THE FOSSIL GOMPHIDAE - A CRITICISM (ODONA TA, GOMPHIDAE)

Authors
NEL A PAICHELER JC
Citation
A. Nel et Jc. Paicheler, THE FOSSIL GOMPHIDAE - A CRITICISM (ODONA TA, GOMPHIDAE), Annales de la Societe entomologique de France, 30(1), 1994, pp. 55-77
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Annales de la Societe entomologique de France → ACNP
ISSN journal
00379271
Volume
30
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
55 - 77
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-9271(1994)30:1<55:TFG-AC>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A critical list of fossil Gomphidae is proposed. Fossil Gomphids are l ess abundant than other Odonata. Gomphidae are already well differenci ated during Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous but many Mesozoic (and Cen ozoic) taxa aren't well defined. Phylogenetic relations between Cordul agomphinae and other Gomphidae are uncertain. Araripegomphus cretacicu s gen. n., sp. n., from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil, presents a Gom phid-like venation but its position within the ''stem-group'' of Gomph idae + Cordulegastridae (sensu Pfau, 1991) is uncertain.