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Epophthalmia

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Description

Epophthalmia a genus of dragonflies in the family Macromiidae.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epophthalmia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1430135	https://www.gbif.org/species/1430135
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	71734	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=71734

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Corduliidae : Epophthalmia

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
infraclass	Hydropalaeoptera	Rohdendorf 1969
-	Euhydropalaeoptera	Sroka et al. 2014
-	Odonatoptera	Martynov 1932
-	Palaeodonatoptera	Petrulevicius and Gutiérrez 2016
-	Plesiodonatoptera	Petrulevicius and Gutiérrez 2016
-	Apodonatoptera	Petrulevicius and Gutiérrez 2016
-	Paneodonatoptera	Nel et al. 2019
-	Neodonatoptera	Bechly 1996
-	Euodonatoptera	Bechly et al. 2001
-	Odonatoclada	Bechly 1999
-	Nodialata	Bechly 1996
-	Discoidalia	Bechly 1996
-	Stigmoptera	Bechly 1996
-	Panodonata	Bechly 1996
order	Odonata	Fabricius 1793
-	Epiproctophora	Bechly 1996
-	Euepiproctophora	Bechly 1998
-	Anisopteromorpha	Bechly 1996
-	Trigonoptera	Bechly 1996
-	Pananisoptera	Bechly 1996
-	Neoanisoptera	Bechly 1998
suborder	Anisoptera	Selys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854
-	Euanisoptera	Bechly 1996
-	Exophytica	Bechly 1996
-	Cavilabiata	Bechly 1996
-	Cristotibiata	Bechly 1996
-	Brachystigmata	Bechly 1996
-	Paucipostnodalia	Bechly and Ueda 2002
-	Eubrachystigmata	Bechly 1996
-	Neobrachystigmata	Bechly 2003
-	Paneurypalpidomorpha	Bechly 2003
-	Eurypalpidomorpha	Bechly 2003
-	Eurypalpidiformia	Bechly 2003
-	Paneurypalpida	Bechly 1996
-	Eurypalpida	Bechly 1996
-	Neolamellida	Bechly 1996
-	Valvulida	Bechly 1996
-	Trichodopalpida	Bechly 1996
-	Laterocarinida	Bechly 1996
-	Mediocostida	Bechly 1996
-	Longiansida	Bechly 1996
-	Liberaponsida	Bechly 1996
-	Haplohamulida	Bechly 1996
-	Italoansida	Bechly 1996
family	Corduliidae	Selys-Longchamps 1850
subfamily	Macromiinae	Tillyard 1917
genus	Epophthalmia	Burmeister 1839

Scientific Name

Epophthalmia Burmeister, 1839

Name Published In

Burmeister, Hermann. 1839. Handbuch der Entomologie. Theod. Chr. Friedr. Enslin, Berlin. Vol. Bd.2:Abt.2:T.2: 757–1050.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Epophthalmia	genus	belongs to Corduliidae	stated with evidence	Zhang, 1989
Epophthalmia	genus	belongs to Macromiidae	stated with evidence	Nel and Paicheler, 1994

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (33%)

First Recorded Appearance

20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

Environment

freshwater,terrestrial (based on Odonata)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Odonata)

Vision

well-developed (based on Odonata)

Diet

carnivore, insectivore (based on Odonata)

Reproduction

dispersal=water (based on Odonata)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Odonata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. C. Burmeister. 1839. Handbuch der Entomologie. Zweiter Band. Besondere Entomologie. Zweite Abtheilung. Kaukerfe. Gymnognatha (Zweite Hälfte; vulgo Neuroptera)

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epophthalmia

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Epophthalmia australis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epophthalmia bannaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epophthalmia biordinata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Epophthalmia elegans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epophthalmia frontalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epophthalmia kuani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epophthalmia vittata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epophthalmia vittigera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epophthalmia yagasakii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epophthalmia zotheca ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1839	Epophthalmia Burmeister p. 844
1989	Epophthalmia Zhang p. 38
1994	Epophthalmia Nel and Paicheler p. 329

References

Burmeister H. C. , Handbuch der Entomologie. Zweiter Band. Besondere Entomologie. Zweite Abtheilung. Kaukerfe. Gymnognatha (Zweite Hälfte; vulgo Neuroptera), 757-1050

Zhang J. F. (1989) , Fossil Insects From Shanwang, Shandong, China, 1-459

Nel A., Paicheler J. C. (1994) Les Libelluloidea autres que Libellulidae fossiles Un inventaire critique (Odonata, Corduliidae, Macromiidae, Synthemistidae, Chlorogomphidae et Mesophlebiidae), Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 11, 321-334

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Pinhey, 1982, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Pinhey, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Handb. Ent., 2 (2), no. 2 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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