Biology:Lestoideidae
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Short description: Family of damselflies
| Lestoideidae | |
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| Diphlebia coerulescens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Superfamily: | Calopterygoidea |
| Family: | Lestoideidae Munz, 1919[1] |
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| Lestoidea | |
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The Lestoideidae are a family of damselflies occurring in South-east Asia, New Guinea and Australia .[3] The family comprises two genera and nine species.[4]
Genera
Lestoideidae is an accepted family name and until recently it was considered to be monotypic with only one genus, Lestoidea. However, research over the last twenty years or so has suggested that the genus Diphlebia is also part of Lestoideidae.[4][3]
The family now includes the following genera:[5]
Note: It is important to distinguish the genus Lestoidea from the superfamily Lestoidea. They have the same spelling, but the superfamily is based on the genus Lestes.
References
- ↑ Munz, P.A. (1919). "A venational study of the suborder Zygoptera (Odonata) with keys for the identification of genera". Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 3: 1–78 [17]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6513644.
- ↑ Tillyard, R.J. (1913). "On some new and rare Australian Agrionidae (Odonata)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37 (1912): 404–479 [428]. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.22352. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2903660.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Family LESTOIDEIDAE". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2014. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Lestoideidae.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dijkstra, K.D.B. (2013). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa 3703 (1): 36–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9. http://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/viewFile/zootaxa.3703.1.9/4279.
- ↑ "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/.
- Australian National Insect Collection Database
- Lestoideidae - What is a(n) Lestoideidae Encyclopedia.com
Wikidata ☰ Q2502545 entry
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