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Checklist for Infraclass Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 (Ancient winged insects)
and region La Tirimbina Biological Reserve (La Virgen, Costa Rica)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		85
639
956		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		85
639
956		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects		1
2
2		Family
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for La Tirimbina Biological Reserve
1 Family width 2 Species
Pseudostigmatidae Tillyard, 1917Forest giants2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for La Tirimbina Biological Reserve
2 Genera with 2 Species
Mecistogaster Rambur, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Megaloprepus Rambur, 17821SpeciesTaxom


Species list for La Tirimbina Biological Reserve
2 Species
Mecistogaster ornata Rambur, 1842Ornate Helicopter
Megaloprepus caerulatus Drury, 1782

Subnodes of Palaeoptera with occurrences in La Tirimbina Biological Reserve
SuperorderOdonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
1
2
2		Family
Genera
Species
Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Palaeoptera at itis.gov