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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
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
RankNameAuthor
—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
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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitino
Form: roller-shapedo
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialo
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: volanto
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: insectivoreo
Vision: well-developedo
Dispersal: watero
Created: 2011-03-07 03:41:10
Modified: 2011-03-06 10:41:10
Source: o = order
Reference: Ren and Guo 1996

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Hauterivian to the top of the Gelasian or 136.40000 to 1.80600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 130.0 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0United Kingdom (England) Cretalestes martinae (106281)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Zhejiang) Cretaphylolestes cretacicus (223262)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Russian Federation (Chita) Gaurimacia sophiae (113599)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Palaeoperilestes electronicus (161726)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7China (Anhui) Lestes conexus (132955)
Middle Paleocene61.7 - 58.7China (Guangdong) Lestes datangensis (139657)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Albertalestes paskapooensis (119839 232707)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2France (Auvergne) Lestes zalesskyi (113685) Palaeophylolestes distinctus (123463)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Colorado) Eolestes synthetica (113959)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Argentina (Neuquén) Inacayalestes aikunhuapi (84702)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Montana) Eolestes ramosus, Lutetialestes uniformis (135665) Eolestes syntheticus (117614)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Argentina (Rio Negro) Madres delpueblo (157776)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Lestes regina (21976 123960)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9China (Xizang) Chalcolestes tibetensis (224485)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (Isle of Wight) Lestes regina (156628)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Synlestidae indet. specimen 9 (123928)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France Lestes regina (113709)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Spain Lestes regina (113990)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Germany Lestes vicina (113964 169856)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Alsace) Lestes foersteri (113963)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France Lestes ceresti (157228) Lestes ceresti, Lestes brisaci (122984) Lestes ceresti, Lestes irenea (155667) Lestes ceresti, Lestes lutzi (123913)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Romania Lestes sieblosiformis (113962)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03France (Bouches-du-Rhone) Lestidae indet. larva, Lestes ceresti (113989)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03France (Puy-de-Dome) Lestes plicata (155204)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Lestes sp. 1, Lestes sp. 2, Lestes aquisextana (127415)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Lestes statzi (122010)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Germany Lestes sp. (237236)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Turkey Lestidae indet., Lestidae indet. larva (123307)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Spain Lestoidea indet. (155648)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Japan Lestidae indet. A, Lestidae indet. B (114003)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Spain (Castellon) Lestes sp. (140792 140796) Lestidae indet. (140797) Platycnemis cincuneguii (122583) Sympecma ribesalbesensis (140793)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Agrion leucosia (115304) Agrion ligea, Agrion peisinoe (113695)
Vallesian - Turolian11.608 - 5.333Spain (Lleida) Cerdanyagrion miocenicus (154246) Lestes sp., Lestes dianacompteae (140806)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333France (Ardèche) Lestes arvernus (172761) Lestes sp. A (156164)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Sympecma sp. (113998)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333France (Cantal) Lestoidea indet. (122195)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Tuscany) Lestes sp. (113751)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Lestidae indet. D, Lestidae indet. E, Lestes sp. (157306)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806France Lestes arvernus (113994) Lestes incertus (113996) Sympecma incerta (114059)