Species list, Checklist of Infraclass Palaeoptera (Ancient winged insects) for Flint River (Des Moines County, Iowa, 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 Flint River (Des Moines County, Iowa, USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	15 25 25	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	15 25 25	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	4 8 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Flint River (Des Moines County)
4 Families width 8 Species

Coenagrionidae (Kirby, 1890)	Narrow-winged damselflies	1	Species	Taxom
Calopterygidae Selys, 1850	Broad-winged damselflies	1	Species	Taxom
Libellulidae Rambur, 1842	Chasers	5	Species	Taxom
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917	Flatwing	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Flint River (Des Moines County)
8 Genera with 8 Species

Argia Rambur, 1840	Dancers	1	Species	Taxom
Calopteryx Leach, 1805	Demoiselle Damselflies	1	Species	Taxom
Erythemis Hagen, 1839	Pondhawks	1	Species	Taxom
Libellula Linnaeus, 1861	Chaser Or Darter Dragonfly	1	Species	Taxom
Pachydiplax Brauer, 1839	Blue Dashers	1	Species	Taxom
Perithemis Hagen, 1840	Amberwings	1	Species	Taxom
Rhipidolestes Ris, 1951		1	Species	Taxom
Tramea Hagen, 1861	Saddlebag Gliders	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Flint River (Des Moines County)
8 Species

Argia apicalis (Say, 1840)	⇒ Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951
Calopteryx maculata Palisot de B..., 1805	Black-winged Damselfly
Erythemis simplicicollis Say, 1839	Common Pondhawk
Libellula incesta Hagen, 1861	Slaty Skimmer
Pachydiplax longipennis Burmeister, 1839	Blue dasher
Perithemis tenera Say, 1840	Eastern Amberwing
Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951
Tramea lacerata Hagen, 1861	Black Saddlebags

Subnodes of Palaeoptera with occurrences in Flint River (Des Moines County)

Superorder

Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932

4
8
8

Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Palaeoptera at itis.gov