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Gomphinae

Insecta - Odonata - Gomphidae

Taxonomy
Gomphinae was named by Rambur (1842). It is extant.

It was assigned to Gomphidae by Hong (1982), Nel and Paicheler (1994).

Subtaxa
Gomphini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Gomphinae Rambur
1982Gomphinae Hong p. 47
1994Gomphinae Nel and Paicheler p. 56

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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
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
subfamilyGomphinaeRambur 1842
subfamilyGomphinaeRambur 1842

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. Gomphinae Rambur 1842
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Tr. Gomphini Rambur 1842
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G. Gomphus Leach 1815
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†Gomphus biconvexus Chang and Sun 2005
G. †Priscogomphus Schumann 1967
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†Priscogomphus subhercynicus Schumann 1967
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 Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Piacenzian or 125.77000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Liaoning) Gomphus sp., Gomphus biconvexus (148368)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3France (Alpes-de-Haute) Gomphinae indet. A (114016)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Niedersachsen) Priscogomphus subhercynicus (109196)