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Lestes forsterii ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8676632https://www.gbif.org/species/8676632
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)194610https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=194610
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Lestidae : Lestes : Lestes forsterii
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Lestidae : Lestes : Lestes forsterii
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
-LestiformiaBechly 1996
-EulestiformiaBechly 1996
-LestidaBechly 1996
-LestodeaBechly 1996
superfamilyLestoideaFraser 1957
familyLestidaeCalvert 1901
subfamilyLestinaeCalvert 1901
genusLestesLeach 1815
speciesLestes forsteriiHess 1895
Generic NameLestes
Scientific NameLestes forsterii Hess, 1895
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Lestes forsteriispeciesbelongs to Lestesstated with evidenceHess, 1895
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Last Recorded Appearance33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
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)W. Hess. 1895. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der tertiären Agrioniden: eine neue Lestes-Art aus dem plattigen Steinmergel von Brunstatt bei Mülhausen i. E. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Philosophischen Doctorwürde Vorgelegt der Hohen Philosophischen Facultät der Universität Basel

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Lestes foersteri Hess, 1895GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Lestidae : Lestes : Lestes foersteri

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1895Lestes foersteri Hess p. 14 figs. Pl 5, figs 1,2
1937Lestes foersteri Theobald p. 158
1994Lestes forsterii Nel and Paicheler

References

Hess W. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der tertiären Agrioniden: eine neue Lestes-Art aus dem plattigen Steinmergel von Brunstatt bei Mülhausen i. E, Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Philosophischen Doctorwürde Vorgelegt der Hohen Philosophischen Facultät der Universität Basel, 1-15
Theobald N. (1937) Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France, Bulletin Mensuel (Mémoires) de la Société des Sciences de Nancy 1, 1-473
Nel A., Paicheler J. C. (1994) Les Lestoidea (Odonata, Zygoptera) fossiles: Un inventaire critique, Annales de Paléontologie 80 1, 1-59
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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