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Checklist for Infraclass Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 (Ancient winged insects)
and region Big Cedar Creek (Fairfield County, South Carolina, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
23
28
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
23
28
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
7
9
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Big Cedar Creek
7 Families width 11 Species
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890Narrow-winged damselflies5SpeciesTaxom
Aeshnidae Rambur, 1842Darners1SpeciesTaxom
Ephemeridae Leach, 1817Burrowing mayflies1SpeciesTaxom
Heptageniidae Needham, 1901Flat-Bodied Up-Wings Heptageniidae1SpeciesTaxom
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917Flatwing1SpeciesTaxom
Ephemerellidae Klapálek, 1909Blue-Winged Olive Ephemerellidae1SpeciesTaxom
Gomphidae Rambur, 1842Club-tailed dragonflies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Big Cedar Creek
9 Genera with 11 Species
Argia Rambur, 1840Dancers1SpeciesTaxom
Basiaeschna Selys, 1839Springtime Darner1SpeciesTaxom
Enallagma Charpentier, 1861American Bluets3SpeciesTaxom
Hexagenia Walsh, 1924Giant Mayflies1SpeciesTaxom
Ischnura Charpentier, 1839Forktail1SpeciesTaxom
Maccaffertium Bednarik, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidolestes Ris, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Serratella Edmunds, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Stylurus Needham, 1862Hanging Clubtails1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Big Cedar Creek
11 Species
Argia apicalis (Say, 1840)⇒ Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951
Basiaeschna janata Say, 1839Springtime Darner
Enallagma basidens Calvert, 1902Double-Striped Bluet
Enallagma divagans Selys, 1876Turquoise Bluet
Enallagma exsulans Hagen, 1861Stream Bluet
Hexagenia (Hexagenia) atrocaudata McDunnough, 1924
Ischnura verticalis Say, 1839Eastern Forktail
Maccaffertium modestum Banks, 1910Light Cahill
Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951
Serratella serrata Morgan, 1911Dark iron blue quill
Stylurus amnicola Walsh, 1862Riverine Clubtail

Subnodes of Palaeoptera with occurrences in Big Cedar Creek
SuperorderEphemeropteroidea
Rohdendorf, 1968
3
3
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperorderOdonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
4
6
8
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Palaeoptera at itis.gov