Species list, Checklist of Infraclass Palaeoptera (Ancient winged insects) for Melrose Highlands (Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 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

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Checklist for Infraclass Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 (Ancient winged insects)
and region Melrose Highlands (Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	50 150 184	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	50 150 184	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	1 2 2	Family Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Melrose Highlands
1 Family width 2 Species

Libellulidae Rambur, 1842

Chasers

Species

Taxom

Genera for Melrose Highlands
2 Genera with 2 Species

Leucorrhinia Brittinger, 1861	Whitefaces	1	Species	Taxom
Sympetrum Newman, 1840	Darter Dragonfly	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Melrose Highlands
2 Species

Leucorrhinia intacta Hagen, 1861	Dot-tailed Whiteface
Sympetrum rubicundulum Say, 1840	Ruby meadowhawk

Subnodes of Palaeoptera with occurrences in Melrose Highlands

Superorder

Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932

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Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Palaeoptera at itis.gov