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Checklist for Infraclass Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 (Ancient winged insects)
and region Abyssinia (Ethiopia)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		109
475
708		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		109
475
708		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects		5
6
3		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Abyssinia
5 Families width 3 Species
Aeshnidae Rambur, 1842Darners1SpeciesTaxom
Caenidae Newman, 1853Small square-gill mayflies0SpeciesTaxom
Heptageniidae Needham, 1901Flat-Bodied Up-Wings Heptageniidae1SpeciesTaxom
Libellulidae Rambur, 1842Chasers1SpeciesTaxom
Baetidae (Leach, 1815)Mayflies0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Abyssinia
6 Genera with 3 Species
Aeshna Fabricius, 1758Aeshna Dragonfly1SpeciesTaxom
Afrocaenis Gillies, 1982
0SpeciesTaxom
Afronurus Lestage, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Brachythemis Brauer, 1889Groundlings1SpeciesTaxom
Centroptilum Eaton, 1869
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocloeon Klapálek, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Abyssinia
3 Species
Aeshna juncea Linnaeus, 1758Common Aeshna
Afronurus (Afronurus) harrisoni Barnard, 1932
Brachythemis lacustris Kirby, 1889Red Groundling

Subnodes of Palaeoptera with occurrences in Abyssinia
SuperorderEphemeropteroidea
Rohdendorf, 1968
3
4
1		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom

SuperorderOdonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
2
2
2		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Palaeoptera at itis.gov