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Checklist for Infraclass Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 (Ancient winged insects)
and region Willow (Greene County, Iowa, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
34
54
49
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
34
54
49
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
4
6
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Willow (Iowa)
4 Families width 6 Species
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890Narrow-winged damselflies3SpeciesTaxom
Corduliidae Selys-Longch..., 1850Baskettails1SpeciesTaxom
Heptageniidae Needham, 1901Flat-Bodied Up-Wings Heptageniidae1SpeciesTaxom
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917Flatwing1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Willow (Iowa)
6 Genera with 6 Species
Argia Rambur, 1840Dancers1SpeciesTaxom
Coenagrion Kirby, 1876Eurasian Bluets1SpeciesTaxom
Epitheca Burmeister, 1840Baskettails1SpeciesTaxom
Maccaffertium Bednarik, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Nehalennia Selys, 1861Sprites1SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidolestes Ris, 19511SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Willow (Iowa)
6 Species
Argia apicalis (Say, 1840)⇒ Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951
Coenagrion resolutum Hagen, 1876Taiga Bluet
Epitheca (Tetragoneuria) cynosura Say, 1840Common Baskettail
Maccaffertium vicarium Walker, 1853American brown
Nehalennia irene Hagen, 1861Sedge Sprite
Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951

Subnodes of Palaeoptera with occurrences in Willow (Iowa)
SuperorderEphemeropteroidea
Rohdendorf, 1968
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperorderOdonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
3
5
5
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Palaeoptera at itis.gov