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Basiaeschna

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Taxonomy
Aeshna (Basiaeschna) was named by Selys (1883). It is extant.

It was reranked as Basiaeschna by Martynov (1929), Wighton and Wilson (1986), Carpenter (1992) and Garrouste and Nel (2019).

It was assigned to Aeshna by Selys (1883) and Scudder (1890); to Aeschnidiidae by Martynov (1929); to Gomphaeschninae by Wighton and Wilson (1986); and to Aeshnidae by Carpenter (1992) and Garrouste and Nel (2019).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Aeshna (Basiaeschna) Selys
1890Aeshna (Basiaeschna) Scudder p. 144
1929Basiaeschna Martynov p. 178
1986Basiaeschna Wighton and Wilson p. 507
1992Basiaeschna Carpenter p. 82
2019Basiaeschna Garrouste and Nel p. 1940

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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
RankNameAuthor
Stigmoptera
Lobodonata
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
genusBasiaeschna(Selys 1883)

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. Basiaeschna Selys 1883
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Basiaeschna alaskaensis Garrouste and Nel 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available