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Taxonomy
Lestes was named by Leach (1815). It is extant. Its type is Lestes conexus. It is the type genus of Lestidae, Lestinae.
It was reranked as Agrion (Lestes) by Heer (1849).
It was assigned to Agrion by Heer (1849); to Lestinae by Nel and Paicheler (1994); and to Lestidae by Carpenter (1992), Simonsen et al. (2022).
It was reranked as Agrion (Lestes) by Heer (1849).
It was assigned to Agrion by Heer (1849); to Lestinae by Nel and Paicheler (1994); and to Lestidae by Carpenter (1992), Simonsen et al. (2022).
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