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 Scalloway Islands (Shetland Islands, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
45
87
92
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
45
87
92
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
2
2
3
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Scalloway Islands
2 Families width 3 Species
Lestidae Calvert, 1901Spread-winged damselflies2SpeciesTaxom
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890Narrow-winged damselflies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Scalloway Islands
2 Genera with 3 Species
Austrolestes Tillyard, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Xanthagrion Selys, 1876Red and Blue Damsel1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Scalloway Islands
3 Species
Austrolestes annulosus Selys, 1862Blue Ringtail
Austrolestes psyche Hagen, 1862Cup Ringtail
Xanthagrion erythroneurum Selys, 1876Red & blue damsel

Subnodes of Palaeoptera with occurrences in Scalloway Islands
SuperorderOdonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
2
2
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Palaeoptera at itis.gov