Ebony Jewelwing 30-IV
INSECTA
Pterygota
 
 
Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)



Chapter Outline
  1. Description of Insecta
  2. Classification of Insecta
  3. Archaeognatha & Zygentoma
  4. Pterygota
  5. Neoptera
  6. Dictyoptera
  7. Orthoptera
  8. Paraneoptera
  9. Endopterygota
  10. Diptera
  11. Hymenoptera
  12. Lepidoptera and Trichoptera
  13. Coleoptera

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Pterygota is the winged insects. Mayflies and Dragonflies are some of the earliest winged insects but may not be the first. A recently "discovered" (reexamined at a museum) insect called Rhyniognatha now seems to hold that title.

EPHEMEROPTERA - MAYFLIES 

The order of Mayflies. As of 2024, 164 species of Ephemeroptera have been observed in iNaturalist in the US and 354 throughout the world.

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ODONATA - DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES 

The order of dragonflies and damselflies. As of 2024, 484 species of Odonata have been observed in iNaturalist in the US and 3,363 throughout the world.

  • SUBORDER EPIPROCTA
    • INFRAORDER ANISOPTERA
      • Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) - most iNat observations in the US for Odonata
      • Lake Darner (Aeshna eremita) - 1 (Fairy Falls Trail at Yellowstone)
      • Plains Clubtail Dragonfly (Gomphurus externus) - 6 (Konza)
      • Calico Pennant (Celithemis elisa) - 3 (Adirondacks)
      • Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina) - Sedgwick County, KS
      • Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) - Douglas County, KS
      • Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa) - 3 (Adirondacks), Perry Lake, KS, NOAH
      • Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia) - Perry Lake and Wilson Lake, KS
    • INFRAORDER ANISOZYGOPTERA
      • Relict Dragonfly (Epiophlebia superstes) - the only species observed in iNaturalist in the world
  • SUBORDER ZYGOPTERA
    • Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata) - NOAH
    • Dancer Damselfly(Argia) - NOAH
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