Checklist for Infraclass Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 (Ancient winged insects)
and region Orkney Islands (Northern Isles, United Kingdom)
List of families for Orkney Islands
10 Families width 24 Species | Aeshnidae Rambur, 1842 | Darners | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Baetidae Leach, 1815 | Mayflies | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Caenidae Newman, 1853 | Small square-gill mayflies | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890 | Narrow-winged damselflies | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Cordulegastridae Calvert, 1893 | Biddie | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heptageniidae Needham, 1901 | Flat-Bodied Up-Wings Heptageniidae | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leptophlebiidae Banks, 1900 | Leptophlebiids | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ephemerellidae (Klapálek, 1909) | Blue-Winged Olive Ephemerellidae | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Siphlonuridae Banks, 1900 | Primitive Minnow Mayflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Libellulidae Rambur, 1842 | Chasers | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Orkney Islands
20 Genera with 24 Species | Aeshna Fabricius, 1758 | Aeshna Dragonfly | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Alainites Waltz & McCa..., 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anax Leach, 1839 | Emperors And Green Darners | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Baetis Leach, 1843 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Caenis Stephens, 1884 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Centroptilum Eaton, 1776 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Cloeon Leach, 1815 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Coenagrion Kirby, 1758 | Eurasian Bluets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cordulegaster Leach, 1807 | Golden-Ringed Dragonflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ecdyonurus Eaton, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Electrogena Zurwerra & T..., 1834 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Enallagma Charpentier, 1840 | American Bluets | 1 | Species | Taxom | Heptagenia Walsh, 1863 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Ischnura Charpentier, 1820 | Forktail | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paraleptophlebia Lestage, 1783 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Procloeon Bengtsson, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrrhosoma Charpentier, 1776 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Serratella Edmunds, 1761 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Siphlonurus Eaton, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sympetrum Newman, 1840 | Darter Dragonfly | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Orkney Islands
24 Species | Aeshna cyanea O. F. Müller, 1764 | Blue hawker | | Aeshna grandis Linnaeus, 1758 | Amber-winged Hawker | | Aeshna juncea Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Aeshna | | Alainites muticus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839) | ⇒ Hemianax ephippiger Burmeister, 1839 | | Anax parthenope Selys, 1839 | Lesser Emperor | | Baetis (Baetis) vernus Curtis, 1834 | Medium Olive | | Baetis rhodani Pictet, 1843 | Large Dark Olive | | Caenis (Caenis) luctuosa Burmeister, 1839 | Angler's Curse | | Caenis (Caenis) rivulorum Eaton, 1884 | | | Centroptilum luteolum Müller, 1776 | Small Spurwing | | Coenagrion puella Linnaeus, 1758 | Azure Bluet | | Cordulegaster boltonii Donovan, 1807 | Common Goldenring | | Ecdyonurus venosus Fabricius, 1775 | Late March Brown | | Electrogena lateralis Curtis, 1834 | | | Enallagma cyathigerum Charpentier, 1840 | Common Blue | | Ischnura elegans Vander Linden, 1820 | Blue Tailed Damselfly | | Paraleptophlebia cincta Retzius, 1783 | Purple Dun | | Procloeon bifidum Bengtsson, 1912 | Pale evening mayfly | | Pyrrhosoma nymphula Sulzer, 1776 | Large Red | | Serratella ignita (Poda, 1761) | ⇒ Ephemerella ignita Poda, 1761 | | Siphlonurus lacustris Eaton, 1870 | Summer Mayfly | | Sympetrum danae Sulzer, 1776 | Black darter | | Sympetrum striolatum Charpentier, 1840 | Black-Legged Sympetrum |
Subnodes of Palaeoptera with occurrences in Orkney Islands
Links, sources and further information Palaeoptera at itis.gov
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