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Aeshna multicellulata

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Taxonomy
Aeshna multicellulata was named by Gentilini and Peters (1993). Its type specimen is Gentilini col. MC 1214, a hindwing (missing anal margin ), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Monte Castellaro (MCSN collection), which is in a Messinian lagoonal marl in the Gessoso-solfifera Formation of Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Aeshna multicellulata Gentilini and Peters p. 174 figs. Figs 17, 21
1994Aeshna multicellulata Nel et al. p. 151

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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
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
RankNameAuthor
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
—Epiproctophora
—EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
—Anisopteromorpha
—Trigonoptera
—Pananisoptera
—NeoanisopteraBechly 1998
suborderAnisopteraSelys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854
—Euanisoptera
—Aeshnoptera
—Aeshnomorpha
—Panaeshnida
—Aeshnida
—Paneuaeshnida
—Euaeshnida
—Neoaeshnida
—Aeshnodea
—Euaeshnodea
superfamilyAeshnoideaLeach 1815
familyAeshnidaeLeach 1815
subfamilyAeshninae
tribeAeshniniRambur 1842
genusAeshna
speciesmulticellulata

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.

†Aeshna multicellulata Gentilini and Peters 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available