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Calopteryx

Insecta - Odonata - Calopterygidae

Taxonomy
Calopteryx was named by Leach (1815). It is extant. It is the type genus of Calopterygidae.

It was assigned to Calopterygidae by Carpenter (1992) and Nel and Brisac (1994).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1775Agrion Fabricius p. 425
1775Agrion (Agrion) Fabricius p. 425
1796Agrion Latreille p. 97
1798Agrion Fabricius p. 286
1802Agrion Latreille p. 287
1815Calopteryx Leach
1849Agrion (Agrion) Heer
1908Agrion Cockerell
1992Calopteryx Carpenter p. 87
1994Calopteryx Nel and Brisac

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
Euhydropalaeoptera
OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
Palaeodonatoptera
Plesiodonatoptera
Apodonatoptera
RankNameAuthor
Paneodonatoptera
Neodonatoptera
Euodonatoptera
OdonatocladaBechly 1999
Nodialata
Discoidalia
Stigmoptera
Lobodonata
Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
CalopteraBelyshev and Haritonov 1983
Eucaloptera
Calopterygomorpha
superfamilyCalopterygoidea
familyCalopterygidae
genusCalopteryxLeach 1815

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. Calopteryx Leach 1815
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Calopteryx andancensis Nel and Brisac 1994
Calopteryx atrata Selys 1853
Invalid names: Agrion Fabricius 1775 [replaced], Agrion (Agrion) Fabricius 1775 [invalid subgroup]
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 Chadronian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 37.20000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Agrion telluris (106381 106384)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333France (Ardèche) C. andancensis (113893)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan C. atrata (127452)