Species list, Checklist of Infraclass Palaeoptera (Ancient winged insects) for Whitsunday Islands (Whitsunday, Australia)

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 Whitsunday Islands (Whitsunday, Australia)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	31 63 76	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	31 63 76	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	3 5 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Whitsunday Islands
3 Families width 8 Species

Lestidae Calvert, 1901	Spread-winged damselflies	1	Species	Taxom
Libellulidae Rambur, 1842	Chasers	6	Species	Taxom
Corduliidae Selys-Longch..., 1850	Baskettails	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Whitsunday Islands
5 Genera with 8 Species

Lestes Leach, 1862	Emerald Damselflies	1	Species	Taxom
Neurothemis Brauer, 1775		1	Species	Taxom
Orthetrum Newman, 1868		4	Species	Taxom
Pantala Hagen, 1798	Rainpool Gliders	1	Species	Taxom
Procordulia Martin, 1842		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Whitsunday Islands
8 Species

Lestes concinnus Hagen, 1862	Dusky spreadwing
Neurothemis stigmatizans Fabricius, 1775	Painted Grasshawk
Orthetrum caledonicum Brauer, 1865	Blue Skimmer
Orthetrum sabina Drury, 1770	Green Marsh Hawk
Orthetrum serapia Watson, 1984	Green Skimmer
Orthetrum villosovittatum Brauer, 1868	Fiery Skimmer
Pantala flavescens Fabricius, 1798	Globe Skimmer
Procordulia jacksoniensis Rambur, 1842	Eastern swamp emerald

Subnodes of Palaeoptera with occurrences in Whitsunday Islands

Superorder

Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932

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5
8

Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Palaeoptera at itis.gov