Species list, Checklist of Infraclass Palaeoptera (Ancient winged insects) for Nantucket (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 Nantucket (Massachusetts, USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	52 141 187	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	52 141 187	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	3 4 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Nantucket
3 Families width 4 Species

Libellulidae Rambur, 1842	Chasers	2	Species	Taxom
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890	Narrow-winged damselflies	1	Species	Taxom
Lestidae Calvert, 1901	Spread-winged damselflies	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Nantucket
4 Genera with 4 Species

Erythemis Hagen, 1839	Pondhawks	1	Species	Taxom
Erythrodiplax Brauer, 1773	Dragonlets	1	Species	Taxom
Ischnura Charpentier, 1861	Forktail	1	Species	Taxom
Lestes Leach, 1861	Emerald Damselflies	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Nantucket
4 Species

Erythemis simplicicollis Say, 1839	Common Pondhawk
Erythrodiplax berenice Drury, 1773	Seaside Dragonlet
Ischnura posita Hagen, 1861	Fragile Forktail
Lestes unguiculatus Hagen, 1861	Lyre-tipped Spreadwing

Subnodes of Palaeoptera with occurrences in Nantucket

Superorder

Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932

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Genera
Species

Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Palaeoptera at itis.gov