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Checklist for Infraclass Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 (Ancient winged insects)
and region James River (Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		22
32
36		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		22
32
36		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects		6
7
9		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for James River (Antigonish County)
6 Families width 9 Species
Siphlonuridae Banks, 1900Primitive Minnow Mayflies2SpeciesTaxom
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890Narrow-winged damselflies1SpeciesTaxom
Ephemerellidae (Klapálek, 1909)Blue-Winged Olive Ephemerellidae1SpeciesTaxom
Corduliidae Selys-Longch..., 1850Baskettails1SpeciesTaxom
Gomphidae Rambur, 1842Club-tailed dragonflies3SpeciesTaxom
Calopterygidae Selys, 1850Broad-winged damselflies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for James River (Antigonish County)
7 Genera with 9 Species
Ameletus Eaton, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Argia Rambur, 1861Dancers1SpeciesTaxom
Ephemerella Walsh, 1925And Pale Duns1SpeciesTaxom
Epitheca Burmeister, 1840Baskettails1SpeciesTaxom
Gomphus Leach, 1878Club-Tailed Dragonflies3SpeciesTaxom
Hetaerina Hagen, 1798Rubyspots1SpeciesTaxom
Siphlonurus Eaton, 18781SpeciesTaxom


Species list for James River (Antigonish County)
9 Species
Ameletus subnotatus Eaton, 1885
Argia moesta Hagen, 1861Powdered Dancer
Ephemerella needhami (McDunnough, 1925)⇒ Ephemerella shanwangensis Hong, 1983
Epitheca (Tetragoneuria) cynosura Say, 1840Common Baskettail
Gomphus (Gomphurus) fraternus Say, 1840Midland Clubtail
Gomphus (Gomphus) lividus Selys, 1854Ashy Clubtail
Gomphus (Hylogomphus) abbreviatus Hagen, 1878Spine-crowned Clubtail
Hetaerina americana Fabricius, 1798American Rubyspot
Siphlonurus quebecensis Provancher, 1878Early brown quill

Subnodes of Palaeoptera with occurrences in James River (Antigonish County)
SuperorderEphemeropteroidea
Rohdendorf, 1968
2
3
3		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom

SuperorderOdonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
4
4
6		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Palaeoptera at itis.gov