Species list, Checklist of Infraclass Palaeoptera (Ancient winged insects) for West Sahara (Sahara)

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 West Sahara (Sahara)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	53 294 435	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	53 294 435	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	3 5 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for West Sahara
3 Families width 5 Species and 1 Subspecies

Aeshnidae Rambur, 1842	Darners	2	Species	Taxom
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890	Narrow-winged damselflies	1	Species	Taxom
Libellulidae Rambur, 1842	Chasers	2	Species	Taxom

Genera for West Sahara
5 Genera with 5 Species

Anax Leach, 1839	Emperors And Green Darners	1	Species	Taxom
Hemianax Selys, 1839		1	Species	Taxom
Ischnura Charpentier, 1958	Forktail	1	Species	Taxom
Orthetrum Newman, 1841		1	Species	Taxom
Trithemis Brauer, 1891	Dropwings	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for West Sahara
5 Species and 1 Subspecies

Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)	⇒ Hemianax ephippiger Burmeister, 1839
Hemianax ephippiger Burmeister, 1839	Vagrant Emperor
Ischnura saharensis Aguesse, 1958	Sahara Bluetail
Orthetrum trinacria trinacria Selys, 1841
Trithemis kirbyi Selys, 1891	Kirby's Dropwing

Subnodes of Palaeoptera with occurrences in West Sahara

Superorder

Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932

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Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Palaeoptera at itis.gov