Argiolestidae

Family of damselflies

Argiolestidae
Austroargiolestes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Calopterygoidea
Family: Argiolestidae
Fraser, 1957[1]
Subfamilies
  • Argiolestinae
  • Podolestinae

Argiolestidae is a family of flat-wing damselflies in the order Odonata. There are at least 20 genera and more than 160 described species in Argiolestidae.[2]

Genera

  • Allolestes Selys, 1869
  • Archiargiolestes Kennedy, 1925
  • Argiolestes Selys, 1862
  • Austroargiolestes Kennedy, 1925
  • Caledargiolestes Kennedy, 1925
  • Caledopteryx Kennedy, 1925
  • Celebargiolestes Kennedy, 1925
  • Eoargiolestes Kalkman & Theischinger, 2013
  • Griseargiolestes Theischinger, 1998
  • Luzonargiolestes Kalkman & Theischinger, 2013
  • Metagrion Calvert, 1913
  • Miniargiolestes Theischinger, 1998
  • Nesolestes Selys, 1891
  • Neurolestes Selys, 1882
  • Podolestes Selys, 1862
  • Podopteryx Selys, 1871
  • Pyrrhargiolestes Kalkman & Theischinger, 2013
  • Solomonargiolestes Kalkman & Theischinger, 2013
  • Trineuragrion Ris, 1915
  • Wahnesia Förster, 1900

References

  1. ^ Fraser, F.C. (1957). A reclassification of the order Odonata. Handbook / Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales; 12. Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. pp. 133 [60].
  2. ^ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-05-24.

Further reading

  • Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl:1887/22953.
  • Steinmann, Henrik (1997). Wermuth, Heinz; Fischer, Maximilian (eds.). World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume I: Zygoptera. Das Tierreich. Vol. 110. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-014933-3.
Taxon identifiers
Argiolestidae