Swauka

†Swauka ypresiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Euphaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Euphaeoidea

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

Name

• †Swauka Archibald, S.B et al., 2025

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.