Species list, Checklist of Infraclass Palaeoptera (Ancient winged insects) for Big Spring (Howard County, Texas, USA)

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 Big Spring (Howard County, Texas, USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	21 32 32	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	21 32 32	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	3 4 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Big Spring (Texas)
3 Families width 4 Species

Gomphidae Rambur, 1842	Club-tailed dragonflies	1	Species	Taxom
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890	Narrow-winged damselflies	1	Species	Taxom
Libellulidae Rambur, 1842	Chasers	2	Species	Taxom

Genera for Big Spring (Texas)
4 Genera with 4 Species

Erpetogomphus Selys, 1858	Ringtails	1	Species	Taxom
Ischnura Charpentier, 1839	Forktail	1	Species	Taxom
Libellula Linnaeus, 1857	Chaser Or Darter Dragonfly	1	Species	Taxom
Plathemis Hagen, 1861	Whitetails	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Big Spring (Texas)
4 Species

Erpetogomphus compositus Hagen, 1858	White-belted Ringtail
Ischnura denticollis Burmeister, 1839	Black-fronted Forktail
Libellula saturata Uhler, 1857	Firecracker Skimmer
Plathemis subornata Hagen, 1861	Desert Whitetail

Subnodes of Palaeoptera with occurrences in Big Spring (Texas)

Superorder

Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932

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Links, sources and further information

Palaeoptera at itis.gov