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Sapho

Insecta - Odonata - Calopterygidae

Taxonomy
Sapho was named by Selys (1853). It is extant. Its type is Sapho legrandi.

It was assigned to Calopterygidae by Nel (1987), Nel and Paicheler (1993), Nel and Petrulevičius (2010).

Species
S. armissani, S. legrandi (type species), S. sannoisiensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Sapho Selys
1987Sapho Nel p. 147
1993Sapho Nel and Paicheler p. 388
2010Sapho Nel and Petrulevičius

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
RankNameAuthor
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
—CalopteraBelyshev and Haritonov 1983
—Eucaloptera
—Calopterygomorpha
superfamilyCalopterygoidea
familyCalopterygidae
genusSaphoSelys 1853

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Sapho Selys 1853
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†Sapho armissani Nel 1987
†Sapho legrandi Nel and Petrulevičius 2010
†Sapho sannoisiensis Meunier 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitino
Form: roller-shapedo
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialo
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: volanto
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: insectivoreo
Vision: well-developedo
Dispersal: watero
Created: 2011-03-07 03:41:10
Modified: 2011-03-06 10:41:10
Source: o = order
Reference: Ren and Guo 1996

Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Calopteryx sannoisiensis (122487)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04France (Aude) S. armissani (120819)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04France (Aix-en-Provence) S. legrandi (114117)