Protolestes

Protolestes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Calopterygoidea
Family:
Dijkstra & Bybee, 2021
Genus:
Förster, 1899

Protolestes is a genus of flatwings in the damselfly order Odonata. There are about eight described species in Protolestes.

As a result of molecular phylogenetic studies by Bybee et al. in 2021, it is now in its own family, Protolestidae.[1][2]

Species

  • Protolestes fickei Förster, 1899
  • Protolestes furcatus Aguesse, 1967
  • Protolestes kerckhoffae Schmidt, 1949
  • Protolestes leonorae Schmidt, 1949
  • Protolestes milloti Fraser, 1949
  • Protolestes proselytus Lieftinck, 1965
  • Protolestes rufescens Aguesse, 1967
  • Protolestes simonei Aguesse, 1967

References

  1. ^ Seth M. Bybee et al. (2021) Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 160: 1-15
  2. ^ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
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