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Coenagrionoidea

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)194195https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=194195
Ranksuperfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Coenagrionoidea
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
-CoenagrionomorphaBechly 1996
-CoenagrioniformiaBechly 1996
-CoenagrionidaBechly 1996
superfamilyCoenagrionoideaKirby 1890
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Coenagrionoideasuperfamilybelongs to Zygopterastated with evidenceBechly, 2000
Coenagrionoideasuperfamilybelongs to Coenagrionidastated with evidenceBechly, 2007
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)63
Extant Size (PBDB)23 (37%)
First Recorded Appearance122 - 112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
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. 2000. A new fossil damselfly species (Insecta: Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae: Ischnurinae) from Dominican Amber. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 299:1-9

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Platycnemidoidea
superfamily
listed (PBDB)3122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
Burmacoenagrionidae
family
listed (PBDB)599.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Coenagrionidae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Narrow-winged Damselfly30122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
Platycnemididae
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
White-legged Damselfly999.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
Balticoagrion
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
138.0 Ma
Eocene
38.0 Ma
Eocene
Hispanocoenagrion
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
123.0 Ma
Miocene
23.0 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1863Agrion icarus Hagen p. 260 figs. Pl 44, fig 5
1890Coenagrionoidea Kirby
1892Trichocnemis aliena Scudder pp. 12-13 figs. Pl 1 fig 2
1908Trichocnemis aliena Cockerell p. 72 fig. 3
1910Argia aliena Ris p. 104
1913Argia aliena Handlirsch p. 811 fig. 1570
2000Coenagrionoidea Bechly
2007Coenagrionoidea Bechly

References

Bechly G. (2000) A new fossil damselfly species (Insecta: Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae: Ischnurinae) from Dominican Amber, Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 299, 1-9
Hagen H. A. Neuroptern aus der Braunkohle von Rott im Siebengebirge, Palaeontographica 10, 247-269
Scudder S. H. Some Insects of special interest from Florissant, Colorado and other points in the Tertiaries of Colorado and Utah, Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 93, 1-25
Cockerell T. D. A. (1908) Descriptions of Tertiary insects, part IV, American Journal of Science, Series 4 26 151, 69-75
Bechly G. (2007) , Phylogenetic Systematics of Odonata
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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