AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
⌕
Checklist for Infraclass Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 (Ancient winged insects)
and region Orient (Adair County, Iowa, USA)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		28
39
38		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		28
39
38		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects		2
4
4		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Orient (Adair County Iowa)
2 Families width 4 Species
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890Narrow-winged damselflies1SpeciesTaxom
Libellulidae (Rambur, 1842)Chasers3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Orient (Adair County Iowa)
4 Genera with 4 Species
Amphiagrion Selys, 1839Red Damsels1SpeciesTaxom
Celithemis Hagen, 1773Pennants1SpeciesTaxom
Erythemis Hagen, 1839Pondhawks1SpeciesTaxom
Libellula Linnaeus, 1773Chaser Or Darter Dragonfly1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Orient (Adair County Iowa)
4 Species
Amphiagrion saucium Burmeister, 1839Eastern Red Damsel
Celithemis eponina Drury, 1773Halloween Pennant
Erythemis simplicicollis Say, 1839Common Pondhawk
Libellula lydia (Drury, 1773)⇒ Tolidomoxia nigerrima Ermisch, 1950

Subnodes of Palaeoptera with occurrences in Orient (Adair County Iowa)
SuperorderOdonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
2
4
4		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Palaeoptera at itis.gov