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Archithemistidae

Insecta - Odonata - Archithemistidae

Taxonomy

Architheminae was named by Tillyard (1917).

It was reranked as the family Archithemidae by Tillyard (1925) and Martynov (1925); it was reranked as the family Archithemistidae by Cowley (1942), Whalley (1985), Carpenter (1992), Nel et al. (1993), Bechly (2007) and Kelly and Nel (2018).

It was assigned to Anisozygoptera by Tillyard (1925), Martynov (1925), Martynov (1937), Cowley (1942), Whalley (1985) and Carpenter (1992); to Isophlebioidea by Nel et al. (1993); to Isophlebiida by Bechly (2007); and to Heterophlebioidea by Kelly and Nel (2018).

Subtaxa

Archithemis (syn. Diastatommites), Archithemitinae, Diastatommitinae

Synonyms

Diastatommidae was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was replaced with Archithemidae by Tillyard (1925); it was replaced with Archithemistidae by Cowley (1942); it was replaced with Archithemistidae by Nel et al. (1993).

It was assigned to Anisozygoptera by Handlirsch (1906).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1906	Diastatommidae Handlirsch p. 465
1917	Architheminae Tillyard p. 307
1925	Archithemidae Martynov p. 587
1925	Archithemidae Tillyard p. 20
1937	Architheminae Martynov p. 116
1942	Archithemistidae Cowley p. 65
1985	Archithemistidae Whalley
1992	Archithemistidae Carpenter p. 76
1993	Archithemistidae Nel et al.
2007	Archithemistidae Bechly
2018	Archithemistidae Kelly and Nel p. 91

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
infraclass	Hydropalaeoptera	Rohdendorf 1969
—	Euhydropalaeoptera
—	Odonatoptera	Martynov 1932
—	Palaeodonatoptera
—	Plesiodonatoptera
—	Apodonatoptera

Rank	Name	Author
—	Paneodonatoptera
—	Neodonatoptera
—	Euodonatoptera
—	Odonatoclada	Bechly 1999
—	Nodialata
—	Discoidalia
—	Stigmoptera
—	Lobodonata
—	Panodonata
order	Odonata
—	Epiproctophora
—	Euepiproctophora	Bechly 1998
—	Anisopteromorpha
—	Heterophlebioptera	Bechly 1996
superfamily	Heterophlebioidea	Handlirsch 1906
family	Archithemistidae	(Tillyard 1917)
family	Archithemistidae	(Tillyard 1917)

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.

Fm. †Archithemistidae Tillyard 1917

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G. †Archithemis Handlirsch 1906

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†Archithemis brodiei Handlirsch 1906

Invalid names: Diastatommites Tillyard 1925 [synonym]

Invalid names: Archithemitinae Martynov 1925 [empty], Diastatommidae Handlirsch 1906 [replaced], Diastatommitinae Martynov 1925 [empty]

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 Toarcian or 183.00000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian	183.0 - 182.0	Germany	Libellula brodiei (123987)