Species list, Checklist of Infraclass Palaeoptera (Ancient winged insects) for Lafourche Parish (Louisiana, 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

Taxonomy & Distribution
Browser for Arthropods

Region search

ChackbayCut OffGolden MeadowLeevilleLockportRaceland

Countries

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVYZ

Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Republic of the Congo Republic South Africa Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino São Tomé and Príncipe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay USA Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT

⌕

Checklist for Infraclass Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 (Ancient winged insects)
and region Lafourche Parish (Louisiana, USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	37 85 96	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	37 85 96	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	5 8 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Lafourche Parish
5 Families width 7 Species

Libellulidae (Rambur, 1842)	Chasers	5	Species	Taxom
Baetidae Leach, 1815	Mayflies	0	Species	Taxom
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890	Narrow-winged damselflies	0	Species	Taxom
Corduliidae Selys-Longch..., 1850	Baskettails	1	Species	Taxom
Aeshnidae Rambur, 1842	Darners	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Lafourche Parish
8 Genera with 7 Species

Brachymesia Kirby, 1890	Pennants	1	Species	Taxom
Callibaetis Eaton, 1881	Speckled Duns	0	Species	Taxom
Enallagma Charpentier, 1840	American Bluets	0	Species	Taxom
Erythemis Hagen, 1839	Pondhawks	1	Species	Taxom
Erythrodiplax Brauer, 1773	Dragonlets	1	Species	Taxom
Libellula Linnaeus, 1773	Chaser Or Darter Dragonfly	2	Species	Taxom
Macromia Rambur, 1842	river cruiser	1	Species	Taxom
Nasiaeschna Selys, 1842		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Lafourche Parish
7 Species

Brachymesia gravida Calvert, 1890	Four-spotted Pennant
Erythemis simplicicollis Say, 1839	Common Pondhawk
Erythrodiplax berenice Drury, 1773	Seaside Dragonlet
Libellula needhami Westfall, 1943	Needham's Skimmer
Libellula pulchella (Drury, 1773)	⇒ Celithemis amanda Hagen, 1861
Macromia taeniolata Rambur, 1842	Royal River Cruiser
Nasiaeschna pentacantha Rambur, 1842	Cyrano Darner

Subnodes of Palaeoptera with occurrences in Lafourche Parish

Superorder	Ephemeropteroidea Rohdendorf, 1968	1 1 0	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Superorder	Odonatoptera Martynov, 1932	4 7 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Palaeoptera at itis.gov