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Lestoidea

Insecta - Odonata

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Platycnemis cincuneguii Gil Collado p. 101 figs. Pl 4, fig 3; text-fig 8
1927Daemhippus Navás p. 91
1927Daemhippus cincuneguii Navás p. 91 fig. 2
1957Lestoidea Fraser
1992Daemhippus Carpenter p. 88
1994Lestoidea Nel and Paicheler
2007Lestoidea Bechly

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
Euhydropalaeoptera
OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
RankNameAuthor
Palaeodonatoptera
Plesiodonatoptera
Apodonatoptera
Paneodonatoptera
Neodonatoptera
Euodonatoptera
OdonatocladaBechly 1999
Nodialata
Discoidalia
Stigmoptera
Lobodonata
Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
Euzygoptera
Lestomorpha
Lestiformia
Eulestiformia
Lestida
Lestodea
superfamilyLestoideaFraser 1957
superfamilyLestoideaFraser 1957

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. Lestoidea Fraser 1957
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G. †Cerdanyagrion Nel et al. 1996
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Cerdanyagrion miocenicus Nel et al. 1996
G. †Cretalestes Jarzembowski et al. 1998
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Cretalestes martinae Jarzembowski et al. 1998
G. †Danolestes Simonsen et al. 2025
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Danolestes moelleri Simonsen et al. 2025
Fm. †Eolestidae Greenwalt and Bechly 2014
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G. †Eolestes Cockerell 1940
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Eolestes ramosus Greenwalt and Bechly 2014
Eolestes syntheticus Cockerell 1940
Fm. Lestidae Calvert 1901 [spread-winged damselfly]
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G. Chalcolestes Kennedy 1920
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Chalcolestes tibetensis Xia et al. 2022
G. Lestes Leach 1815
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Lestes aquisextana Nel 1985
Lestes arvernus Piton 1935
Lestes brisaci Nel et al. 1997
Lestes ceresti Nel and Papazian 1985
Lestes conexus Yan and Tang 1976
Lestes datangensis Wang 1976
Lestes dianacompteae Compte-Sart 2014
Lestes forsterii Hess 1895
Lestes irenea Nel 1987
Lestes leucosia Heer 1849
Lestes ligea Heer 1849
Lestes lutzi Nel and Paicheler 1994
Lestes peisinoe Heer 1849
Lestes plicata Piton and Théobald 1939
Lestes regina Theobald 1937
Lestes sieblosiformis Cosmovici and Pauca 1955
Lestes statzi Schmidt 1958
Lestes vicina Hagen 1858
Lestes zalesskyi Piton 1940
G. Sympecma Selys 1840
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Sympecma incerta Piton 1935
Sympecma ribesalbesensis Peñalver et al. 1996
Invalid names: Lestinae Calvert 1901 [invalid subgroup], Sympecmatinae Fraser 1951 [invalid subgroup]
G. †Lutetialestes Greenwalt and Bechly 2014
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Lutetialestes uniformis Greenwalt and Bechly 2014
Fm. Perilestidae Kennedy 1920
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G. †Palaeoperilestes Zheng et al. 2016
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Palaeoperilestes electronicus Zheng et al. 2016
Fm. Synlestidae Tillyard 1917 [malachite]
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G. †Albertalestes Jouault and Nel 2023
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Albertalestes paskapooensis Jouault and Nel 2023
G. †Cretaphylolestes Huang et al. 2021
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Cretaphylolestes cretacicus Huang et al. 2021
G. †Gaurimacia Vasilenko 2005
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Gaurimacia sophiae Vasilenko 2005
G. †Inacayalestes Petrulevičius 2015
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Inacayalestes aikunhuapi Petrulevičius 2015
G. †Madres Petrulevičius 2018
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Madres delpueblo Petrulevičius 2018
G. Megalestes Selys 1862
G. †Palaeophylolestes Doriath-Döhler et al. 2023
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Palaeophylolestes distinctus Doriath-Döhler et al. 2023
Invalid names: Chlorolestidae Fraser 1960 [synonym]
Invalid names: Daemhippus Navás 1927 [nomen dubium], Platycnemis cincuneguii Gil Collado 1926 [nomen dubium], Pseudolestidae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available