Species list, Checklist of Infraclass Palaeoptera (Ancient winged insects) for Zanzibar Archipelago (Tanzania)

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 Zanzibar Archipelago (Tanzania)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	174 738 1015	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	174 738 1015	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	4 7 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Zanzibar Archipelago
4 Families width 7 Species and 1 Subspecies

Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890	Narrow-winged damselflies	2	Species	Taxom
Aeshnidae Rambur, 1842	Darners	1	Species	Taxom
Protoneuridae Tillyard, 1917	Bambootails	1	Species	Taxom
Libellulidae Rambur, 1842	Chasers	3	Species	Taxom

Genera for Zanzibar Archipelago
7 Genera with 7 Species

Aciagrion Selys, 2007		1	Species	Taxom
Anax Leach, 1839	Emperors And Green Darners	1	Species	Taxom
Ceriagrion Selys, 1839		1	Species	Taxom
Elattoneura Cowley, 1860		1	Species	Taxom
Palpopleura Rambur, 1773		1	Species	Taxom
Pantala Hagen, 1798	Rainpool Gliders	1	Species	Taxom
Tetrathemis Brauer, 1877		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Zanzibar Archipelago
7 Species and 1 Subspecies

Aciagrion dondoense Dijkstra, 2007	Opal Slim
Anax parthenope parthenope Selys, 1839
Ceriagrion glabrum Burmeister, 1839	Common Citril
Elattoneura glauca Selys, 1860	Common Pinfly
Palpopleura lucia Drury, 1773	African Black Widow
Pantala flavescens Fabricius, 1798	Globe Skimmer
Tetrathemis polleni Selys, 1877	African Primitive

Subnodes of Palaeoptera with occurrences in Zanzibar Archipelago

Superorder

Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932

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7
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Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Palaeoptera at itis.gov