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Anactini

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Taxonomy
Anactini was named by Tillyard and Fraser (1940). It is extant.

It was assigned to Aeshninae by Nel et al. (1994) and Steinmann (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Anactini Tillyard and Fraser
1994Anactini Nel et al. p. 157
1997Anactini Steinmann p. 26

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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
RankNameAuthor
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
subfamilyAeshninae
tribeAnactiniTillyard and Fraser 1940
tribeAnactiniTillyard and Fraser 1940

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.

Tr. Anactini Tillyard and Fraser 1940
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G. Anaciaeschna Selys 1878
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G. Anax Leach 1815
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Anax charpentieri Hagen 1848
Anax criptus Gentilini and Peters 1993
Anax ephippiger Burmeister 1839 [vagrant emperor]
Anax imperator Leach 1815 [emperor dragonfly]
Anax parthenope Selys 1839 [lesser emperor]
G. Hemianax Selys 1883
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Hemianax ephippiger Burmeister 1839 [vagrant emperor]
Invalid names: Cyrtosoma Burmeister 1839 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available