Lestoidea

Common flatwing Austroargiolestes icteromelas, copyright James Niland.

Belongs within: Zygoptera.

The Lestoidea are a group of mostly green damselflies with wing venation including aligned postnodal and postsubnodal crossveins. Many species, including members of the families Synlestidae and Megapodagrionidae, characteristically hold the wings spread at rest (Theischinger & Hawking 2006).

<==Lestoidea [Lestomorpha] RP02
    |--Perilestidae RD77
    |--Chlorolestidae RD77
    |--Cretacoenagrion RJ93 [Cretacoenagrionidae RP02]
    |    `--C. alleni Jarzembowski 1990 RJ93
    |--Chorismagrion TH06 [Chorismagrionidae, Chorismagrioninae WO91]
    |    `--C. risi Morton 1914 TH06
    |--Synlestidae [Synlestinae] WO91
    |    |--Phylolestes L88
    |    |--Episynlestes TH06
    |    |    |--E. albicauda (Tillyard 1913) TH06
    |    |    |--E. cristatus Watson & Moulds 1977 TH06
    |    |    `--E. intermedius Theischinger & Watson 1985 TH06
    |    `--Synlestes TH06
    |         |--S. selysi Tillyard 1917 TH06
    |         |--S. tropicus Tillyard 1917 TH06
    |         `--S. weyersii Seleys 1869 TH06
    |              |--S. w. weyersii TH06
    |              |--S. w. nigrescens TH06
    |              `--S. w. tillyardi TH06
    |--Lestidae TH06
    |    |--Lestes TH06 [Lestinae WO91]
    |    |    |--L. concinnus Hagen 1862 TH06
    |    |    |--L. nympha K01
    |    |    |--L. praemorsa SL89
    |    |    `--L. sponsa (Hansemann 1823) FB03
    |    `--Sympecmatinae WO91
    |         |--Sympecma RD77
    |         |    |--S. fusca RD77
    |         |    `--S. paedisca RD77
    |         |--Indolestes WO91
    |         |    |--I. alleni (Tillyard 1913) TH06
    |         |    |--I. boninensis Asahina 1952 I92
    |         |    |--I. obiri Watson 1979 TH06
    |         |    `--I. tenuissimus (Tillyard 1906) TH06
    |         `--Austrolestes WO91
    |              |--A. aleison Watson & Moulds 1979 TH06
    |              |--A. analis (Rambur 1842) TH06
    |              |--A. annulosus (Selys 1862) TH06
    |              |--A. aridus (Tillyard 1908) TH06
    |              |--A. cingulatus (Burmeister 1839) TH06
    |              |--A. colensonis (White 1846) HL02
    |              |--A. insularis Tillyard 1913 TH06
    |              |--A. io (Selys 1862) TH06
    |              |--A. leda (Selys 1862) TH06
    |              |--A. minjerriba Watson 1979 TH06
    |              `--A. psyche (Hagen 1862) TH06
    `--Megapodagrionidae [Megapodogrionidae] WO91
         |  i. s.: Miniargiolestes minimus (Tillyard 1908) TH06
         |         Archiargiolestes TH06
         |           |--A. parvulus (Watson 1977) TH06
         |           |--A. pusillissimus Kennedy 1925 TH06
         |           `--A. pusillus (Tillyard 1908) TH06
         |         Griseargiolestes TH06
         |           |--G. albescens (Tillyard 1913) TH06
         |           |--G. bucki Theischinger 1998 TH06
         |           |--G. eboracus (Tillyard 1913) TH06
         |           |--G. fontanus (Tillyard 1913) TH06
         |           |--G. griseus (Hagen 1862) TH06
         |           |--G. intermedius (Tillyard 1913) TH06
         |           `--G. metallicus (Sjöstedt 1917) TH06
         `--Argiolestinae WO91
              |--Podopteryx selysi (Förster 1899) WO91, TH06
              |--Argiolestes WO91
              |    |--A. alpinus OW74
              |    |--A. griseus O70
              |    |--A. icteromelas O70
              |    |    |--A. i. icteromelas O70
              |    |    `--A. i. nobilis O70
              |    |--A. minimus ASD05
              |    `--A. pusillus WO91
              `--Austroargiolestes WO91
                   |--A. alpinus (Tillyard 1913) TH06
                   |--A. amabilis (Förster 1899) TH06
                   |--A. aureus (Tillyard 1916) TH06
                   |--A. brookhousei Theischinger & O’Farrell 1986 TH06
                   |--A. calcaris (Fraser 1958) TH06
                   |--A. christine Theischinger & O’Farrell 1986 TH06
                   |--A. chrysoides (Tillyard 1913) TH06
                   |--A. elke Theischinger & O’Farrell 1986 TH06
                   |--A. icteromelas (Selys 1862) TH06
                   |    |--A. i. icteromelas TH06
                   |    `--A. i. nigrolabiatus TH06
                   `--A. isabellae Theischinger & O’Farrell 1986 TH06

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

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[FB03] Fleck, G., G. Bechly, X. Martínez-Delclòs, E. Jarzembowski, R. Coram & A. Nel. 2003. Phylogeny and classification of the Stenophlebioptera (Odonata: Epiproctophora). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France 39 (1): 55–93.

[HL02] Haacks, M., & A. Lehmann. 2002. Some observations on dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) throughout New Zealand. Weta 24: 13–17.

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[K01] Klapálek, F. 1901. Neuropteroidák [Neuropteroiden]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 203–221. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[L88] Liebherr, J. K. 1988. General patterns in West Indian insects, and graphical biogeographic analysis of some circum-Caribbean Platynus beetles (Carabidae). Systematic Zoology 37 (4): 385–409.

[O70] O’Farrell, A. F. 1970. Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers pp. 241–261. Melbourne University Press.

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[RD77] Richards, O. W., & R. G. Davies. 1977. Imms' General Textbook of Entomology 10^th ed. vol. 2. Classification and Biology. Chapman and Hall: London.

[RJ93] Ross, A. J., & E. A. Jarzembowski. 1993. Arthropoda (Hexapoda; Insecta). In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 363–426. Chapman & Hall: London.

[SL89] Selys Longchamps, E. de. 1889. Odonates de Sumatra comprenant les espèces recueillies à Pulo Nias par M. le D.^r E. Modigliani. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2^a, 7: 444–484.

[TH06] Theischinger, G., & J. Hawking. 2006. The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood (Victoria).

[WO91] Watson, J. A. L., & A. F. O’Farrell. 1991. Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers 2^nd ed. vol. 1 pp. 294–310. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

Last updated: 30 May 2022.