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Checklist for Infraclass Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 (Ancient winged insects)
and region Sand Creek (Meade County, Kansas, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
39
60
54
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
39
60
54
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
10
18
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Sand Creek (Meade County Kansas)
10 Families width 14 Species
Baetidae (Leach, 1815)Mayflies4SpeciesTaxom
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890Narrow-winged damselflies2SpeciesTaxom
Baetiscidae Banks, 1900Armored Mayflies0SpeciesTaxom
Caenidae Newman, 1853Small square-gill mayflies2SpeciesTaxom
Calopterygidae Selys, 1850Broad-winged damselflies1SpeciesTaxom
Ephemerellidae Klapálek, 1909Blue-Winged Olive Ephemerellidae1SpeciesTaxom
Heptageniidae Needham, 1901Flat-Bodied Up-Wings Heptageniidae2SpeciesTaxom
Gomphidae Rambur, 1842Club-tailed dragonflies1SpeciesTaxom
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917Flatwing1SpeciesTaxom
Leptohyphidae Landa & Soldán, 1985Little Stout Crawler Mayflies0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Sand Creek (Meade County Kansas)
18 Genera with 14 Species
Acentrella Bengtsson, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Argia Rambur, 1840Dancers1SpeciesTaxom
Baetis Leach, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Baetisca Walsh, 1862
0SpeciesTaxom
Caenis Stephens, 18392SpeciesTaxom
Calopteryx Leach, 1805Demoiselle Damselflies1SpeciesTaxom
Ephemerella Walsh, 1862And Pale Duns1SpeciesTaxom
Fallceon Waltz & McCa..., 1923Blue-winged Olives1SpeciesTaxom
Heptagenia Walsh, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Ischnura Charpentier, 1876Forktail1SpeciesTaxom
Labiobaetis Novikova & K..., 18631SpeciesTaxom
Maccaffertium Bednarik, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Ophiogomphus Selys, 1874Snaketails1SpeciesTaxom
Paracloeodes Day, 1955
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocloeon Klapálek, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidolestes Ris, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Stenacron Jensen, 1974
Light Cahills0SpeciesTaxom
Tricorythodes Ulmer, 1920
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sand Creek (Meade County Kansas)
14 Species
Acentrella insignificans McDunnough, 1926
Argia apicalis (Say, 1840)⇒ Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951
Baetis (Baetis) flavistriga McDunnough, 1921Alpine draba
Caenis (Caenis) amica Hagen, 1861Heterosporous ferns
Caenis (Caenis) hilaris Say, 1839
Calopteryx maculata Palisot de B..., 1805Black-winged Damselfly
Ephemerella (Ephemerella) excrucians Walsh, 1862Bluewinged olive dun
Fallceon quilleri Dodds, 1923
Ischnura perparva McLachlan, 1876Western Forktail
Labiobaetis propinquus (Walsh, 1863)⇒ Pseudocloeon propinquum Walsh, 1863
Maccaffertium (Maccaffertium) mediopunctatum McDunnough, 1926Olive Cahill quill
Maccaffertium terminatum Walsh, 1862
Ophiogomphus severus Hagen, 1874Pale Snaketail
Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951

Subnodes of Palaeoptera with occurrences in Sand Creek (Meade County Kansas)
SuperorderEphemeropteroidea
Rohdendorf, 1968
6
13
9
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperorderOdonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
4
5
5
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Palaeoptera at itis.gov