中文摘要：

白林启彬先生1978年命名了我国第一个古生代昆虫至今，中国学者共发表20余篇分类学论著，描述鉴定我国古生代昆虫共61种，归属于9目（总目）。这些标本分布于西北、西南、华东等9省区，其中石炭纪47种，二叠纪14种。本文统计了我国已发现的古生代化石昆虫属种名录以及它们的分布和地质年代，总结了国内古生代化石昆虫当前的研究状况和发展趋势，并分析了研究中存在的问题。其中关于化石昆虫普遍存在的脉序差异问题需给予足够的重视，高级阶元的建立应更加慎重。研究表明我国古生代昆虫已经高度分异，古翅类、新翅类均已出现，且代表着有翅昆虫辐射演化的重要阶段。

英文摘要：

Since Mr. Lin Qibin described the first Palaeozoic insect of China in 1978, more than 20 contributions of the Palaeozoic insects in China have appeared. Sixty-one species assigned to 9 orders （and/or superorders） were described. Among them, 47 species came from Carboniferous and 14 species from Permian. All the fossil specimens were found from 9 provinces distributed in northwestern, southwestern and eastern China. in this article, a list of Chinese described Palaeozoic insect species with their distribution and geological age data is provided, an investigation and review of the current knowledge and research of Chinese Palaeozoic insects is summarized, and the problems in the study are analyzed. Among them, the variation on wing venation of fossil insects and the erection of high rank taxa should be given sufficient attention. The current results demonstrate that the Palaeozoic insects in China have been highly diverse and represent an important stage of evolutionary radiation of Pterygota with the appearance of Palaeoptera and Neoptera.