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Checklist for Infraclass Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 (Ancient winged insects)
and region Creetown (Kirkcudbrightshire, United Kingdom)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		45
76
108		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		45
76
108		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects		5
8
8		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Creetown
5 Families width 8 Species
Baetidae Leach, 1815Mayflies3SpeciesTaxom
Caenidae Newman, 1853Small square-gill mayflies1SpeciesTaxom
Heptageniidae Needham, 1901Flat-Bodied Up-Wings Heptageniidae2SpeciesTaxom
Lestidae Calvert, 1901Spread-winged damselflies1SpeciesTaxom
Ephemerellidae (Klapálek, 1909)Blue-Winged Olive Ephemerellidae1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Creetown
8 Genera with 8 Species
Alainites Waltz & McCa..., 17581SpeciesTaxom
Baetis Leach, 18432SpeciesTaxom
Caenis Stephens, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Ecdyonurus Eaton, 1868
0SpeciesTaxom
Heptagenia Walsh, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Lestes Leach, 1823Emerald Damselflies1SpeciesTaxom
Rhithrogena Eaton, 1834March Browns1SpeciesTaxom
Serratella Edmunds, 17611SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Creetown
8 Species
Alainites muticus Linnaeus, 1758
Baetis (Baetis) scambus Eaton, 1870Small Dark Olive
Baetis rhodani Pictet, 1843Large Dark Olive
Caenis (Caenis) rivulorum Eaton, 1884
Heptagenia (Heptagenia) sulphurea Müller, 1776Yellow May Dun
Lestes sponsa Hansemann, 1823Common Emerald Damselfly
Rhithrogena (Rhithrogena) semicolorata Curtis, 1834Olive
Serratella ignita (Poda, 1761)⇒ Ephemerella ignita Poda, 1761

Subnodes of Palaeoptera with occurrences in Creetown
SuperorderEphemeropteroidea
Rohdendorf, 1968
4
7
7		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom

SuperorderOdonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
1
1
1		Family
Genus
Species
Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Palaeoptera at itis.gov