AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Order Meganisoptera Martynov, 1932 (Griffinflies)
and region America (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1321
50475
424947
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1315
50409
424765
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
100
777
4628
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
68
497
2834
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Meganisoptera
Martynov, 1932
Griffinflies, Griffinfly
4
15
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for America
4 Families width 23 Species
Meganeuridae Handlirsch, 190617SpeciesTaxom
Aulertupidae Zessin & Bra..., 20101SpeciesTaxom
Paralogidae Handlirsch, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Kohlwaldiidae Guthörl, 19621SpeciesTaxom


Genera for America
12 Genera with 23 Species
Arctotypus Martynov, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Aulertupus Zessin & Bra..., 20101SpeciesTaxom
Carpentertypus Zessin, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Meganeura Brongniart, 1885
0SpeciesTaxom
Meganeurina Handlirsch, 1919
0SpeciesTaxom
Meganeuropsis Carpenter, 19392SpeciesTaxom
Megatypus Tillyard, 19334SpeciesTaxom
Oligotypus Carpenter, 20113SpeciesTaxom
Paralogus Scudder, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Shenzhousia Zhang & Hong, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Solutotherates Brauckmann &..., 19801SpeciesTaxom
Tupus Sellards, 19285SpeciesTaxom


Species list for America
23 Species
Arctotypus diluculum Whalley, 1980
Aulertupus tembrocki W. Zessin, 2010
Carpentertypus durhami F. M. Carpenter, 1960
Meganeuropsis americana F. M. Carpenter, 1947
Meganeuropsis permiana Carpenter, 1939
Megatypus ingentissimus Tillyard, 1925
Megatypus parvus Engel, 1998
Megatypus schucherti R. J. Tillyard, 1925
Megatypus vetustus Carpenter, 1933
Oligotypus makowskii Carpenter & ..., 1971
Oligotypus tillyardi F. M. Carpenter, 1931
Oligotypus tuscaloosae Beckemeyer &..., 2011
Paralogus aeschnoides Scudder, 1893
Shenzhousia readi Carpenter, 1933
Solutotherates analis F. M. Carpenter, 1980
Tupus gilmorei Carpenter, 1927
Tupus gracilis Carpenter, 1947
Tupus permianus Sellards, 1906
Tupus readi Carpenter, 1933
Tupus whitei F. M. Carpenter, 1928

Subnodes of Meganisoptera with occurrences in America
FamilyAulertupidae
Zessin & Brauckmann, 2010
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyKohlwaldiidae
Guthörl, 1962
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMeganeuridae
Handlirsch, 1906
9
17
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyParalogidae
Handlirsch, 1906
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Meganisoptera at gbif.org
Meganisoptera at irmng.org