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Lanthus

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Description

Lanthus is a genus of club-tailed dragonflies found in North America, commonly called pygmy clubtails. They are found in Japan and North America. The species are clear winged with black bodies and yellow markings.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1426645	https://www.gbif.org/species/1426645
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	238372	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=238372

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Gomphidae : Lanthus

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
-	Gomphides	Bechly et al. 1998
-	Desmoproctida	Bechly 1996
-	Oligophlebiata	Bechly 2003
-	Brevicubitalia	Bechly 2003
-	Gomphida	Bechly 1996
family	Gomphidae	Rambur 1842
subfamily	Octogomphinae	Carle and Cook 1984
tribe	Octogomphini	Carle and Cook 1984
genus	Lanthus	Needham 1897

Scientific Name

Lanthus Needham, 1897

Name Published In

Canad. Ent., 29

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Lanthus	genus	belongs to Octogomphini	stated with evidence	Nel and Paicheler, 1994

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

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)

J. F. Zhang. 1989. Fossil Insects From Shanwang, Shandong, China

Wikipedia

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

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Lanthus fujiacus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lanthus parvulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lanthus vernalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1897	Lanthus Needham
1994	Lanthus Nel and Paicheler p. 58

References

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

Nel A., Paicheler J. C. (1994) Les Gomphidae fossiles, un inventaire critique (Odonata: Gomphidae), Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 30, 55-77

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

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

Canad. Ent., 29 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Garrison, 1998 - 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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