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Hemiphlebiidae

Description

Hemiphlebia mirabilis, commonly known as the ancient greenling, is a species of damselfly in the family Hemiphlebiidae.It is very small with a long, metallic-green body and clear wings. It is endemic to south-eastern Australia. Its natural swamp habitat is threatened by habitat loss.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4487https://www.gbif.org/species/4487
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)178787https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=178787
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Hemiphlebiidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
-EuhydropalaeopteraSroka et al. 2014
-OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
-PalaeodonatopteraPetrulevicius and Gutiérrez 2016
-PlesiodonatopteraPetrulevicius and Gutiérrez 2016
-ApodonatopteraPetrulevicius and Gutiérrez 2016
-PaneodonatopteraNel et al. 2019
-NeodonatopteraBechly 1996
-EuodonatopteraBechly et al. 2001
-OdonatocladaBechly 1999
-NodialataBechly 1996
-DiscoidaliaBechly 1996
-StigmopteraBechly 1996
-PanodonataBechly 1996
orderOdonataFabricius 1793
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
-EuzygopteraBechly 1996
-LestomorphaBechly 1996
familyHemiphlebiidaeTillyard 1926
Common Namegreenling
Scientific NameHemiphlebiidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Hemiphlebiidaefamilybelongs to Lestomorphastated with evidenceBechly, 1998
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)20
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (5.0%)
First Recorded Appearance152 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Environmentfreshwater,terrestrial (based on Odonata)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Odonata)
Visionwell-developed (based on Odonata)
Dietcarnivore, insectivore (based on Odonata)
Reproductiondispersal=water (based on Odonata)
Taphonomychitin (based on Odonata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. Bechly. 1998. New fossil dragonflies from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of north-east Brazil (Insecta: Odonata). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 264:1-66
Common Name(s) Greenling
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemiphlebiidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Burmahemiphlebia
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
299.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Electrohemiphlebia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Enteropia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1152 Ma
Late Jurassic
152 Ma
Late Jurassic
Hemiphlebia
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Jordanhemiphlebia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Mersituria
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pantelusa
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
193.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Parahemiphlebia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
6145 Ma
Late Jurassic
122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Thairia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1926Hemiphlebiidae Tillyard
1998Hemiphlebiidae Bechly p. 33
2007Hemiphlebiidae Bechly

References

Bechly G. (1998) New fossil dragonflies from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of north-east Brazil (Insecta: Odonata), Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 264, 1-66
Bechly G. (2007) , Phylogenetic Systematics of Odonata
Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - 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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