnisopteraSelys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854
—Euanisoptera
—Exophytica
—Gomphides
—Desmoproctida
—OligophlebiataBechly 2003
—BrevicubitaliaBechly 2003
—Gomphida
familyGomphidaeRambur 1842
genusLithogomphus
speciesmuenzenbergianus

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: Badenian or 13.82000 to 12.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Austria Gomphidae indet. (type locality: 131964)