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Phenacolestes coloratus

Insecta - Odonata - Dysagrionidae

Taxonomy
Lestes coloratus was named by Hagen (1848). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Radoboj (Grätz Collection), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia.

It was recombined as Agrion (Lestes) coloratum by Heer (1849); it was recombined as Phenacolestes coloratus by Pongrácz (1928), Nel and Paicheler (1994) and Archibald et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Lestes coloratus Hagen p. 7
1849Agrion (Lestes) coloratum Heer p. 55
1850Lestes coloratus Hagen p. 357
1890Lestes coloratus Kirby p. 176
1928Phenacolestes coloratus Pongrácz p. 116
1994Phenacolestes coloratus Nel and Paicheler
2021Phenacolestes coloratus Archibald et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
Apodonatoptera
Paneodonatoptera
Neodonatoptera
Euodonatoptera
OdonatocladaBechly 1999
Nodialata
Discoidalia
Stigmoptera
Lobodonata
Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
familyDysagrionidae()
subfamilyDysagrioninae
genusPhenacolestes
speciescoloratus()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available