Species list, Checklist of Infraclass Palaeoptera (Ancient winged insects) for Wistaston (Cheshire East, United Kingdom)

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 Wistaston (Cheshire East, United Kingdom)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	18 31 36	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	18 31 36	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	5 7 9	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Wistaston
5 Families width 9 Species

Aeshnidae Rambur, 1842	Darners	2	Species	Taxom
Calopterygidae Selys, 1850	Broad-winged damselflies	1	Species	Taxom
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890	Narrow-winged damselflies	2	Species	Taxom
Lestidae Calvert, 1901	Spread-winged damselflies	1	Species	Taxom
Libellulidae Rambur, 1842	Chasers	3	Species	Taxom

Genera for Wistaston
7 Genera with 9 Species

Aeshna Fabricius, 1758	Aeshna Dragonfly	2	Species	Taxom
Calopteryx Leach, 1782	Demoiselle Damselflies	1	Species	Taxom
Coenagrion Kirby, 1758	Eurasian Bluets	1	Species	Taxom
Ischnura Charpentier, 1820	Forktail	1	Species	Taxom
Lestes Leach, 1823	Emerald Damselflies	1	Species	Taxom
Libellula Linnaeus, 1758	Chaser Or Darter Dragonfly	1	Species	Taxom
Sympetrum Newman, 1840	Darter Dragonfly	2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Wistaston
9 Species

Aeshna cyanea O. F. Müller, 1764	Blue hawker
Aeshna grandis Linnaeus, 1758	Amber-winged Hawker
Calopteryx splendens Harris, 1782	Banded Agrion
Coenagrion puella Linnaeus, 1758	Azure Bluet
Ischnura elegans Vander Linden, 1820	Blue Tailed Damselfly
Lestes sponsa Hansemann, 1823	Common Emerald Damselfly
Libellula depressa Linnaeus, 1758	Broad bodied chaser
Sympetrum danae Sulzer, 1776	Black darter
Sympetrum striolatum Charpentier, 1840	Black-Legged Sympetrum

Subnodes of Palaeoptera with occurrences in Wistaston

Superorder

Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932

5
7
9

Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Palaeoptera at itis.gov