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McAbee Fossil Beds Insects and other Arthropods.[edit]
An incomplete list of the insect Orders, superfamilies and families, and genera found in the McAbee Fossil Beds based on information in Archibald, Bossert, Greenwood, and Farrell (2010), and other sources cited in the list below, with extinct taxa denoted with a †.
| insect order | family/super family | genera | common name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ephemeroptera | -- | -- | mayflies |
| Odonata | Aeshnidae | -- | darners (dragonflies) |
| Odonata | Megapodagrionidae | -- | flatwing (damselflies) |
| Blattodea | Blaberidae | -- | blaberid cockroaches |
| Isoptera | Hodotermitidae | -- | harvester termites |
| Dermaptera | -- | -- | earwigs |
| Orthoptera | Prophalangopsidae | -- | grigs |
| Orthoptera | Tettigoniidae | -- | katydids |
| Hemiptera | Aphididae | -- | aphids |
| Hemiptera | Cicadellidae | -- | leaf hoppers |
| Hemiptera | Cercopoidea | -- | spittlebugs |
| Neuroptera | Chrysopidae | Protochrysa, †Okanaganochrysa, †Adamsochrysa, Archaeochrysa | green lacewings |
| Neuroptera | Hemerobiidae | -- | brown lacewings |
| Neuroptera | Osmylidae | -- | osmylid lacewings |
| Coleoptera | Cupedidae | -- | reticulated beetles |
| Coleoptera | cf. Cantharidae | -- | soldier beetles |
| Coleoptera | Cerambycidae | -- | long horned beetles |
| Coleoptera | Chrysomelidae | -- | leaf beetles |
| Coleoptera | Curculionidae | -- | weevils, snout beetles |
| Coleoptera | cf. Elateridae | -- | click beetles |
| Coleoptera | Mordellidae | -- | tumbling flower beetles |
| Mecoptera | Bittacidae | -- | hangingflies |
| Mecoptera | Cimbrophlebiidae | †Cimbrophlebia | extinct group |
| Mecoptera | Dinopanorpidae | †Dinokanaga | extinct group |
| Mecoptera | Holcorpidae | †Holcorpa | extinct group |
| Diptera | Bibionidae | Plecia | March flies |
| Diptera | Cylindrotomidae | -- | long-bodied crane flies |
| Diptera | Limoniidae | -- | limoniid crane flies |
| Diptera | Mycetophilidae | -- | fungus gnats |
| Diptera | Tipulidae | -- | crane flies |
| Diptera | Trichoceridae | -- | winter crane flies |
| Diptera | Syrphidae | -- | flower flies, hover flies |
| Trichoptera | -- | -- | caddisflies |
| Hymenoptera | Braconidae | -- | braconid wasps |
| Hymenoptera | Cimbicidae | -- | cimbicid wasps |
| Hymenoptera | Diapriidae | -- | diapriid wasps |
| Hymenoptera | Figitidae | -- | figitid wasps |
| Hymenoptera | Formicidae | †Ypresiomyrma, †Avitomyrmex, †Macabeemyrma, †Myrmeciites | bulldog ants |
| Hymenoptera | Ichneumonidae | -- | ichneumon wasps |
| Hymenoptera | Proctotrupidae | -- | proctotrupid wasps |
| Hymenoptera | Siricidae | -- | horntail wasps |
| Hymenoptera | Sphecidae | -- | Sphecid wasps |
| Hymenoptera | Tenthredinidae | -- | tenthredinid wasps |
| Hymenoptera | Vespidae | -- | hornets |