Species list, Checklist of Infraclass Palaeoptera (Ancient winged insects) for Ascension (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Infraclass Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 (Ancient winged insects)
and region Ascension (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	118 288 421	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	118 288 421	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	3 4 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Ascension
3 Families width 5 Species

Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890	Narrow-winged damselflies	3	Species	Taxom
Polymitarcyidae Banks, 1900	Pale Burrower Mayflies	1	Species	Taxom
Libellulidae Rambur, 1842	Chasers	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Ascension
4 Genera with 5 Species

Argia Rambur, 2017	Dancers	2	Species	Taxom
Campsurus Eaton, 1947		1	Species	Taxom
Protoneura Selys, 1903		1	Species	Taxom
Sympetrum Newman, 1892	Darter Dragonfly	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Ascension
5 Species

Argia carolus Garrison & v..., 2017
Argia elongata Garrison & v..., 2017
Campsurus essequibo Traver, 1947
Protoneura cara Calvert, 1903	Orange-striped Threadtail
Sympetrum dilatatum Calvert, 1892	St. Helena darter

Subnodes of Palaeoptera with occurrences in Ascension

Superorder	Ephemeropteroidea Rohdendorf, 1968	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Superorder	Odonatoptera Martynov, 1932	2 3 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Palaeoptera at itis.gov