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Platycnemis

Insecta - Odonata - Platycnemididae

Taxonomy
Platycnemis was named by Charpentier (1840). It is extant.

It was assigned to Platycnemididae by Peñalver et al. (1996).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Platycnemis Charpentier p. 25
1996Platycnemis Peñalver et al. p. 27

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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
RankNameAuthor
Paneodonatoptera
Neodonatoptera
Euodonatoptera
OdonatocladaBechly 1999
Nodialata
Discoidalia
Stigmoptera
Lobodonata
Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
Euzygoptera
Coenagrionomorpha
Coenagrioniformia
Coenagrionida
superfamilyCoenagrionoidea
familyPlatycnemididaeJacobson and Bianchi 1905
genusPlatycnemis

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. Platycnemis Charpentier 1840
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Platycnemis antiqua Pictet 1848
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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Agrion antiquum (109625)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) P. antiqua (149477)