Species list, Checklist of Infraclass Palaeoptera (Ancient winged insects) for Saanich Peninsula (Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada)

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 Saanich Peninsula (Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	212 743 771	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	212 743 771	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	4 7 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Saanich Peninsula
4 Families width 7 Species and 1 Subspecies

Aeshnidae Rambur, 1842	Darners	1	Species	Taxom
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890	Narrow-winged damselflies	2	Species	Taxom
Libellulidae (Rambur, 1842)	Chasers	3	Species	Taxom
Protoneuridae Tillyard, 1917	Bambootails	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Saanich Peninsula
7 Genera with 7 Species

Aeshna Fabricius, 1908	Aeshna Dragonfly	1	Species	Taxom
Enallagma Charpentier, 1840	American Bluets	1	Species	Taxom
Erythemis Hagen, 1861	Pondhawks	1	Species	Taxom
Ischnura Charpentier, 1876	Forktail	1	Species	Taxom
Leucorrhinia Brittinger, 1861	Whitefaces	1	Species	Taxom
Libellula Linnaeus, 1773	Chaser Or Darter Dragonfly	1	Species	Taxom
Prodasineura Cowley, 1891		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Saanich Peninsula
7 Species and 1 Subspecies

Aeshna canadensis Walker, 1908	Canada darner
Enallagma cyathigerum Charpentier, 1840	Common Blue
Erythemis collocata Hagen, 1861	Western Pondhawk
Ischnura perparva McLachlan, 1876	Western Forktail
Leucorrhinia intacta Hagen, 1861	Dot-tailed Whiteface
Libellula lydia (Drury, 1773)	⇒ Tolidomoxia nigerrima Ermisch, 1950
Prodasineura verticalis delia Karsch, 1891

Subnodes of Palaeoptera with occurrences in Saanich Peninsula

Superorder

Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932

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7
7

Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Palaeoptera at itis.gov