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Checklist for Suborder Zygoptera Selys, 1854 (Damselflies)
and region Upper Cretaceous (Cretaceous)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
360
894
1266
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
358
889
1262
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
24
30
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
16
18
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
15
17
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Zygoptera
Selys, 1854
Damselflies
4
5
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Upper Cretaceous
4 Families width 6 Species
Platycnemididae Tillyard, 1917White-legged damselflies2SpeciesTaxom
Platystictidae Laidlaw, 1924Forest Damselflies2SpeciesTaxom
Perilestidae Tillyard & F..., 1938Shortwings1SpeciesTaxom
Hemiphlebiidae Fraser, 1960Ancient greenling1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Upper Cretaceous
5 Genera with 6 Species
Cretadisparoneura Huang & al., 20151SpeciesTaxom
Mesosticta Huang & al., 20162SpeciesTaxom
Palaeodisparoneura Poinar & al., 20101SpeciesTaxom
Palaeoperilestes Zheng & al., 20161SpeciesTaxom
Pantelusa Vassilenko, 20141SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Upper Cretaceous
6 Species
Cretadisparoneura hongi Huang & al., 2015
Mesosticta burmatica Huang & al., 2015
Mesosticta electronica Zheng & al., 2016
Palaeodisparoneura burmanica G. Poinar, 2010
Palaeoperilestes electronicus Zheng & al., 2016
Pantelusa krassilovi D. V. Vassil..., 2014

Subnodes of Zygoptera with occurrences in Upper Cretaceous
SuperfamilyCoenagrionoidea
Kirby, 1890
2
3
4
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyHemiphlebioidea
Fraser, 1960
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLestoidea
Calvert, 1901
Bluestreaks
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Zygoptera at artfakta.se
Zygoptera at dyntaxa.se
Zygoptera at itis.gov