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Argia

Insecta - Odonata - Coenagrionidae

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

It was assigned to Coenagrionidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Argiinae by Nel and Papazian (1990), Zheng et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Argia Rambur
1990Argia Nel and Papazian
1992Argia Carpenter p. 85
2018Argia Zheng et al. p. 163

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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
RankNameAuthor
Palaeodonatoptera
Plesiodonatoptera
Apodonatoptera
Paneodonatoptera
Neodonatoptera
Euodonatoptera
OdonatocladaBechly 1999
Nodialata
Discoidalia
Stigmoptera
Lobodonata
Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
Euzygoptera
Coenagrionomorpha
Coenagrioniformia
Coenagrionida
superfamilyCoenagrionoidea
familyCoenagrionidae
subfamilyArgiinaeTillyard 1917
genusArgiaRambur 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.

G. Argia Rambur 1842
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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: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico A. sp. (200059)