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Checklist for Infraclass Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 (Ancient winged insects)
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
18
84
239
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kenya
18 Families width 239 Species and 5 Subspecies
Aeshnidae Rambur, 1842Darners16SpeciesTaxom
Baetidae Leach, 1815Mayflies1SpeciesTaxom
Caenidae Newman, 1853Small square-gill mayflies1SpeciesTaxom
Calopterygidae Selys, 1850Broad-winged damselflies2SpeciesTaxom
Chlorocyphidae Cowley, 1937Jewel damselfly8SpeciesTaxom
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890Narrow-winged damselflies50SpeciesTaxom
Corduliidae Selys-Longch..., 1850Baskettails11SpeciesTaxom
Ephemeridae Leach, 1817Burrowing mayflies1SpeciesTaxom
Gomphidae Rambur, 1842Club-tailed dragonflies34SpeciesTaxom
Heptageniidae Needham, 1901Flat-Bodied Up-Wings Heptageniidae3SpeciesTaxom
Isostictidae Fraser, 1955Narrow-wings1SpeciesTaxom
Lestidae Calvert, 1901Spread-winged damselflies9SpeciesTaxom
Libellulidae Rambur, 1842Chasers93SpeciesTaxom
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917Flatwing2SpeciesTaxom
Oligoneuriidae Ulmer, 1914Brushleg Mayflies2SpeciesTaxom
Platycnemididae Tillyard, 1917White-legged damselflies2SpeciesTaxom
Protoneuridae Tillyard, 1917Bambootails1SpeciesTaxom
Tricorythidae Lestage, 1942Little stout crawler mayflies2SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Palaeoptera with occurrences in Kenya
SuperorderEphemeropteroidea
Rohdendorf, 1968
6
8
10
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperorderOdonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
12
76
229
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Palaeoptera at itis.gov