Species list, Checklist of Infraclass Palaeoptera (Ancient winged insects) for Defiance (Shelby County, Iowa, USA)

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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 Defiance (Shelby County, Iowa, USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	9 9 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	9 9 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	4 4 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Defiance
4 Families width 5 Species

Gomphidae Rambur, 1842	Club-tailed dragonflies	1	Species	Taxom
Aeshnidae Rambur, 1842	Darners	1	Species	Taxom
Libellulidae Rambur, 1842	Chasers	2	Species	Taxom
Heptageniidae Needham, 1901	Flat-Bodied Up-Wings Heptageniidae	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Defiance
4 Genera with 5 Species

Dromogomphus Selys, 1858	Spiny-Legged Clubtails	1	Species	Taxom
Epiaeschna Hagen, 1798		1	Species	Taxom
Libellula Linnaeus, 1793	Chaser Or Darter Dragonfly	2	Species	Taxom
Stenacron Jensen, 1839	Light Cahills	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Defiance
5 Species

Dromogomphus spoliatus Hagen, 1858	Flag-tailed Clubtail
Epiaeschna heros Fabricius, 1798	Swamp Darner
Libellula pulchella (Drury, 1773)	⇒ Celithemis amanda Hagen, 1861
Libellula vibrans Fabricius, 1793	Great Blue Skimmer
Stenacron interpunctatum Say, 1839	Ginger quill

Subnodes of Palaeoptera with occurrences in Defiance

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

Links, sources and further information

Palaeoptera at itis.gov