Swauka

†Swauka ypresiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Calopterygoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Superordo: Odonatoptera
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Zygoptera
Superfamilia: Calopterygoidea

Familia: Euphaeidae
Subfamilia: Euphaeinae
Genus: Swauka
Species: †S. ypresiana

Name

Type species: †Swauka ypresiana, Archibald, S.B et al., 2025

Etymology

  • The genus is named for the Swauk Formation. Gender, feminine.

References

  • Archibald, S.B, Evans, J.E., Mathewes R.W. & Cannings, R.A. (2025) The early Eocene Swauka ypresiana n. gen. n. sp., the oldest gossamerwing damselfly (Odonata, Epallagidae, Epallaginae) and first fossil insect described from the Swauk Formation of central Washington, U.S.A.. Journal of Paleontology 98(6): 1048–1052. doi:10.1017/jpa.2024.60. 
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