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Sympecma incerta

Insecta - Odonata - Lestidae

Taxonomy
Lestes incertus was named by Piton (1935). Its type specimen is MNHN-LP-B.47285, a wing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Lac Chambon (Piton coll), which is in a Gelasian crater lake diatomite/volcaniclastic in France.

It was recombined as Sympecma incerta by Nel and Paicheler (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Lestes incertus Piton p. 174 fig. 4
1935Lestes incertus Piton and Théobald p. 71 figs. Pl 2, fig 3
1939Lestes incertus Piton p. 103
1994Sympecma incerta Nel and Paicheler

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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
RankNameAuthor
Euodonatoptera
OdonatocladaBechly 1999
Nodialata
Discoidalia
Stigmoptera
Lobodonata
Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
Euzygoptera
Lestomorpha
Lestiformia
Eulestiformia
Lestida
Lestodea
superfamilyLestoideaFraser 1957
familyLestidae
genusSympecmaSelys 1840
speciesincerta()

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.

Sympecma incerta Piton 1935
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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: Gelasian or 2.58800 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806France Lestes incertus (type locality: 113996) Sympecma incerta (114059)