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Checklist for Infraclass Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 (Ancient winged insects)
and region Liberia (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
373
5345
8846
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
372
5344
8846
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
15
83
226
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Liberia
15 Families width 226 Species and 10 Subspecies
Aeshnidae Rambur, 1842Darners12SpeciesTaxom
Caenidae Newman, 1853Small square-gill mayflies1SpeciesTaxom
Calopterygidae Selys, 1850Broad-winged damselflies12SpeciesTaxom
Chlorocyphidae Cowley, 1937Jewel damselfly10SpeciesTaxom
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890Narrow-winged damselflies35SpeciesTaxom
Corduliidae Selys-Longch..., 1850Baskettails5SpeciesTaxom
Gomphidae Rambur, 1842Club-tailed dragonflies17SpeciesTaxom
Isostictidae Fraser, 1955Narrow-wings1SpeciesTaxom
Libellulidae Rambur, 1842Chasers114SpeciesTaxom
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917Flatwing3SpeciesTaxom
Platycnemididae Tillyard, 1917White-legged damselflies6SpeciesTaxom
Platystictidae Laidlaw, 1924Forest Damselflies1SpeciesTaxom
Polythoridae Munz, 1919Bannerwings1SpeciesTaxom
Protoneuridae Tillyard, 1917Bambootails6SpeciesTaxom
Pseudostigmatidae Tillyard, 1917Forest giants2SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Palaeoptera with occurrences in Liberia
SuperorderEphemeropteroidea
Rohdendorf, 1968
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperorderOdonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
14
82
225
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Palaeoptera at itis.gov