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Taxonomy
Lestoidea was named by Fraser (1957). It is extant.
It was assigned to Zygoptera by Nel and Paicheler (1994); and to Lestodea by Bechly (2007).
It was assigned to Zygoptera by Nel and Paicheler (1994); and to Lestodea by Bechly (2007).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1926 | Platycnemis cincuneguii Gil Collado p. 101 figs. Pl 4, fig 3; text-fig 8 |
| 1927 | Daemhippus Navás p. 91 |
| 1927 | Daemhippus cincuneguii Navás p. 91 fig. 2 |
| 1957 | Lestoidea Fraser |
| 1992 | Daemhippus Carpenter p. 88 |
| 1994 | Lestoidea Nel and Paicheler |
| 2007 | Lestoidea Bechly |
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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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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. 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]
Fm. Perilestidae Kennedy 1920
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Fm. Synlestidae Tillyard 1917 [malachite]
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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