Species list, Checklist of Infraclass Palaeoptera (Ancient winged insects) for Chesapeake (Kanawha County, West Virginia, 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 Chesapeake (Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	10 25 27	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	10 25 27	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	2 5 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Chesapeake (Kanawha County)
2 Families width 7 Species

Libellulidae Rambur, 1842	Chasers	6	Species	Taxom
Lestidae Calvert, 1901	Spread-winged damselflies	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Chesapeake (Kanawha County)
5 Genera with 7 Species

Erythemis Hagen, 1839	Pondhawks	1	Species	Taxom
Lestes Leach, 1840	Emerald Damselflies	1	Species	Taxom
Libellula Linnaeus, 1793	Chaser Or Darter Dragonfly	3	Species	Taxom
Perithemis Hagen, 1840	Amberwings	1	Species	Taxom
Tramea Hagen, 1763	Saddlebag Gliders	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Chesapeake (Kanawha County)
7 Species

Erythemis simplicicollis Say, 1839	Common Pondhawk
Lestes rectangularis Say, 1840	Slender Spreadwing
Libellula lydia (Drury, 1773)	⇒ Tolidomoxia nigerrima Ermisch, 1950
Libellula semifasciata Burmeister, 1839	Painted Skimmer
Libellula vibrans Fabricius, 1793	Great Blue Skimmer
Perithemis tenera Say, 1840	Eastern Amberwing
Tramea carolina Linnaeus, 1763	Carolina Saddlebags

Subnodes of Palaeoptera with occurrences in Chesapeake (Kanawha County)

Superorder

Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932

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5
7

Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Palaeoptera at itis.gov